内容正文:
Have you ever been to The Great Wall
of China?
What impresses you most?
What does it mean that he who doesn’t
reach the Great Wall is not a true man?
Would you like to say something about
the Great Wall?
The Great Wall
Emperor Qin Shihuang
Lady Meng Jiang
1. The Great Wall winds its way eastward from the Yalu River to Jiayugan in the Gobi desert.
2. In the early days/in ancient times each principality in China constructed a “great wall” to defend itself from enemies.
3. The Great Wall is different from ordinary city walls only because it extends itself continuously for miles.
4. The Great Wall is called “Wan Li Chang Cheng” because it is exactly 10,000 li in length.
5. The Great Wall is a symbol of the Chinese civilization.
importance
dynasties
rivers
others
persons
The Spring and Autumn Period
The Ming Dynasty
Emperor Qin Shihuang
Lady Meng Jiang
The Yellow River
Symbol of the Chinese civilization
World Cultural Heritage
10,000 li in length
The Qilian Mountain
Read the passage and decide which of
the following tells the main idea.
The beautiful views of the Great Wall.
2. The reconstruction of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty.
3. The reconstruction of the Great Wall in the Qin Dynasty.
4. The history of the Great Wall.
The Great Wall starts from the bank of the Yalu River and ends at the foot of Huangshan and Tianshan mountain.
2. The Great Wall was first constructed by principalities to defend themselves from enemies.
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3. The Chinese name “Chang Cheng” or “Long Wall” came into existence
because of the length of the wall.
4. As many as 30 principalities and dynasties took part in building the Great Wall.
5. The Great Wall is a symbol of the
wisdom of the Chinese people.
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Para. 1
General Introduction about the early great wall.
wind its way over the vast land of China; climb steep mountains; cut across pasturelands and deserts
a gigantic project
difficult engineering work
with a very long history
range
features