Unit 6 At one with nature Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

外研版 Unit 6 At one with nature Understanding ideas (1) (Reading) Longji Rice Terraces Brainstorming Do you know what ethic group they are? Zhuang Yao What do you know about these ethnic group? 瑶族金锣舞 Read the title and look at the pictures in the passage. Predict what the passage is mainly about. This is the place where they live. Have you been to this place? What do we call the place? Enjoy the video. Lead-in This is the rice field. People grow rice on terraces. Skimming Read the passage and find out what problems the local people solved by working with nature. Two problems are solved. The first one is that there are few large, flat areas of land in the region for people to grow rice. The other one is that the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage. 1. To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 2. To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces. 3. To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces and to attract visitors to this scenic spot. 1.How does the anthor develop Paragrah1? A. By listing the facts. B. By comparing the facts. C. By describing the scene vividly. D. By picturing the beautiful colors. Scanning 2. Which is Not the reason why the people built the terraces? A. Lack of enough smooth areas. B. Catching the rainwater. C. Protecting the soil. D. Making the mountains more beautiful. 3. What can we conclude from the last Paragraph? A. Science techonology helps people there get more rice. B. People there still value the traditional growing methods. C. Visitors come here to learn how to grow rice. D. Young people there create more wonders.. Work in pairs. Read the passage again and find out the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces. Then use the picture to retell it in your own words. vapour rain sun water cloud The Longji Rice Terraces 1._ (build) by the local Zhuang ethnic group alone. 2._ there are many large, flat areas in the region, they built terraces on the mountains to have 3._ (many) areas to grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, and can wash 4._ the shallow soil. Summary were built Although more away There are hundreds of waterways, along 5._ rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. Today, local people use modern methods 6._ (maintain) the terraces, and they attract lots of visitors from all over the country. which to maintain Text translation 龙脊梯田 1.想象一下,群山被银白色的水田包裹,在阳光下闪闪发光;盛夏,佳禾吐绿,将群山染成一片青绿;秋天,满山金黄;而隆冬,它们又披上了冰霜做成的雪白毛毯。这就是绚丽多彩的龙脊梯田。 2.龙脊梯田的建造者是广西当地的壮族和瑶族居民。梯田从元朝开始修建,历经数百年,至清朝初期完工。目之所及,梯田包裹着巍峨的高山,往往从山脚一直盘绕到山顶。 3.那么为什么当地人要如此大费周章,将整片山地变成梯田呢?首先,这个地区缺乏大面积的平原。建造梯田意味着他们能够扩大水稻的种植面积。其次,尽管该地区多雨,但山地坡度大,土层浅薄。水平的梯田能够储存雨水,防止土壤流失。 4.但也许最令人惊叹的还是人与自然和谐相处建造这些梯田并种植水稻的方式。这些梯田设计巧妙,其间有几百条相互连通的水渠。雨水会沿着这些水渠从山上流下,流入梯田。水分经过太阳加热蒸发成蒸气。蒸气形成云,而雨水又从云中再次落到山上的梯田里。这些梯田也为鸟类和鱼类提供了绝佳的栖息地,而一部分鸟和鱼又以危害水稻的昆虫为食。 5.尽管现代科技有助于提高农作物的产量,但对珍视传统的当地人来说,这些梯田依然具有重要的意义。这种认知通过家族代代相传,后代子孙一直沿用古老的农耕方式维持着梯田的运作。现在,成千上万的游客慕名而来,欣赏这由人与自然共同创造的壮丽奇观。 Homework 1.Analyse some long difficult sentences of the passage. 2.Pick out some key phrases on the notet book. Thank you $$