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

Longji Rice Terraces Fast Reading (1)Choose the Author’s purpose in writing the passage.(page 64) A. To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. B. To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces. C. To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces and to attract visitors to this scenic spot. (2)How does the author develop Paragraph l? A. By listing the facts. B. By comparing the facts. C. By vividly describing the scene. D. By painting the beautiful colours. (3) What can we conclude from the last paragraph? A. Modern technology helps people there produce more rice. B. People there still value the ancient growing methods. C. Many visitors come here to learn how to grow rice. D. The young people there like to create great wonders. What’s the attitude of the author in the passage? A. proud B. objective C. indifferent 2. What’s the genre of the passage? A. exposition B. narration C. argumentation D. Practical Writing(应用文) cultural confidence Task 3: Read the passage carefully and match the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 The colors of the Longji Rice Terraces. The history of the Longji Rice Terraces. The reasons why the Longji Rice Terraces were built. The significance of building the Longji Rice Terraces. Today’s value Longji Rice terraces. Paragraph 1 Mountains was wrapped in ________ water, shining in the _______ sun. _______ sees mountains turn ___________ with growing rice. During ________, the same mountains are _____. In _______ mountains are covered in sheets of _____ frost. silver spring winter white autumn gold Summer bright green Paragraph 2-4 who These terraces were built by the local ______ and _____ people, to whom _________ is home. when Starting in the _____ Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early ______ Dynasty. what These terraces cover ______________, often from the ________ to the very _____. why Firstly, there are ____ large, _____areas of land in the region to grow rice. Secondly, the mountains are _____ and the soil is ________. Zhuang Yao Yuan Qing Guangxi tall mountains bottom top few flat steep shallow para. 4 significance The working principle: Put the steps into correct order, and then form a short passage according to the steps. A. The vapour forms clouds. B. The sun heats the water. C. The rain falls down onto the mountain terraces again. D. Rainwater falls down the mountains and into the terraces. E. The water turns into vapour. F. The clouds form rain. D B E A F C moves down the mountains and the terraces. heats Water turns it into . vapor clouds This forms . Sun water. Rainwater in Birds and fish feed on that can harm the rice crops. perfect environment harmony between human and nature harmony within nature insects follow the natural rules Paragraph 5 ‘Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still means a lot to the local people for whom tradition hold much value.’ 1. What do you think of ‘still means a lot’ and the ‘value’? 2. Why have the Longji Rice Terraces been continuing up to now? Group work: Discuss in group of 4. the historical heritage ‘still means a lot’ & ‘value’ the wisdom of the ancients the belief of harmony between human being and nature the awareness of protecting environment What do you think of ‘still means a lot’ and the ‘value’? the value of agriculture the value of tourism 2. Why have the Longji Rice Terraces been continuing up to now? a scientific project follow the natural rules harmony between human being and the nature Why do the local people still keep their traditional way of growing rice? Because the knowledge is passed down through generations of families, and it suits the natural environment. Post-reading Clear waters and green mountains are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver. Lavf58.59.100 $$