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Longji Rice Terraces
UNIT 6 At one with nature
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Longji Rice Terraces
(龙脊梯田)
龙脊梯田位于桂林龙胜县东南部和平乡境内的龙脊山。龙脊梯田距龙胜县城27公里,距桂林市80公里,景区面积共66平方公里,梯田分布在海拔300至1100米之间,坡度大多在26至35度之间,最大坡度达50度。前往梯田几乎都是盘山公路,一直升到约海拔600米以上,到梯田时海拔达到880米。
Activity 1: What do you know about the Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups?
Zhuang people
Yao people
3
How do they grow rice?
staple food: rice
主食
种植水稻
4
To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces.
To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces and to attract visitors to this scenic spot.
Activity 2: get the main idea
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What kind of article is the passage?
A. Narration(记叙文)
B. Argumentation(议论文)
C. Practical Writing(应用文)
D. Exposition(说明文)
Task1: Read the passage and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
a. The construction history of Longji Rice Terraces
b. The colours of Longji Rice Terraces
c. The working princple of Longji Rice Terraces
d. Reasons for the construction of Longji Rice Terraces
e. The ancient methods of agriculture is passed down
Read Para 1 and fill in the form.
color thing verbs
spring
summer
autumn
winter
Read Para 1 and fill in the form.
color thing verbs
spring
summer
autumn
winter
silver
water
wrap, shine
bright green
growing rice
see;turn
gold mountains
are
cover
frost
white
While-reading:
Read for more detailed information.
The history (Para 2 )
These terraces ___________ the local Zhuang and Yao people;
Terraces started in the _____________;
These terraces _______________ in the early Qing Dynasty.
were built by
Yuan Dynasty
were completed
While-reading:
Read for more detailed information.
The reason (Para 3 )
There are few _______, _____ areas of land in the region.
Building the terraces meant that they could __________.
The steep mountains and shallow soil ______ _______ the rainwater.
large
flat
grow rice
can’t
catch
Read the Para4 again and find out the working principle(原理) of the Longji Rice Terraces.
Draw a picture to show the principle and retell it.
moves down,
heats,
turns,
forms,
falls down
heat
vapor
clouds
rainwater
waterways
Post-reading:
Try to retell the text according to the graphic organizer.
Think Share
1. continue to use ancient methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces
2. attract thousands of visitors
5. Its present situation
1. Its scenery
2. The history
3. The reasons
4. Its working principle
Longji Rice Terraces
spring-summer-autumn-winter
Who: Zhuang and Yao people
When: starting in the Yuan Dynasty, completing in the early Qing Dynasty
1. few large, flat areas of land
2. steep mountains and shallow soil → was washed away
rainwater-along the waterways, down into the terraces-vapour-clouds-rainwater…
Thank you for listening
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