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Unit ten, symbols of china telling china's story lovely grandpa you, an long ping U. N long ping was born on the seventh of september nineteen thirty in beijing. He is widely recognised as one of the most well known agricultural scientists from an early age, he was a hard working student and often asked questions. Although his parents wanted him to have a job in medicine, you are long pain chose to study agriculture in southwest agriculture college in chang ching. After graduating in one thousand nine hundred and fifty three, he became a teacher. IT was not until the one thousand nine sixties that he shifted his focus to researching an improving rice production. UN. Long pain worked in rice fields for many years, driven by his dream of ensuring that every chinese pass had enough rice to fill their balls. However, his contributions went far beyond this aspiration. He overcame a lot of difficulties and develop the first hybrid rice variety in one thousand nine seventy four. Over the next fifty years, u an long pain. And his team continued their research, achieving a series of remarkable successes. In addition, UN, long pain in his team shared their knowledge with about fourteen thousand students from nearly eighty countries. His influence extended not only to china's agricultural development, but also to the global food security. He is remembered as a kind, strict and diligent elderly figure. Sadly, our lovely grandpa passed away on the twenty second of may twenty twenty one, at the age of ninety one. Although we lost the father of hybrid rice, his scientific spirit will last forever.
Section a activity to b. Listen the conversation between Peter and lena and complete the sentences. Hello, lina. Hi Peter. How was . your vacation great? I went to way fang in shadow province. The city is famous for kites, right? Yes. it's the birth place of kites. There's an international kite festival every April. That's why I went there. How interesting. What happens at the festival. People from all over the world compete in kite flying. Competitions are also held for . the best kites. The nice. Yes. they were beautiful with bright colors and different shapes. What were they made of? They were made of different things like silk or paper. I think . you really enjoyed IT. I never thought kite flying could be so exciting. Yes, it's really fantasy. Which kite can fly the highest.
Section a activity once see, listen to the conversation and complete the passage with the words you hear. Here is some special chinese . food for you. Oh, how can we eat without a knife and fork? In china, we use chopsticks . is my first time using chopsticks. What are they made of? Bamboo trophies are also made of wood, steel and other materials. Who invented them? IT is said that they were invented by die in ancient chinese hero. At that time, he was busy protecting people from floods. In order to save time, he used two sticks from a tree to pick up port food when having his dinner. That was how chopsticks came into use. Interesting, you know, chopsticks are regarded as a symbol of chinese food culture. great. I'll learn to use them as soon as possible.
Unit ten, symbols of china. Big . question, what is the value of symbols? Section a what can be regarded as symbols of china? Section a activity one b listen to the conversation. Circle t for true or f for false. Hello, Peter. Welcome to my home. I'm very glad that I can celebrate the spring festival with your family. Wow, look at the pictures on the window. How beautiful were they made by hand? Yes. my grandma cut them with scissors. They are works of papercut papercut . papercut . is a special form of traditional folk are in china. IT has been around for over one thousand five hundred years. Oh, what are they made of paper? Usually red paper in china, red means good luck and happiness. The most common pictures are flowers, animals and thin about chinese history. During the spring festival, they are put on windows, doors, walls and lanterns as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year. I see is IT easy to learn. A paper . cut sounds very easy, but I can be difficult to do. Paper is folded before cutting. If you want, you can try . to make one. Let me try.
Section a activity three c listen to the conversation, then roll, play. IT. you look so beautiful. What kind of clothes are you wearing? Handful, a kind of traditional clothing from ancient china? Oh, handful has such a long history? Yes, about several thousands of years, IT has changed greatly across different dynasties. When do people wear handful? Now teenagers are often seen wearing IT at the graduation ceremonies or during holidays. Some people even wear handful in their daily life. As a symbol of traditional chinese culture, handful is getting more and more popular with chinese people. I've never warn IT what a pity. really. Handful shows are held every year. Handful can be seen everywhere. Why don't you try IT on good idea? Clothing is a part of culture. IT will help us know more about china. Yes, i'm all for IT.
Section b what do symbols tell us? Section b activity one, be read the text and describe what you've learned from the article. China is a great country. How much do you know about her? China is located in the east of asia, on the west coast of the pacific ocean. Because of the different climate zones and her large and complex geography, the climates in china differ from place to place. In the north, people experiencing cold winter. In the south, however, it's much warmer or its hot all the around. China is the third largest country worldwide, next only to russia and canada. There are fifty six ethnic groups in china. The official language of china is standard chinese. China has rich natural resources, colourful cultural heritage and diverse customs. China is an ancient country with great culture and about five thousand years of history. The spring festival and ancient festival also enjoys thousands of years history. Today, people still celebrate this traditional festival. They go back home to get together with their families every year during the festival, china has lots of famous symbols, such as the forbidden city, the great wall, the five great mountains, pandas, piani and so on. The forbidden city in beijing, with the palace for twenty four emperors throughout the ming and ching dinney's, the precious collections in IT attracts so many tourists. Pandas are the most popular animal in china. They are also one of the favourite animals among the chinese people. The largest nature park for pandas is in situation province. The flower piano is regarded as the symbol of prosperity. IT was much praised by the poets of the tongue dynasty. China also has many well known lakes such as ching high lake, west lake, daunting and poor Young lake. The chin high lake is the largest salt water lake in china. Among the rivers in china, the Young sea river and the yellow river are quite familiar to chinese people. These two great rivers not only are popular, but also have special meanings. The Young sea river, also known as the golden waterway, is the longest river in china. The yellow river is called the mother river by all chinese people. China is also great in many other ways. Can you tell us more about her?
Section a activity to see. Listen again. Take the ones that are true. Hello, lina. Hi Peter. How was . your vacation great? I went to way fang in shadow province. The city is famous for kites, right? Yes. it's the birth place of kites. There's an international kite festival every April. That's why I went there. How interesting what happens at the festival. People from all over the world can peak in kite flying. Competitions are also held for . the best kites. The nice? Yes. they were beautiful with bright colors and different shapes. What were they made of? They were made of different things like silk or paper. I think . you really enjoyed IT. I never thought kite fly could be so exciting. Yes, it's really fun to see which kite can fly the highest.
Section b activity three a, read the passage and match each paragraph with its topic. Did you know that tea, the second most popular drink in the world after water, was discovered by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk nearly five thousand years ago. IT is said that a chinese chief called shana ng first discovered tea is a drink. One day, shenyang was boiling water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. IT produced a nice smell, so he tasted the Brownout. IT was quite delicious. In this way, one of the world's favorite drinks was discovered more than four thousand years later. New year, the sage of tea mentioned shen long in his book charging. The book described how tea plants were grown and how to make tea. IT also discussed where the finest t leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used. IT is believed that tea was brought to korea in japan during the sixth and seventh centuries. In england, t didn't appear until around sixteen sixty. But less than one hundred years later, IT had become the national drink. The tea trade from china to western countries took place in the ninety th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plants to more places around the world. So next time you have a cup of tea, think about its interesting long history.