内容正文:
At one with nature
Understanding ideas
Unit 6
高中英语外研版必修第一册
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Unit 6 At one with nature
子主题1:认识人与自然和谐相处的重要性
Period 2 Understanding ideas
Longji Rice Terraces
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Warming-up
Activity 1: Look and answer
What place is it?
(Longji) Rice Terraces.
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Pre-reading
Activity 2: Think and answer
1. Where are the Longji Rice Terraces?
2. Who live there?
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Zhuang people and Yao people.
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Pre-reading
Activity 3: Look and talk
Look at the pictures and talk about what you know about the Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups.
Yao people
Zhuang people
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While-reading
Activity 4: Read and choose
What’s the type of this passage?
A. Narration. (记叙文)
B. Argumentation. (议论文)
C. Expository. (说明文)
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While-reading
Activity 5: Read and choose
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.
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While-reading
Activity 6: Read and match
Read the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
The present situation of Longji Rice Terraces
The reason for building Longji Rice Terraces
The history of the Longji Rice Terraces
The working principle of the Longji Rice
Terraces
E. The scenery of Longji Rice Terraces
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While-reading
Activity 7: Read and fill
Read Para. 1 and fill in the blanks.
winter
spring
summer
autumn
wrapped in 1. _________, shining in the spring sun
turn 2. _________ with growing rice
gold
covered in 3. ________
__________________
silver water
bright green
sheets of
white frost
Four colors in four seasons
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While-reading
Activity 8: Read and complete
Read Para. 2 and complete the form.
The history of the Longji Rice Terraces
Who
Where
When Started in the _______________ and completed in the _____________________.
Zhuang and Yao people
Guangxi
Yuan Dynasty
early Qing Dynasty
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While-reading
Activity 9: Read and complete
What problems did the local people face and how did they solve?
Problems Solutions
There are 1. ________ large, flat areas of land in the region. 2. ____________________ can increase the areas where they could grow rice.
The mountains are 3. _________ and the soil is 4. ____________. The flat terraces can 5. _______
_________________ and 6. ___
__________________________
__________________________.
few
Building the terraces
steep
shallow
catch
the rainwater
prevent the soil from being
washed away
Read Para. 3 and complete the form.
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While-reading
Activity 10: Read and fill
Read Para. 4 and finish the working principles of the Longji Rice Terraces.
waterways
The sun 1. ______ the water and turns it into 2. _________.
heats
vapour
Vapour forms 3. _______ from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again.
clouds
4. _________ moves down the mountains into the terraces along 5. __________ that connect with each other.
Rainwater
waterways
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While-reading
Activity 11: Read and fill
Read Para. 5 and fill in the blanks.
The local people’s attitude to the terraces.
1. Terraces still to the local people.
2. ____________ hold much value.
3. New generations continue to use ____________ methods.
mean a lot
Traditions
ancient
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Post-reading
Activity 12: Read and correct
Read the summary of the passage and correct four factual mistakes.
The Longji Rice Terraces were built by the local Zhuang ethnic group alone. Though there are many large, flat areas in the region, they built terraces on the mountains to have more areas to grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, and can wash away the shallow soil. There are hundreds of waterways, along which rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. Today, local people use modern methods to maintain the terraces, and they attract lots of visitors from all over the country.
and Yao people.
Since
few
hold
ancient methods of agriculture
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Post-reading
Activity 13: Think and share
1. Why do the local people still keep their traditional way of growing rice?
2. In what other ways do people live in harmony with nature?
Give examples.
Because the knowledge is passed down through generations of families, and it suits the natural environment.
the Dujiangyan Irrigation System(都江堰水利工程)
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Homework
1. Write a short passage about the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces.
2. Search more information about other ways people live in harmony with nature.
Homework
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Goodbye!
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