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Period VI Video Time & Assessing Your Progress
UNIT 2 ICONIC ATTRACTIONS
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Step I 学习理解
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Watch these short videos made by yourselves and discuss the following questions.
•What were introduced in these short videos?
•What aspects did you choose when introducing your city?
•What expressions did you use in these videos?
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Read the brief introduction of the Mbantua Festival and predict what will be introduced in this video before watching the video. And then match the things. (Before You Watch)
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Read the brief introduction of the Mbantua Festival and predict what will be introduced in this video before watching the video. And then match the things. (Before You Watch)
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Watch the video and take notes. Circle the best words to complete the sentences. (While You Watch)
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Watch the video and take notes. Circle the best words to complete the sentences. (While You Watch)
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Step II 应用实践
Discuss the following questions in pairs. (After You Watch)
•Why do you think this festival is important to Aborigines? What about non-indigenous people?
•It is important to the Aborigines because until very recently they were very much an oppressed group, and this festival allows them to celebrate and show off their culture. It is important to the non-indigenous people because it gives them a rare chance to meet and learn about the Aboriginal people of Australia.
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Discuss the following questions in pairs. (After You Watch)
•What interested you most in the video? Why?
•I am interested in the food because I like to eat. I wish that the video had showed more about it.
•What opportunities do you have to experience and learn about different cultures in China?
•There are many opportunities. For example, you can go to the Longji Rice Terraces in northern Guangxi, and share in the lives of the Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups. Or, you can go to Lijiang in Yunan and learn about the Naxi.
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Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words in the box. (Activity 1)
distribution violence frequency herb hatch capacity
1. The iconic Beijing National Stadium, also known as the “Bird’s Nest”, has a _________ of 80,000.
2. Special tiger reserves with fences have greatly improved the _________ of the wild tiger population across India, and local police are now entitled to give longer prison sentences to hunters.
3. The _________ of the boat trips between the islands falls greatly in bad weather when stormy waves make such journeys especially difficult.
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Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words in the box. (Activity 1)
distribution violence frequency herb hatch capacity
4. The largest native bird of Australia is the emu. Male emus are good fathers — after their babies are _________, they take care of them until they are nine months old.
5. ______ are an essential component of traditional Chinese medicine.
6. _________ tornado storms have been known to cause severe damage in America’s famous “Tornado Alley” area.
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Herbs
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Fill in the blanks using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets. Then reorder these sentences to make a passage. Find out the link between the Grand Bazaar and the Silk Road. (Activity 2)
___ A ___________ (construct) as part of a larger political plan, the market was established to improve the city’s overall economy and prosperity.
___ B By the 17th century, the two markets and their surrounding areas had joined together to create a giant market that became an important part of the Silk Road, _______ (link) Europe to Asia.
___ C As for the future, _______ (inspire) by its own history, the Grand Bazaar (大巴扎集市) is still growing, with many shops opening nearby, offering cheaper prices that attract even the locals.
___ D Today, the Grand Bazaar is extremely iconic, _______ (mix) Turkey’s glorious trade history with its special brand of modern cultural tourism.
___ E At first, the Grand Bazaar _____ (sell) mostly textiles, but it soon expanded into selling books, jewellery, furniture, food, and a lot more.
___ F The market that was originally built was quite small in comparison to today’s Grand Bazaar. Some years later, another market ___________ (open) nearby.
___ G The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, has a long history _______ (date) back to 1455.
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Step III 迁移创新
Reflecting.
◎Which iconic attractions in this unit have you heard about before? Which are new to you? Which impressed you the most?
◎Do you think you are becoming more confident in dealing with longer reading and listening passages by learning to take notes?
◎What do you think you are supposed to share when asked to describe a place you know well?
◎What rhetorical devices did you learn to use in your writing?
◎Overall, I thought this unit was ○interesting ○useful ○so-so ○difficult.
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Reflecting.
Work in groups and share your answers. The answers may vary from one of you to another.
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