LongjiRiceTerracesUnit6Pre-readingLookatthepicturesandtalkaboutwhatyouknowabouttheZhuangandYaoethnic（民族的）groups.WheredotheymainlyliveinChina?GuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegionPre-readingWhatisyourfirstimpressionoftheirhomelandinGuangxi?mountainousHowdidtheysolvetheirfarmingproblems?While-readingpara.1para.2para.3para.4para.5

thereasonforbuildingtheterraces

theworkingprinciple(原理)oftheterraces

thesituationoftheterracesnow

thescenery

(風(fēng)景)oftheterraces

thehistoryoftheLongjiRiceTerracesMatcheachparagraph(1-5)withitsmainidea

What’sthegenre(體裁)ofthispassage?

A.Narration(記敘文)

B.Argumentation(議論文)C.Exposition

(說(shuō)明文)Thepurposeofexpositionistoexplainortoprovidereaderswithinformationtohelpthemunderstandthethingsaroundthem.While-readingWhile-readingPara.1:springsummerautumnwinterwrappedinsilverwaterturnbrightgreenthemountainsaregoldcoveredinsheetsofwhitefrostPleasefindthecolorsofthefourseasonsthescenery(風(fēng)景)oftheTerracesWhile-readingPara.2:keyinformationwhowhere

whenZhuangandYaopeopleGuangxiStartintheYuanDynastycompleteintheearlyQingDynastythehistoryoftheLongjiRiceTerracesWhile-readingReadPara3andfindoutwhatproblemsthelocalpeoplesolvedbyworkingwithnature?Twoproblemsaresolved.Thefirstoneisthattherearefewlarge,flatareasoflandintheregionforpeopletogrowrice.Theotheroneisthatthemountainsaresteepandthesoilisshallow.While-readingPara.3:problemssolutions_______largeandflatareasintheregion_________theareaswheretheycouldgrowrice_________mountainsand________soil________rainwaterand_________thesoilfrombeing_________________fewincreasesteepshallowcatchpreventwashedawaythereasonforbuildingtheterracesWhile-readingPara.4:sunwaterheatsvaporcloudsrainwaterwaystheworkingprinciple(原理)oftheterracesWhile-readingTerracesstill

tothelocalpeople;

holdmuchvalue;Newgenerationscontinuetouse

methods.

Para.5:meanalotTraditionsancientthesituationoftheterracesnowPost-readingChoosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthispassage?1.TopraisethewisdomoftheethnicgroupslivinginGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.2.ToexplainhowpeopleworkedinharmonywithnaturetocreatetheLongjiRiceTerraces.3.TodescribethebeautyoftheLongjiRiceTerracesandtoattractvisitorstothisscenicspot.Post-readingReadthesummaryofthepassageandcorrectfourfactualmistakes.TheLongjiRiceTerraceswerebuiltbythelocalZhuangethnicgroupalone.Thoughtherearemanylarge,flatareasintheregion,theybuiltterracesonthemountainstohavemoreareastogrowrice.Theterracesarecleverlydesigned,andcanwashawaytheshallowsoil.Therearehundredsofwaterways,alongwhichrainwatermovesdownthemountainsandintotheterraces.Today,localpeopleusemodernmethodstomaintaintheterraces,andtheyattractlotsofvisitorsfromalloverthecountry.Sincetherearefewlarge,flatareasoflandintheregion.bythelocalZhuangandYaopeople.useancientmethodsofagriculture.canholdtheshallowsoil.Post-readingDoyouknowanyothercasesofpeoplelivinginharmonywithnature?新疆吐魯番坎兒井綠洲農(nóng)業(yè)貴州從江侗鄉(xiāng)稻魚(yú)鴨系統(tǒng)GroupworkDiscussthefollowingquestionsinyourgroup,andthenshareyouranswerwiththeclass.Doyouthinklivinginharmony（和諧）withnatureisimportant?Whyorwhynot?Inwhatwaycanweliveinharmonywithnature?LanguagepointsImaginemountainswrappedinsilverwater,shininginthespringsun.Summerseesthemountainsturnbrightgreenwithgrowingrice.Duringautumn,thesesamemountainsaregold,andinwintertheyarecovered

insheetsofwhitefrost.ThesearethecoloursoftheLongjiRiceTerraces.wrapsthinsth用某物裹著某物turnbrightgreen變得青翠becoveredsthin/with某物覆蓋著asheetof一大片為過(guò)去分詞做后置定語(yǔ)，修飾mountains

Thebooksonthedesk,whosecoversareshiny,areourprizes.書(shū)桌上的書(shū)是給我們的獎(jiǎng)品，它們的封面閃閃發(fā)光becoveredby被...覆蓋住Imaginemountainswrappedinsilverwater,shininginthespringsun.Summerseesthemountainsturnbrightgreenwithgrowingrice.Duringautumn,thesesamemountainsaregold,andinwintertheyarecoveredinsheetsof

whitefrost.ThesearethecoloursoftheLongjiRiceTerraces.see,find,witness等詞前用表示時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)或其他無(wú)生命的名詞作主語(yǔ)，用來(lái)增添語(yǔ)言色彩，意為“（在某段時(shí)期或某地）發(fā)生（某情況），經(jīng)歷或經(jīng)受了某事”1949sawthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.Theoldtemplehasseengreatchangesofthevillageinthepasttwohundredyears.TheseterraceswerebuiltbythelocalZhuangandYaopeople,towhomGuangxiishome.StartingintheYuanDynasty,workontheterracestookhundredsofyears,untilitscompletionintheearlyQingDynasty.Reachingasfarastheeyecansee,theseterracescovertallmountains,oftenfromthebottomtotheverytop.bebuiltbysb被某人建造behometo是……的居住地asfarastheeyecan/couldsee極目所盡fromthebottomtotheverytop從底部到頂部現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語(yǔ)Sowhydidthesepeoplegotosomuchtroubletoturn

theentiremountainsintoterraces?Firstly,therearefewlarge,flatareasoflandintheregion.Buildingtheterracesthereforemeantthattheycouldincreasetheareasinwhichtheycouldgrowrice.goto/takethetroubletodosth費(fèi)力做某事turnAintoB把A變成Bflatareasofland平地region地區(qū)，區(qū)域growrice種植水稻turnup

調(diào)大;出現(xiàn)，露面turndown拒絕;關(guān)小，調(diào)低;減少，降低turnon打開(kāi);接通;turnoff關(guān)掉;駛離，離開(kāi);轉(zhuǎn)彎turnin上交;提交;交付;交還;返還turnout發(fā)生;最后是;結(jié)果是，熄滅;Secondly,althoughtheregionhasplentyofrain,themountainsaresteepandthesoilisshallow.Theflatterracescatchtherainwaterandpreventthesoilfrombeingwashedaway.steep陡峭的shallow淺的plentyof很多catchtherainwater接住雨水prevent/stop...(from)doingsth阻止做某事washaway沖走Butperhapswhatismostsignificantisthewayinwhichpeoplehaveworkedinharmonywithnaturetomaketheseterracesandgrowrice.Theterracesarecleverlydesigned,withhundredsofwaterwaysthatconnectwitheachother.Duringtherainyseason,itisalongthesewaterwaysthatrainwatermovesdownthemountainsandintotheterraces.inharmonywith與……和諧相處design設(shè)計(jì)bedesignedfor為……設(shè)計(jì)bedesignedtodo...目的是...connectAwithB把A和B連接起來(lái)therainyseason雨季Butperhapswhatismostsignificantisthewayinwhichpeoplehaveworkedin

harmonywithnaturetomaketheseterracesandgrowrice.Theterracesarecleverlydesigned,withhundredsofwaterwaysthatconnectwitheachother.Duringtherainyseason,itisalongthesewaterwaysthatrainwatermovesdownthemountainsandintotheterraces.英語(yǔ)常用的強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)是"Itis(was)+被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分(主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)或狀語(yǔ))+who(that)..."。通過(guò)各種方式對(duì)句子中的某個(gè)部分進(jìn)行強(qiáng)調(diào)，從而起到修辭的作用。ItwasTomthat/whobrokethewindow.ItwasLiMingwhoImetattherailwaystationyesterday.Itwasintheparkthathemethiswifeforthefirsttime.強(qiáng)調(diào)句強(qiáng)調(diào)句中的It沒(méi)有實(shí)際意義，Itbe與that可同時(shí)被省略;而定語(yǔ)從句中的It是主語(yǔ)，Itbe與that不可同時(shí)省略;Thesunheatsthewaterandturnsitintovapour.Thisformscloudsfromwhichrainfallsdownontothemountainterracesonceagain.Theseterracesalsoprovideaperfectenvironmentforbirdsandfish,someofwhichfeedoninsectsthatcanharmthericecrops.feedon/off以……