资源简介

(共27张PPT)
Longji Rice Terraces
Unit 6
Pre-reading
Look at the pictures and talk about what you know about the Zhuang and Yao ethnic（民族的） groups.
Where do they mainly live in China
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Pre-reading
What is your first impression of their homeland in Guangxi
mountainous
How did they solve their farming problems
While-reading
para.1
para.2
para.3
para.4
para.5
the reason for building the terraces
the working principle(原理) of the terraces
the situation of the terraces now
the scenery (风景) of the terraces
the history of the Longji Rice Terraces
Match each paragraph (1-5) with its main idea
What’s the genre (体裁) of this passage
A. Narration(记叙文)
B. Argumentation(议论文)
C. Exposition (说明文)
The purpose of exposition is to explain or to provide readers with information to help them understand the things around them.
While-reading
While-reading
Para.1:
spring
summer
autumn
winter
wrapped in
silver water
turn bright
green
the mountains are gold
covered in sheets
of white frost
Please find the colors of the four seasons
the scenery (风景) of the Terraces
While-reading
Para.2:
key information
who
where
when
Zhuang and Yao people
Guangxi
Start in the Yuan Dynasty
complete in the early Qing Dynasty
the history of the Longji Rice Terraces
While-reading
Read Para 3 and find out what problems the local people solved by working with nature
Two problems are solved.
The first one is that there are few large, flat areas of land in the region for people to grow rice.
The other one is that the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow.
While-reading
Para.3:
problems solutions
_______ large and flat areas in the region _________ the areas where they could grow rice
_________ mountains and ________ soil ________ rainwater and _________ the soil from being _________ ________
few
increase
steep
shallow
catch
prevent
washed
away
the reason for building the terraces
While-reading
Para.4:
sun
water
heats
vapor
clouds
rain
waterways
the working principle(原理) of the terraces
While-reading
Terraces still to the local people;
hold much value;
New generations continue to use methods.
Para.5:
mean a lot
Traditions
ancient
the situation of the terraces now
Post-reading
Choose the author’s purpose in writing this 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.
Post-reading
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.
Since there are few large, flat areas of land in the region.
by the local Zhuang and Yao people.
use ancient methods of agriculture.
can hold the shallow soil.
Post-reading
Do you know any other cases of people living in harmony with nature
新疆吐鲁番坎儿井绿洲农业
贵州从江侗乡稻鱼鸭系统
Group work
Discuss the following questions in your group, and then share your answer with the class.
Do you think living in harmony （和谐）with nature is important Why or why not
In what way can we live in harmony with nature
Language points
Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost. These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.
wrap sth in sth 用某物裹着某物
turn bright green 变得青翠
be covered sth in/ with 某物覆盖着
a sheet of一大片
为过去分词做后置定语，修饰mountains
The books on the desk, whose covers are shiny, are our prizes .
书桌上的书是给我们的奖品，它们的封面闪闪发光
be covered by 被...覆盖住
Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost. These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.
see, find, witness 等词前用表示时间、地点或其他无生命的名词作主语，用来增添语言色彩，意为“（在某段时期或某地）发生（某情况），经历或经受了某事”
1949 saw the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
The old temple has seen great changes of the village in the past two hundred years.
These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home. Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the very top.
be built by sb 被某人建造
be home to 是……的居住地
as far as the eye can /could see 极目所尽
from the bottom to the very top 从底部到顶部
现在分词作状语
So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn the entire mountains into terraces Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. Building the terraces therefore meant that they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice.
go to / take the trouble to do sth 费力做某事
turn A into B 把A 变成B
flat areas of land 平地
region 地区，区域
grow rice 种植水稻
turn up 调大 ; 出现 ，露面
turn down 拒绝 ; 关小，调低 ; 减少，降低
turn on 打开 ; 接通 ;
turn off 关掉 ; 驶离，离开 ; 转弯
turn in 上交 ; 提交 ; 交付 ; 交还 ; 返还
turn out 发生 ; 最后是 ; 结果是 ，熄灭 ;
Secondly, although the region has plenty of rain, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from being washed away.
steep陡峭的
shallow浅的
plenty of很多
catch the rainwater 接住雨水
prevent /stop ... (from) doing sth 阻止做某事
wash away冲走
But perhaps what is most significant is the way in which people have worked in harmony with nature to make these terraces and grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, with hundreds of waterways that connect with each other. During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces.
in harmony with与……和谐相处
design 设计 be designed for为……设计 be designed to do ... 目的是...
connect A with B把A和B连接起来
the rainy season 雨季
But perhaps what is most significant is the way in which people have worked in harmony with nature to make these terraces and grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, with hundreds of waterways that connect with each other. During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces.
英语常用的强调结构是"It is (was)+被强调部分(主语、宾语或状语)+who (that)..."。通过各种方式对句子中的某个部分进行强调，从而起到修辞的作用。
It was Tom that/who broke the window.
It was Li Ming who I met at the railway station yesterday.
It was in the park that he met his wife for the first time.
强调句
强调句中的It没有实际意义，It be与that可同时被省略;而定语从句中的It是主语，It be与that不可同时省略;
The sun heats the water and turns it into vapour. This forms clouds from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again. These terraces also provide a perfect environment for birds and fish, some of which feed on insects that can harm the rice crops.
feed on/off 以……为食
provide/supply sb. with sth.向某人提供某物。provide/supply sth. for sb.为某人提供某物。
be harmful to... 对...有害
harm to sb./sth. 对某人/某物有害
Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still mean a lot to the people for whom traditions hold much value. This knowledge is passed down through families, which means that new generations continue to use ancient methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces.
modern technology 现代技术
produce crops生产农作物
hold value具有价值
pass down 传递 pass away 去世， pass by 经过
a new generation 新一代
continue to do sth继续做某事
ancient methods of agriculture 古老的农耕方式
Today, the Longji Rice Terraces attract thousands of visitors who come to admire this great wonder created by people and nature working together.
attract 吸引
thousands of 成千上万的
admire 欣赏，爱慕
be created by…被…创造

展开更多......

收起↑