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Unit 6
Living with nature
Starting-out & Understanding ideas
In this lesson, you will:
1. discuss nature-related poems and categorize pictures about
human-nature interactions.
2. understand the 24 Solar Terms by reading Lao Shu’s story,
learning how they guided farming and daily life, and completing
notes with passage expressions.
3. analyze Lao Shu’s ideas about the 24 Solar Terms and reflect on
their cultural meaning in modern life.
What can you see in the picture
I can see a house surrounded by green plants and trees.
Humans live in harmony with nature.
Look and say.
3. what is the relationship between the house (people) and the forest (nature)
The house is in nature. People live with nature.
Watch the video and answer the questions.
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. What do the two poems describe
The first poem describes rain, and the second one is about wind.
2. What other poems about nature do you know
I know Spring Dawn by Meng Haoran, Drinking Wine·No. Five by Tao Yuanming, Retreat (隐居处) at South Mountain by Wang Wei.
孟浩然
Starting out
Look at the pictures and match.
using solar energy
changing wild land into fields
painting nature
building roads through mountain
taking photos of nature
producing power from wind
Look at the pictures and put them into three groups.
a
b
c
d
e
f
Enjoying nature
Using natural resources
Changing nature
c
e
a
f
b
d
These are ways we connect with nature.
Can you think of other ways to connect with nature
Understanding ideas
清明
Clear and Bright
立春
Start of Spring
惊蛰Insects Awaken
春分Spring Equinox
雨水
Rain Water
谷雨
Grain Rain
立夏
Start of Summer
芒种
Grain
in Ear
夏至Summer Solstice
小满
Grain Buds
小暑
Minor Heat
大暑Major Heat
立秋
Start of Autumn
白露
White Dew
秋分Autumn Equinox
处暑
End of Heat
寒露
Cold
Dew
霜降Frost's Descent
立冬
Start of Winter
大雪
Major Snow
冬至Winter Solstice
小雪
Minor Snow
小寒Minor Cold
大寒Major Cold
Pre-reading
What are the people doing in the painting
Adults________________. Children are picking up _____________________ behind them.
are cutting wheat
the ears of wheat
Pre-reading
Which solar term do you think this painting shows
It might show Grain in Ear（芒种）.
Pre-reading
Look at the painting and talk about what you know about the 24 Solar Terms. Use the word and expressions to help you.
The 24 Solar Terms are a traditional Chinese calendar system. They serve as a ______ for _______ and ________ _______. They help people understand and ______ nature’s changes. They connect traditional celebrations with modern life. This makes them popular for their ____________________.
guide
farming
cultural meanings
follow
daily life
Skim for main idea
The text mainly talks about the author's __________ memories connected with
__________________
and tells us their ___________ and how they still __________ people's lives today.
From the eyes of Lao Shu
It was an early morning of Grain in Ear. Lively birds sang sweetly in the trees. Villagers hurried to the fields. Under the blue sky, golden fields shone like the sun. The wind blew, sending sweet smells into the air. Adults were busy cutting the wheat. Children raced behind to pick up the ears.
This is one of the best memories of my childhood. I grew up in the countryside of Shandong Province. Most of the villagers there lived by farming. The 24 Solar Terms meant so much to them. The changes of the terms guided both their farming activities and daily lives. The terms helped them understand why things happened at certain times, and how they should react. When I grew up and left my hometown, the 24 Solar Terms followed me. I always feel excited when a new term is set to begin. I longed to share these feelings in my paintings and poems.
I didn't know how popular the paintings would become. I'm so happy that many people, especially the young, are taking a new interest in the ancient wisdom. In the hundreds of comments below my posts, others shared similar memories and feelings. Now people may be moving away from farming. However, the ancient way of dividing time stays close to our hearts.
The 24 Solar Terms are known as the “Fifth Great Invention of China”. They help people understand why nature works this way. Many of the 24 Solar Terms bear social and cultural meanings, too. People celebrate their arrival with traditional activities. For example, many people still eat spring pancakes at Start of Spring and dumplings at Start of Winter. The ancient calendar has never disappeared from the life of the Chinese.
childhood
the 24 Solar Terms
importance
influence
While-reading
Main idea matching
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
The author's art makes Solar Terms popular again, especially with young people.
A busy and happy time during Grain in Ear and the author's childhood memories.
Why Solar Terms are important to Chinese culture and how people still follow them today.
How Solar Terms helped with farming and the author's love for his hometown.
While-reading
Para.1
What can the writer “see”
What can the writer “hear”
What can the writer “smell”
What are adults and children busy doing
Why does the writer use so many sensory words
Blue sky, golden wheat fields.
Birds singing sweetly.
Sweet smell in the air.
Adults cut wheat; children pick up wheat ears.
To make the scene lively and show her warm memory of childhood and nature.
While-reading
Para.2
1. In what two ways did the 24 Solar Terms guide villagers’ life
The changes of the terms guided both their _________ _________ and _____ _______. The terms helped them understand why things happened at ________ _______, and how they should ________.
farming activities
daily lives
certain times
react
While-reading
Para.2
2. How did the writer’s feeling change when she grew up and left hometown
Before leaving: The terms were just part of ______ _______.
After leaving: She still feels ________ when a new term begins, and wants to ______ _______ ________ in art.
daily life
excited
share these feelings
While-reading
Para.3
1. Who is taking a new interest in the ancient wisdom
2. What did Lao Shu see in the comments below his posts
3. Although people are moving away from farming, what still stays close to their hearts
Many people, especially the young.
Others shared similar memories and feelings.
The ancient way of dividing time (the 24 Solar Terms).
While-reading
Para.4
1. What is another name for the 24 Solar Terms
2.What do the 24 Solar Terms mean
3.What traditional activities are mentioned in this paragraph
They are known as the “Fifth Great Invention of China”.
They mean a bridge between humans and nature, and they show the ancient Chinese people’s wisdom of living in harmony with nature.
Eating spring pancakes at the Start of Spring and eating dumplings at the Start of Winter.
Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage.
The 24 Solar Terms in Lao Shu's eyes
Most of the villagers in Lao Shu's hometown lived by ________.
The 24 Solar Terms _______ both their ________________ and
___________.
He always feels ________ when a new term is set to begin.
He longed to share these feelings in his ________ and poems.
Many people, especially the young, are 7__________________
in the 24 Solar Terms.
The 24 Solar Terms help people understand why 8______ works
this way.
The 24 Solar Terms also bear social and 9________ meanings.
P86
farming
guided
farming activities
daily lives
excited
paintings
nature
cultural
taking a new interest
Choose Lao Shu's idea about the 24 Solar Terms.
a They are the only way to understand the changing
of the weather through the year.
b They stay part of people's lives, even though fewer
people are farmers.
c Most people don't understand them, so they need to
be studied by experts.
1. Grain in Ear
2. lively birds
3. sing sweetly
4. hurry to the fields
5. golden fields
6. shine like the sun
7. be busy doing sth.
8. pick up the ears
9. grow up
10. in the countryside
11. live by farming
12. the 24 Solar Terms
13. mean … to sb.
14. guide both their
farming activities and
daily lives
15. at certain times
16. leave hometown
17. be set to
18. long to do sth.
19. so… that
20. take a new interest in
21. the ancient wisdom
22. move away from
23. close to
24. be known as
25. the Fifth Great
Invention of China
26. bear social and
cultural meanings
27. eat spring pancakes
28. Start of Spring
29. Start of Winter
30. the ancient calendar
31. disappear from
Basic (基础)
抄写核心词汇与短语，熟读语篇，完成课后练习。
Improving(提升)
Extend (拓展)
完善小组的节气英文介绍，抄写并背诵核心句子。
搜集一个节气的英文资料，准备下节课分享。

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