外研版选修七Module5 Ethnic Culture- Listening and Vocabulary课件（23张PPT）

(共23张PPT)
Module 5
Ethnic Culture
To listen to the material and pick up the information.
To learn the ways of asking for more information.
Xishuangbanna is the southernmost of Yunnan Province. The prefecture is nicknamed “Aerial Garden” for its luxuriant(富饶的) and multi-layered primitive woods and tropical rain forests, which are teeming with animals and plants.
Renowned as a huge natural zoo, Xishuangbanna’s rain forest and monsoon jungles provide a habitat for nearly 1000 species of animals. Within thick and boundless forests wild elephants and wild oxen ramble about, with peacocks in their pride, gibbons (长臂猿) at play, and hornbills (犀鸟) whispering.
Work in pairs and answer the questions.
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1. Can you describe a pineapple
It is an orange-yellow colored fruit, cylindrical in shape, with a tuft of pointed green leaves at the top.
2. What kind of plants grow in a rainforest
Trees, bushes, ferns and orchids are some of the common species.
3. What do buckets often carry
Water, milk.
4. If you are in a restaurant, and you splash your drink on someone, what should you do
You should apologise.
Listen to the conversation about a trip to Xishuangbanna. Number the topics in the order they are mentioned.
(a) costume (b) dancing
(c) houses (d) food (e)Water-Splashing Festival
(f) animals (g) language
3
7
4
6
5
1
2
Listen again. Choose the correct answers.
1. Simon tells his friend that Xishuangbanna is ______.
A. an amazing place
B. an interesting place
C. a strange place.
2. Simon says that there are little villages _______.
A. in the rainforests
B. in the mountains
C. in the fields
A
A
3. Simon saw ______.
A. tigers and elephants
B. wild elephants
C. no wild animals
4. One third of the people in Xinshuangbanna are ____.
A. Dai people
B. from different ethnic groups
C. Dai or Bai people
B
A
5. The Dai men wear _______.
A. white and blue trousers
B. white or blue shirts
C. white or blue trousers.
6. Simon bought _______.
A. a skirt for his girlfriend
B. a belt for himself
C. a belt for his girlfriend
C
C
7. During the Water-Splashing Festival, if someone splashes water on you, _____.
A. it’s supposed to bring you good luck
B. you have to change your clothes
C. it means the new year has begun
A
8. In the restaurants _______.
A. Dai men play on drums
B. Dai women play on large drums
C. Dai women dance and sing
9. Simon’s friend says _______.
A. he may go to Xishuangbanna
B. he doesn’t know what he’s doing next year
C. he will definitely go to Xishuangbanna
B
A
Complete the conversations with the words and phrases in the box.
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1. A: I’ve decided to travel round Yunnan for a year.
B: ____________ You’ve just started a new job.
How come
A: Well, I’ve inherited some money.
B: Lucky you---I’m __________________! But why Yunnan
A: I’ve read a lot about it and it sounds absolutely ____________.
B: ___________, if I had the money, I’d do the same as you.
green with envy
gorgeous
I guess
I guess tasty green with envy apparently how come gorgeous what do you reckon
2. A: Try this dish here. _______________________
B: It’s OK. In fact, I think it’s very ___________.
A: _____________, it’s the restaurant’s best dish.
tasty
Apparently
What do you reckon
I guess tasty green with envy apparently how come gorgeous what do you reckon
Ways of asking for more information
Speaking and Function
Check the expressions from the listening passage to ask for further information.
What are (the local people) like
Tell me more.
Go on.
This is fascinating!
I’m fascinated.
How come
Doesn’t it (get very hot in summer)
I’d love to heat more about (the houses).
What about (the food)
Student A: Imagine that you have recently visited Yunnna. Tell student B about it.
Student B: Listen to Student A and use the phrases above to get further information.
1. Which would you prefer to visit, the Lijiang region of Xishuangbanna Say why.
I’d like to visit both places, but if I had to choose one, I’d choose Xishuangbanna because I’d love to see the Dai houses.
2. Do you think it is important that ethnic minority cultures should continue Say why.
I think it’s very important. People should be allowed to have their own culture. Why should people change the way they’ve lived for hundreds of years
Choose one of the questions above, write a short passage.