(共43张PPT)
Unit 6 At one with nature
Understanding ideas
What country is this
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Italy
________ is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is a beautiful city full of culture and history.
Venice
Watch a video and answer the questions
What are the problems faced by Venice
Are there any similar cities or towns in China Introduce one to the class.
What are the problems faced by Venice
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What are the problems faced by Venice
What are the problems faced by Venice
Venice is faced with the problems caused by water. Saltwater is slowly damaging the bases of Venice’s buildings, making the city gradually sink. Floods also hit the city each winter, causing more problems.
Are there any similar cities or towns in China Introduce one to the class.
China’s city of Zhengzhou in the Henan province has been suffered a year’s worth of rain in less than a week. Buildings have been decimated(严重破坏), and streets are underwater.
Natural environment influences our lives!
Look at the pictures and answer the question.
How does the natural environment influence the lives of the local people in each picture
In Russia, it can get very cold with heavy snow in winter, so people live in houses with inclined roofs and wear thick clothes for outdoor activities.
In the UK , the mild climate and parks in towns and cities provide a pleasant natural environment in which people can relax and enjoy life.
In northwest China, the yellow earth is thick and compacted, so people build cave dwellings as their place of residence.
In parts of north and north-west China, it is common for people to live in cave dwellings. In Shaanxi Province, where the less is relatively compacted and suitable for
carving, it has been a tradition for centuries. There are two main kinds of cave dwellings: cliffside dwellings, which are carved out of the side of a cliff and often face south, and pit dwellings, in places where there is no hill.
In Myanmar, the climate is hot and humid and there are many rivers. Many people live in bamboo houses on stilts (桩子) , which keep them above the water.
People need to solve these natural environment problems as soon as possible. But how
Read the passage (P62-63) and find out what problems the local people solved by working with nature.
Longji Rice Terraces
(龙脊梯田)
龙脊梯田位于桂林龙胜县东南部和平乡境内的龙脊山。龙脊梯田距龙胜县城27公里，距桂林市80公里，景区面积共66平方公里，梯田分布在海拔300至1100米之间，坡度大多在26至35度之间，最大坡度达50度。前往梯田几乎都是盘山公路，一直升到约海拔600米以上，到梯田时海拔达到880米。
Local people
Most of Zhuang people (壮族) and Yao people (瑶族) live in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区). They mainly live on rice as the main food and they grow rice on terraces.
How do they grow rice
Why do they grow rice on terrace
Read and Think
What kind of article is the passage
What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage
What problems did the local people solve by working with nature
What’s the main idea of each paragraph
What kind of article is the passage
expository
narrative
argumentation
What’s the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
The present situation of the Longji Rice Terraces
The reason why Longji Rice Terraces were built
The history of the Longji Rice Terraces.
The working principle(原理)of the Longji Rice Terraces
The scenery (风景)of Longji Rice Terraces
What problems did the local people solve 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.
What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage
A. To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living
in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
B. To explain how people worked in harmony with
nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces.
C. To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice
Terraces and attract visitors to this scenic spot.
Read for more detailed information
The scenery (Para 1)
mountains _________ in silver water, shining in the spring sun
mountains _________ green with growing rice.
mountains are gold
mountains are covered in _________________
wrapped
turn bright
sheets of white frost
The history (Para 2 )
These terraces ___________ the local Zhuang and Yao people;
Terraces started in the _____________;
These terraces _______________ in the early Qing Dynasty.
were built by
Yuan Dynasty
were completed
The reason (Para 3 )
There are few _______, _____ areas of land in the region.
Building the terraces meant that they could __________.
The steep mountains and shallow soil ______ _______ the rainwater.
large
flat
grow rice
can’t
catch
The working principle (Para 4)
People have worked in _________ with nature;
The terraces ________________ hundreds of waterways that connect with each other.
harmony
are designed with
The present situation (Para 5)
The new generations continue to use _______
________of agriculture to maintain the terraces;
The Longji Rice Terraces ________ thousands of visitors.
ancient
methods
attract
Read the summary of the passage and correct four factual mistakes. (P64)
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.
and Yao people.
Since
few
hold
ancient methods of agriculture
Read the passage again and find out the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces.
Pair work
rain
sun
vapor
Retell
Retell
During the rainy season, rainwater moves down the mountains along hundreds of waterways that connect with each other and the terraces. The sun heats the water and turns it into vapor. This forms clouds, from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again.
Why do the local people still keep their traditional way of growing rice？
In what other ways do people live in harmony with nature Give examples.
Think Share
Because the knowledge is passed down through generations of families, and it suits the natural environment.
Important words
vt 1. 完成；结束
2. 填写 complete the application form
adj 1. 完全的；彻底的 a complete stranger
2. 完整的；全部的
complete
It took three years to complete the first underground passenger railway in the world.
Please keep a complete account of the money we have spent.
Important words
1. 重要的；意义重大的（同important）
2. 数量大的；显著的
a significant increase / improvement
It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
significantly adv 重大地；显著地；明显地
significance n 重要性；意义重大
significant
adj
1. be wrapped in ____________________
2. be home to ____________________
3. as far as the eye can see ____________________
4. from the bottom to the top ____________________
5. go to trouble to do sth. ____________________
被包裹在……中
目之所及
从底部到顶部
费事做某事
Important lexical chunks
是……的家园
6. prevent sb / sth from doing _____________________
7. wash away _____________________
8. be in harmony with… _____________________
9. feed on _____________________
10. pass down ________________________
阻止某人 / 某物做某事
冲刷走
Important lexical chunks
和……和谐相处
以……为食
代代相传；流传
Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun.
Important sentences
本句中的wrapped in the silver water为过去分词作后置定语，修饰限定mountains；shining in the spring sun是现在分词短语作伴随状语，表示mountain的状态。
想象一下，群山被银色的水包裹着，在春日的阳光下闪闪发光。
1.
在本句话中, reaching as far as the eye can see为现在分词作状语，逻辑主语为句子主语 these terraces。
Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the top.
Important sentences
放眼望去，这些梯田覆盖着高山，通常从山底一直延伸到山顶。
2.
Language points: Exercise
1. If you hand in your homework late, attach a note
(explain) the reason for the delay.
2. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team (own) by his father. Even as a young boy, he did very well.
3. The man did as told and slept really well, ___________
(wake) up before the alarm had even gone off.
用所给动词的适当形式填空。
explaining
owned
waking
强调句型基本结构:It is / was + 强调部分 + that +其他成分，用来强调谓语动词外的其它句子成分，如主语、宾语、宾语补足语、状语等。It在句子里没有实际意义，只是引出被强调的部分。被强调的部分指的是人时，句型中的that可以用who替换。
During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces.
Important sentences
在多雨季节，雨水正是沿着沟渠流下山，流到梯田中。
3.
用强调句式将下列句子翻译成英语。
1)不是你说了什么，而是你做了什么才重要。
2)正是因为下雨了，他才来晚了。
3)昨天究竟在哪儿发生了交通事故？
It was because of the rain that he was late.
Language points: Exercise
It is not what you say, but what you do that matters /
counts / is important.
Where was it that the traffic accident happened yesterday
Writing
Write about another way people live in harmony with nature within 100 words.
THANK YOU
