(共31张PPT)
Unit 6 At one with nature
Understanding ideas
目录页
contents
Pre-reading
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Language points
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Fast reading
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Homework
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Intensive reading
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Post-reading
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Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Which ethnic group do they belong to
Zhuang people
Yao people
Most of Zhuang people and Yao people live in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. They mainly live on rice as the main food and they grow rice on terraces.
Pre-reading
What do you know about Zhuang people and Yao people
Pre-reading
Longji Rice Terraces
Why do they grow rice on terraces
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Fast reading
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Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
What problems did the local people solve by working with nature
What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage
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Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
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 problems did the local people solve by working with nature
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Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
2. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage
To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces.
To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces and attract visitors to this scenic spot.
Fast reading: Reading strategy
Decide what kind of article the passage is — narrative,
argumentation, or expository, etc.
Work out the structure of the passage.
Find the topic sentence and key words of each paragraph.
Summarize these sentences and get the main idea
of the passage.
How to read for the main idea and the author’s purpose
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Intensive reading
Intensive reading
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 world.
Read the passage carefully and then correct four factual mistakes in the summary.
Intensive reading
The Longji Rice Terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people. Since there are few 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 hold the shallow soil. There are hundreds of waterways, along which rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. Today, local people use ancient methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces, and they attract lots of visitors from all over the world.
Read the passage carefully and then correct four factual mistakes in the summary.
Intensive reading
Read the passage again and find out the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces.
rain
sun
vapor
Intensive reading
Retell the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces.
rain
sun
vapor
Intensive reading
Retell the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces.
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.
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Post-reading
Post-reading: Think and share
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.
Discuss in groups about the following questions.
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Language points
Language points: 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.
Language points: 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
Language points: 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
Language points: Important lexical chunks
和……和谐相处
以……为食
代代相传
Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun.
Language points: 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。
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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。as far as the eye can see意为 “目之所及”, from the bottom to the top意为“从山脚到山顶”。
Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the top.
Language points: 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。
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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.
Language points: Important sentences
在多雨季节,雨水正是沿着沟渠流下山,流到梯田中。
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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
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Homework
Homework: Writing
Write about another way people live in harmony with nature within 100 words.