(共24张PPT)
Terrace
Lead in
1. What areas are terraces usually built
2. What are the advantages of terraces
3. What terraces have the most beautiful lines
Watch a micro-video and answer questions:
Lead in
1. What areas are usually terraces built
2. What are the advantages of terraces
3. What terraces have the most beautiful lines
Watch a micro-video and answer questions:
They are usually built in areas with a lot of mountains.
They can protect soil, keep water and absorb more sunshine.
Longji Rice Terraces.
Longji Rice Terraces
get the basic information about Longji Rice Terraces.
summarize an exposition---catch the topic
sentence and form the main idea of each paragraph.
learn the spirit of working in harmony with nature for sustainable development.
Learning aims
By the end of the class, I can
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2
3
Read for structure
Read the passage quickly and finish the following two tasks.
Task 2 Find the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Task 1 The type of this passage is ________.
A. narration(记叙文)
B. exposition(说明文)
C. argumentation (议论文)
Read for structure
Find the topic sentence of each paragraph.
para.1: These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.
para.2: These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and
Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home.
para.3: So why did these people go to so much trouble to
turn the entire mountains into terraces
para.4: 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.
para.5: Although modern technology could help produce more
crops, these terraces still mean a lot to the local
people for whom traditions hold much value.
Summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
para.1: The _______________of the Longji Rice Terraces.
colors
para.2: The _______________of the Longji Rice Terraces.
history
para.3: The ___________why the Longji Rice Terraces were built.
reasons
para.4: The ______________of building the Longji Rice Terraces.
significance
para.5: Today’s Longji Rice terraces.
Read for information
silver in spring
para. 1 colours
green in summer
gold in autumn
white in winter
para. 1 colours
silver
green
gold
white
银波绕山沐春日，
稻米暑夏绿群山，
穗禾秋日金山野，
梯田冬时覆白霜。
Which sentence do you like best
Try to translate it into Chinese to taste the terraces’ beauty!
Terraces can show ________________scenery(景色) in nature.
beautiful/wonderful
Summarize this paragraph in your own words.
Summary of para.1:
The beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces __________from one season to another.
changes
1. Where are the terraces
2. Who built the terraces
3. How long did it take to build them
4. How big are the terraces
In Guangxi, where __________________people live.
Local Zhuang and Yao people.
(From the Yuan Dynasty to the early of Qing Dynasty.)
It took nearly hundreds of years to build them.
As far as the eye can see, they cover tall mountain, from the bottom to the very top.
long time
huge project
difficult/
challenging
Summary of para. 2:
The Zhuang and Yao people spent a lot of ______and__________in completing this _______________ project.
time
continuous
efforts
challenging
para. 2--- history
Building terraces was a big trouble!
the Zhuang and Yao
Summarize this paragraph
in your own words.
para. 3 reasons
Bad conditions of this region
few ____ and ____areas of land
_______ mountains
plenty of rain
_______ soil
Advantages of building terraces
________the areas growing rice
______the rainwater
________ the soil from _______
large
flat
steep
shallow
increase
catch
prevent
being
washed away
Soil is easily_____________.
Summary:
Human’s activities make it _________ for people to grow rice in this region.
possible
washed away
Summary:
Bad conditions of nature make it _________ for people to grow rice in this region.
difficult
Terraces provide ________________________for people.
enough food or better life
para. 3 reasons
Nature can have an effect on human’s living, but humans can have power to change nature for a better living.
When people make these terraces, did they change nature at will(任意地)
People have worked in harmony with nature to make the terraces and grow rice.
How do people work in harmony with nature to make the terraces
waterways
What are the waterways used to do
para. 4 significance
Along these waterways rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces.
the most significant
What play an important in the terraces
Retell the working principle(运作原理) of the Longji Rice Terraces
heat…turn
form…
fall down…
move down…into
Some logical words:
During…
At first,
Then,
Next,
After that,
At last…
water cycle
How do people work in harmony with nature to make the
terraces
para. 4 significance
water
cycle
perfect environment for birds and fish
good
ecosystem
(生态系统)
terraces
How does it happen
form
helps
People respect the rules of nature.
Terraces create a __________________ecosystem, which is significant for human’s sustainable(可持续的) development.
harmonious
para. 5 Today’s Longji Rice Terraces
Terraces carry valuable _______________________.
tradition and culture
What do today’s terraces mean to the local people
Summary
Para. 1
Paras. 2&3
Para. 4
Para. 5
beautiful
scenery
enough
food&
better life
harmonious
ecosystem
valuable tradition & culture
Longji Rice Terraces
a great wonder
human
Nature
human
harmony between man and nature
Nature
human
天人合一
At one with nature
Make a speech to introduce the Longji Rice Terraces.
(Summarize what we have learned today.)
Research Tour to Longji Rice Terraces
(龙脊梯田研学行)
The beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces ….
The Zhuang and Yao people spent…
Longji terraces provide …
Longji terraces create a…ecosystem…
Longji terraces carry valuable…
scenery, history, reasons, significance, today’s Longji
You may begin like this:
Good morning, everyone,
Before we go on our research tour to Longji rice terraces , I’d like to introduce the general information of them….
Cave Dwellings in Shaanxi
山西窑洞
Traditional Rice-fish Agriculture in Qingtian
浙江青田稻鱼共生系统
Traditional Mulberry System in Xiajin’s Ancient Yellow River Course
山东夏津黄河故道古桑树群
Homework
Perfect your introduction.
2. Find out how people work in harmony with nature in
the examples in the extended reading.
