WELCOME TO DUNHUANG
高二英语组
TEST
1. He still stood steadily at the stern like a ________ (雕像).
2. Numerous participants gathered at the foot of the hill and set out to the _____(山峰).
3. The pyramids are ________(证明) to the ancient Egyptian ' s engineering skills and ________(辉煌的) artistic achievements .
4. The city ________(自豪地拥有) numerous parks and green spaces , making it a pleasant place to live .
5. The difficulties on her way merely ________(加强)her ambition .
6. Since his boyhood , his parents have been imposing their _______ ( religion ) beliefs on him .
7.Their study revealed that the large number of observation - only records did not lead to better global ________( cover ).
(Fill in the blank in the correct form)
01
Acquire and state information concerning the importance of the city Dunhuang and the Silk Road.
02
Analyze the literary features of a travel commentary and how tour guides attract visitors' attentions.
03
Get to know the meaning of the Silk Road and the Belt and Road Initiative.
Learning aims
Dunhuang is famous for____________, ________________ and__________.
statues
Mogao Grottoes
murals
Lead-in
While-reading
Read for the genre
1. A travel brochure.
2. A tour commentary.
3. A blog.
4. A lecture.
导游词
a written explanation or illustration that is added to a book or other materials
Read for the structure
导游词
Significance
Caves
Statues
Murals & apsaras
Library Cave
Fading
Revival
Read for the structure
导游词
Significance
Caves
Statues
Murals & apsaras
Library Cave
Fading
Revival
Part1(1-2): The significance of Dunhuang
Part2(3-4): The main attractions of Dunhuang
Part2(3-4): The main attractions of Dunhuang
Part2(3-4): The main attractions of Dunhuang
Part3(5-6): Dunhuang’s decline and revival
Read for the main idea
导游词
A. The Silk Road was an ancient trade route between East and West, which passed through Dunhuang.
B. The Silk Road city of Dunhuang has a splendid history and is
once again a meeting place for people from around the world.
C. In Dunhuang there are grottoes, murals and other sights that attract tourists from all over the world.
Welcome to Dunhuang! On the old Silk Road, this city was the gateway to and from Ancient China, a place where East met West, and a green island in the middle of the desert. You can only imagine how travellers felt when they saw the oasis of Dunhuang ahead of them. Dunhuang’s long and glorious history presents its significance as a centre of cultural and commercial exchange. Today, Dunhuang is a world-class tourist destination boasting sites with UNESCO-protected heritage status.
1. What makes Dunhuang unique and significant?
Detailed Reading
Significance (Para1-2)
Detailed Reading
2. What can we see in the Mogao Grottoes?
If we look up, we can see ____________ and _______________ that are testimony to how the Silk Road brought _______ and ______ together.
________ includes elements from Ancient Greece, India and Iran.
paintings
other artworks
East
West
Statues
Now, we are going to enter some of the city’s famous caves, of which there are more than 700. Known as the Mogao Grottoes, these ancient caves were carved out of the rock over a period of 1,000 years. If you look up, you can see the paintings and other artworks that are testimony to how the Silk Road brought East and West together. Look at these statues! You can see elements from Ancient Greece, India and Iran. Now look around the walls of the cave. Come a little bit closer so that you can get a better view. Look at them! The murals cover an astonishing area of 45,000 square metres.
Significance (Para1-2)
45,000 square metres.
coverage:
subject:
vary from religious stories to scenes of everyday life.
uniqueness:
Apsaras / Flying Immortals.
reflection:
the confidence and optimism of people
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Topics
What do these murals reflect ?
Para 3 The Murals
Take a look at these murals.
They are
sailing in the bright blue sky with their scarves flying.
dancing and throwing flowers
holding lotuses,playing instruments
Para 4 The Library Cave
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Where
What
Why
In 1900
In a sealed cave
Lots of historical items were discovered.
give us a picture of Dunhuang when it was at the very center of the Silk Road trade
reveal many different communities lived side-by-side
1. What do we know about the trade from the Library Cave?
2. What do the scrolls tell us?
What happened to Dunhuang?
Ming Dynasty
this century
?
revival through
the Belt and Road Initiative
ideal place
promote cultural exchange
strengthen mutual cooperation between the countries
Para 5-6 The decline and rise
decline
revival
a global crossroads
Summarize the features of a commentary.
Welcome to Dunhuang! On the old Silk Road, this city was the gateway to and from Ancient China, a place where East met West, and a green island in the middle of the desert. You can only imagine how travellers felt when they saw the oasis of Dunhuang ahead of them.
Show enthusiasm to visitors
Now we’re going to enter...
If you look up...
Look at these statues...
Now look around...
Come a bit closer...
Take a look at this mural.
Move over here where you can see more detail.
Now let's move to the next cave...
Guide visitor's movement
Now look around...
Come a bit closer...
Give instructions from the distant to the near
If you look up...
Move over here where you can see more detail.
Give instructions from the general to the specific
Summarize the features of a commentary.
Show enthusiasm to visitors
Guide visitor's movement
Give instructions from the distant to the near, from the general to the specific
Summarize the features of a commentary.
Role-play You’re the guide now!
No.420 Cave
Murals(NO. 57 (Beauty Cave)early Tang Dynasty)
the Library Cave
If you..., you can see ... ;
It looks as if ... be doing / be about to do ...
tablet
banquet/feast
engraved version
No.420 Cave
the Library Cave
tablet
the Murals
banquet/feast
Writing (Recommending cultural highlights)
Dear Selena,
Learning that you have a great passion for our traditional culture,
I'm writing to recommend you a famous place of highlights-
Dunhuang, which is located in Gansu province.
With __________________ , it is _________________(重要性/原因). It is famous for the ________________, where ___________
__________.The _________________(具体景点) are so ___( vivid ) that you must fall in love with them. Dunhuang also has
the traditional culture. It is the ______________ that reveals ________________.
Hoping you will like it!
Yours,
Li Hua
Assessment
Questions
Your evaluation
Evaluator
Does the recommendation include the key points?
3 2 1 0
Did I have significance, reasons or specific attractions to introduce?
3 2 1 0
How is the language ( fluency and accuracy) ?
2 1 0
How is the handwriting?
2 1 0
TOTAL MARK
Dear Selena,
Learning that you have a great passion for our traditional culture, I'm writing to recommend you a famous place of highlights-Dunhuang, which is located in Gansu province.
With a long and glorious history of over 2,000 years, it is an important cultural and historical city and a key intersection of the ancient Silk Road. It is famous for the Mogao Caves, where thousands of precious murals and sculptures are perfectly preserved. The murals and sculptures in the Mogao Caves are so vivid that you must be deeply impressed by their amazing artistry and rich cultural connotations. Dunhuang also has unique desert scenery and colorful folk cultures. It is the priceless cultural heritage that reveals the long - term communication and integration of different civilizations along the Silk Road. Hoping you will like it!
Yours,
Li Hua
Writing from AI
Dear Selena,
Learning that you have a great passion for our traditional culture,
I'm writing to recommend you a famous place of highlights-
Dunhuang, which is located in Xi’an province.
With a long and glorious history , it is the gateway to and from
Ancient China. It is famous for the Mogao Grottoes, where various
caves show the pictures of Apsaras.The delicate immortals are so
vivid that you must fall in love with them. Dunhuang also has the
traditional culture. It is the national spirit that reveals mutual
culture of East and West.
Hoping you will like it!
Yours,
Li Hua
Dear Selena,
Learning that you have a great passion for our traditional culture, I'm writing to recommend you a famous place of highlights-Dunhuang, which is located in Gansu province.
With a long history of over a thousand years, it is an important cradle (摇篮)of Chinese culture and a key node(节点) on the ancient Silk Road. It is famous for the Mogao Caves, where countless precious murals and sculptures are preserved. The murals in the Mogao Caves are so vivid that you must be deeply attracted by them. Dunhuang also has a unique folk culture and a wide variety of local specialties(特色美食). It is the cultural treasure trove (宝库)that reveals the long history of China and the exchange and integration of different cultures.
Hoping you will like it!
Yours,
Li Hua
Writing from AI
On the old Silk Road, Dunhuang was the gateway to and from Ancient China, a place 1________ East met West and a green island in the middle of the desert. Dunhuang's long and glorious history represents its 2 ___________ (significant) as a centre of cultural and commercial exchange. There are more than 700 famous caves in Dunhuang, which 3___________ (carve) out of the rock over a period of 1,00 years. The subjects of the Dunhuang murals vary from 4________ (religion) stories to scenes of everyday life, 5 ________( reflect) the confidence and optimism of people from that time.
where
significance
were carved
religious
reflecting
Grammar Filling
Something really extraordinary happened in 1900, when a Taoist priest made one of the most important 6______ ( find) of the 20th century. In a 7________ ( seal) cave were hidden thousands of manuscripts, paintings and scrolls including silk embroideries. The scrolls are 8_____ detailed that they describe the vast range of goods that were imported and exported from Dunhuang.
In the Ming Dynasty , trade routes changed and Dunhuang was not as prosperous as it used to be.9_________( gradual), it faded from memory, even though it was once such a great city. Dunhuang has once again become a global crossroads since it 10 ________( host) hundreds of representatives from 51 countries for the Silk Road International Cultural Expo in 2017.
Grammar Filling
finds
sealed
so
Gradually
hosted
President Xi Jinping pointed out that “to study and promote Dunhuang culture, we should not only deeply excavate the philosophical ideas, humanistic spirit, values and moral norms contained in Dunhuang culture and historical relies, but also reveal the cultural spirit and cultural blossom of the Chinese nation contained therein, and constantly strengthen cultural self-confidence.”
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A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive.
02
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
01
Polish your writing.
02
Searh more information about Dunhuang online.
Homework
Thank You
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