(
课件网) Longji Rice Terraces Unit 6 At one with nature Understanding ideas By the end of this lesson, you will be able to： find out the main idea and detailed information of each paragraph. 2. figure out and illustrate the working principle of Longji Rice Terraces. 3. express the local people’s wisdom and the importance of being in harmony with nature. Lead in: Video time Q1: What do you see in the video Q2: What do you think of them Longji Rice Terraces Before reading What else would you like to know I would like to know... who... when... why... how... what... Fast reading Figure out the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 The colors of the terraces The history of the terraces The reason for building the terraces The working principle(原理) of the terraces The value of the terraces Read for details The colors of the terraces (Para. 1) Imagine mountains wrapped in silver water, shining in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost. These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces. spring summer autumn winter wrapped in _____water turn bright _____ same mountains are _____ covered in sheets of _____frost silver green gold white 包裹在...中 见证 被...覆盖 Read for details who where when Zhuang and Yao people Guangxi Started in the Yuan Dynasty completed in the early Qing Dynasty hundreds of years The history of the terraces (Para. 2) These terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to whom Guangxi is home. Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the very top. 由...所建 是...的家园 n. 完成 目之所及 覆盖 从...到... So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn the entire mountains into terraces Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. Building the terraces therefore meant that they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice. Secondly, although the region has plenty of rain, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from being washed away. Read for details The reasons for building the terraces 费尽周折做... 因此意味着... 增加种稻谷面积 有充沛的雨水 群山陡峭 土壤浅薄 储存雨水 防止土壤流失 Read para. 3 and complete the diagram solutions There are few_____ There are _____ mountains and _____ soil problems Firstly Secondly reasons large, flat areas of land steep shallow build terraces to the areas to grow rice build terraces to the water and the soil catch prevent increase disadvantage advantage How do the terraces work Read and draw Circle out the words (n.,v.&v.p.) related to the working principle But perhaps what is most signifi ... ...
