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日期:2008-06-23  作者:张丹

Module 5 Ethnic Culture

Period 1 Warming up & Speaking
      


      

本节课的教学目标:
      

词汇:border provincediversecapital ethnic
      

minorityrainforest bright-colouredcostume
      

silver belt
      

句子: What are (the local people) like?
      

Tell me more.      

Go on.
      

This is fascinated.
      

How come?
      

Doesn’t it (get very hot in summer)?
      

I’d love to hear more about (the houses).
      

What about…?      

1. Match English definitions with words:
      

borderRacial group that has a common cultural tradition.
      

province Small group in a nation differing from others in race, leligion, language.
      

capitalThe colour is vivid, intense.
      

ethnicTown or city that is the centre of government of a country, state.
      

minority Strip of leather, cloth worn around the waist.
      

rainforest Different kinds; varied.
      

diverseA territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country.
      

bright-coloured A part that forms the outer edge of something.
      

belt Thick evergreen forest in tropical regions with heavy rainfall
      


      

2. Describe what the Dai woman is wearing in the photo. Use these words:
      

brightly-coloured, costume, native, silver, belt,       


      


      

3. Speaking-task:
      

Work in pairs to make dialogues
      

Student A: Imagine that you have recently visited Yunnan. Tell Student B about it.      

Student B: Listen to Student A and use the phrases in Activity 1 to get further information.
      


      

Sample:
      

A: Long time no see. How are you?
      

B: Hi, I’m fine. What about you?
      

A: Great! I just came back from Yunnan.
      

B: Oh. Wonderful. Yunnan is a beautiful place, but I never visited there. What is geography like?
      

A: Everything from mountains and lakes to rainforests.
      

B: Doesn’t it get very hot in summer?
      

A: Not very hot. You feel comfortable in the whole year.
      

B: Tell me more, please.
      

A: A tour guide told me there is 42 million population in Yunnan, however, there are 25 ethnic minorities.
      

B: Wow! So many ethnic minorities. I’d love to hear more about the rare animals.
      

A: There are golden monkey, little panda, Asian elephant and beautiful peacock.      

B: What about the natural wonders?
      

A: I took lots of pictures, and you can see Stone Forest, Tiger Leaping Gorge, First bend of Yangtze River.
      

B: These are fascinated. I am going to visit there soon.
      


      

4. Extra Exercise:
      


      

Name
      

Hainan Island
      

location
      


      

geography
      

      

size
      


      

population
      


      

rare animals      


      

people
      


      

capital city      


      

ethnic minorities
      


      

natural wonders