高中英语 Module 5 Ethnic Culture-reading and vocabulary课件 外研版选修7.pptVIP

* Module 5 Ethnic CultureReading And Vocabulary  Three Towers in Dali The Life of the Bai People First Bend of the Yangtze River (怒江大峡谷） Water –Splashing Festival of the Dai People Yulong Xueshan Mountain Lijiang River Peacocks in Xishuangbanna Stone Forest in Yunnan T F T T F Reading comprehension Fast reading 1.Go through the text quickly and find out in which part of Yunnan Simon stayed . 2. True or false. 1 The landscape in Yunnan differs from place to place. 2 Tourists are now allowed to travel by car in the old town of Lijiang. 3 Naxi women play an important role in their society. 4 The Naxi language is the only hieroglyphic language in use today. 5 Naxi people usually dance to their traditional music. 3 Match the words with their correct meanings. gentleman varied run cobbled street maze unforgettable hatch hieroglyphic a. to be born from an egg b. a type of writing that uses pictures c. something you can’t forget d. including many different kinds of things e. a man who is polite and behaves well f. control g. a road surface made from many small round stones h. many small streets that are easy to lost in e d f g h c a b II Reading for details Paraphrase to help you understand the text better. (1) Seen from above, the old town is a maze of canals, little bridges and tiny cobbled streets that tourists get lost in. (Para.2 ) = When it is seen from the top of the mountain, the old town seems to be full of many canals, little bridges and tiny cobbled streets where tourists can easily get lost. (2) The Naxi believe that they came from a creature called Tabu, who helped them hatch from magic eggs.(Para.4) =The Naxi people believed that Tabu created their ancestors (祖先) by helping them hatch from magic eggs. (3) However different we may appear to be at first, we are all the same, all equal. (Para. 6)