牛津英语8B Chapter 7 Reading.pptVIP

* Chapter 7 Traditional Jobs Warming-up Cormorants are used to catch fish. Wang Damin Sui Dynasty隋朝 ,nearly two thousand years ago traditional Reading Fishing with birds cormorants Listen to the tape once , and write the number 1-4 in the blanks. a. Paragraph ___ describes a kind of bird. b. Paragraph___ is about the future of the type of work. c. Paragraph___ describes an old man. d. Paragraph___ describes how the man works. 2 4 1 3 What can you learn about the fisherman and the cormorants? The reasons living place specialty working place length job color body size age Cormorants The fisherman large black a meter long catching fish have large feet dive down, stay swim well under water over sixty strong fisherman on this river on this river List the things he needs to catch fish? He needs: cormorants, bamboo raft, basket, pole, a light grass 1. What is grass used to do ? 2.What is a light used to do ? A piece of grass is tied around the neck of each bird. A light is used to enable him to see better at night. And also it attracts fish. 3. How does he deal with the fish? Some of the fish are sold, and the rest are divided between Damin’s family and the cormorants. What is the future of this traditional Chinese fishing skill? In 50 years, perhaps cormorant fishermen will no longer exist in the world. Few young people are interested in doing this type of work. Modern fishing methods are now widely used. Dear Joyce It would be a good idea to have some articles in our newspaper about traditional Chinese skills. For example, I saw a program on television about an (1) _______ man. elderly/old He fishes with birds called (2) _________. He is over (3) ____, but he fishes every day with his (4) __ birds. He lives with them all the time. Sometimes the birds even sit on his (5) ____! The birds dive into the water and catch (6)____, but they cannot eat them because the man ties a piece of (7)_____ round their necks. cormorants sixty twelve