Longman FTI--Unit 4 Planet.pptVIP

Unit Four Our Fragile Planet Teaching Objectives Identify and understand the main ideas Find support for main ideas Identify the problems and solutions Exam effects Figure out vocabulary in context Know more about word forms Build up vocabulary on earth issues Selection 1: One family with the Earth In this following interview, a Native American medicine man discusses the special relationship of his people with the land. Prediction questions: 1. What do you think is meant by the title, “One family with the earth?” 2. Read the Chief Seattle’s quote on p.97. What can we infer from the quote? Some background knowledge (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Manitonquat, a former writer and poet, also known as Medicine Story (born July 17, 1929), has been a part of the North American Indian Spiritual Unity Movement and co-founder of the Tribal-Healing Council. The Wampanoag is a Native American nation which currently consists of five tribes. Medicine man or Medicine woman are English terms used to describe healers and spiritual figures among Native American and other indigenous or aboriginal peoples. Anthropologists tend to prefer the term shaman“(萨满). Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. A practitioner of shamanism is known as a shaman. While –Reading activity Your predictions and the what the text really tells us: 1. How do native people view the earth? Your prediction: ____________________ The passage tells us: ______________________ 2. Did native people practice any conservation measures before the coming of the settlers? Your prediction: ____________________ The passage tells us: _____________________ 3. How did the Natives view the arrival of European settlers? Your prediction: ____________________ The passage tells us: ______________________ 4. What needs to be done for the earth ( to be specific)? Your predict