Unit24SocietyLesson3AChangingWorld课件北师大版选修8.ppt

Have you ever visited some Hutongs in Beijing? Language Points * * Look at the photos and the title, and predict where these people lived and what the article is about. Tiananmen Square the Imperial Palace/ the Forbidden City the Summer Palace the Winter palace the Temple of Heaven Siheyuan Read the text to get the general idea and identify paragraph topics. Underline the key sentence in each paragraph (often the beginning but not always). Then find information that backs it up. Write notes of the main points and the key information. Use your own words. Reading Stragetegies: Summarising a). Beijing Urban Planning b). Chinese Buildings c). Beijing’s Hutongs d). The History of Hutongs Read the article quickly and check your prediction. Then choose the best title for the article from the list below. Para A a). Bad times for hutongs Para B b). When and why hutongs were built Para C c). Beijing’s hutongs today Para D d). What is a hutong? Para E e). Connecting lives Read each paragraph again. Match the headings to the correct paragraphs. Hutongs are _________ that connect the court-yards of traditional Chinese houses. 2. The term hutong is nowadays used to describe the alleyways, courtyards and the ___________ that live there. alleyways communities Note-taking 3. The Emperors organised Beijing in blocks of houses because this made the city easier to ____________ _________. 4. Most of Beijing’s hutongs were built during the _____ _____ and _____ Dynasties. be controlled/ supervised Yuan Ming Qing 5. Wealthy and important people lived in hutongs built close to the ___________________________. 6. Near the end of the Qing Dynasty, conditions in Beijing’s hutongs worsened because of _______ _________. royal palace/ the Forbidden City political instability 7. After the People’s Republic of China was established, conditions in Beijing’s hutongs _______