1、Unit 6 At one with nature Longji Rice Terraces Understanding Ideas What problems might the local people face? steep mountains, few large, flat areas of land Zhuang people Yao people ethic groups Read the text and match the main idea of each paragraph. 1Para. 1 AThe history of the Longji Rice Terrace
2、s. 2Para. 2 BThe local people still prefer a traditional style to maintain the terraces today. 3Para. 3 CThe design of the terraces is environmentalfriendly. 4Para. 4 DThe reason why local people turn entire mountains into terraces. 5Para. 5 EThe beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces. Choose the author
3、s purpose in writing the passage. 1 To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 2 To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces. 3 To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces and to attract visitors to this sce
4、nic spot. Read para 1 and fill in the form. colorthingverbs spring summer autumn winter silverwater wrap shine bright green growing rice gold white turn are cover white frost Read para 2 and fill in the chart below. Who built the terraces? They were built by the local _ and _ people. When were the t
5、erraces built? Work on the terraces started in the _ Dynasty until the _, which took hundreds of years. Where were the terraces built? These terraces cover _, from the _ to the very _. Zhuang Yao Yuan early Qing Dynasty tall mountains bottomtop Read para 3 and fill in the chart below. 1. How many re
6、asons can you find? 2. What are the reasons?(each one using only a sentence) Firstly,. Secondly,. Two reasons There are few large,flat areas of land in the region. The mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. Read para 4 and put the sentences into right order. How do the terraces work? The vapou
7、r forms clouds The rain falls down The water is turned into vapour The sun heats the water The water flows into the terraces Answer: heat vapor clouds rainwater waterways 1. Modern technology helps people there produce more rice, so the terraces mean a little to the local people. 2. New generations
8、begin to use modern methods of agriculture to replace the terraces. 3. Many visitors come here to admire the terraces created by people and nature working together. but a lot ancient maintain Read para 5 and judge the sentences true (T) or false(F). The Longji Rice Terraces were built by the local Z
9、huang ethnic group alone. Though there are many large, flat areas in the region, they built terraces on the mountains to have more areas to grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, and can wash away the shallow soil. There are hundreds of waterways, along which rainwater moves down the mountai
10、ns and into the terraces. Today, local people use modern methods to maintain the terraces, and they attract lots of visitors from all over the country. Zhuang and Yao peopleSincefew large hold ancient Read the summary and correct four factual mistakes. 1.be home to 的故乡的故乡/所在地所在地/发源地发源地 2.as far as 远到远到 3.from bottom to top 从上到下从上到下 4.go to (the) trouble 不辞劳苦；费力不辞劳苦；费力 5.turn.into. 把把变成变成 6.wash away 冲掉；冲走冲掉；冲走 7.in harmony with 与与协调一致；与协调一致；与和谐和谐 8.connect with 连接；与连接；与联系联系 9.once again 再一次；又一次再一次；又一次 10.pass down 传递；传下来传递；传下来
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