1、Unit 6 At one with natureLongji Rice Terraces Different regions have different natural environment. The activities of people must suit the local natural environment.Lead-inon the coastfishingon the grasslandgrazingfeed sheep/cattle on grassin Xinjiang ProvincegrapeHami meloncottonin Guangxi Province
2、TerracesTerraces 1213 4Longji Rice TerracesPara.1Read and Imagine1.Feel the beauty by reading Para.1 loudly.2.Imagine four pictures according to these words.wrapped in silver waterturn bright greengoldcovered in sheets of white frostspringsummerautumn wintersilvergreengoldwhite1.Who built the terrac
3、es?2. When did the local people begin and complete the terraces?Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its completion in the early Qing Dynasty.The local Zhuang and Yao peoplePara.2-1Read silentlyWhy did it take so long time?Para.2-2 no morden toolsno morden
4、 technologylarge mountain areasThink deeplyWhy did they go to so much trouble to turn the entire mountains into terraces?Para.3-1Guess the reasons,please.Exchange your ideas with your partner.Guess and Exchange Firstly, there are few large, _areas to grow rice.Building terraces means _ the growing a
5、reas. Secondly, the mountains are too _ to catch the rainwater and the soil is so _ as to be washed away easily.flatincreasingsteepshallowPara.3-2Read and Check 1.Find the sentences about how the terraces work.During the rainy season, it is along these waterways that rainwater moves down the mountai
6、ns and into the terraces.The sun heats the water and turns it into vapour.This forms clouds from which rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again.Para4-1Find and Translate在雨季，正是沿着这些水渠，雨水从山上流下来，进入梯田。太阳把水加热，水变成蒸汽。这就形成了云，雨水再次从云朵上落在山间的梯田里。2.Translate these sentences.3.Draw a picture to show t
7、he working principle.The rainwaterThe sunThe waterThe vapourThe rainPara4-2Draw 4.Use the picture to retell it in your own words . The rainwater flows into the terraces. The sun heats the water. The water is turned into vapour. The vapour forms clouds. The rain falls down once again.Para4-3Retell Ch
8、eck Para4-41.Is it necessary for the new generations to continue to maintain the terraces? Why? No, it isnt.Because Yes,it is.BecauseThink & SharePara5Firstly, the local people value traditions. Secondly,terraces suit the natural environment. Thirdly,they attract thousands of visitors.Lastly,it is a
9、 great wonder created by people and nature working together.Para. 1The _Para. 2The _Para. 3The _Para. 4The_Para. 5The _General ideasscenery history reasonworking principlepresent situation SummaryThe Longji Rice Terraces,which take on diffeent 1_in different seasons,were built by the local Zhuang an
10、d Yao people.Since there are few large, 2_ areas that can 3_ the rainwater and prevent the soil from 4_ 5_away, they built terraces on the mountains to 6_ areas to grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, with hundreds of waterways 7_ with each other,along which rainwater moves down the mounta
11、ins and into the terraces. Today, local people use8 _methods of agriculture to maintain the terraces created by 9_ and 10_working together.colours flat increase ancient catch being people connecting nature washedThink & ShareIn order to construct a more beautiful China,what should we do to live in harmony with nature? Dont dry the pond to get all the fish. Dont burn the forest to get all the animals. 不涸泽而渔，不焚林而猎。Thank You!
