1、Unit 3 The world meets ChinaUnderstanding ideas目录页contentsPre-readingILanguage pointsFast readingIIHomeworkIntensive readingIIIVIPost-readingPre-reading Pre-readingLook at the picures and answer the following questions.1.What makes Dunhuang unique?2.What else do you know about Dunhuang?1.What makes
2、Dunhuang unique?Dunhuang is unique because of the Mogao Grottoes,its incredibly detailed,colourful murals and the Mingsha Mountain.Pre-reading 2.What else do you know about Dunhuang?Dunhuang lies on the old Silk Road,which was a place where East met West,with a long and glorious history.Dunhuang is
3、a world-class touristdestination,attracting thousands of tourists from home and abroad.Pre-reading Dunhuang is a temple of art.The murals and sculptures give people a very powerful artistic experience.Pre-reading2.What else do you know about Dunhuang?Fast reading Fast reading1.A travel brochure.2.A
4、tour commentary.3.A blog.4.A lecture.Read the passage and decide where it is most probably from.Give your reasons.Fast readingWelcome to Dunhuang!.Now,we are going to enter some of the citys famous caves.If you look up,you can see.Look at these statues!You can see.Now look around the walls of the ca
5、ve.Choose the best summary of the passage and give your reasons.1.The Silk Road was an ancient trade route between East and West,which passed through Dunhuang.2.The Silk Road city of Dunhuang has a splendid history and is once again a meeting place for people from around the world.3.In Dunhuang ther
6、e are grottoes,murals and other sights that attract tourists from all over the world.Fast readingParagraphs The main idea of each partPara 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Para 5Para 6 Analyze the structure of the passageA short brief of DunhuangThe significance of DunhuangDunhuangs muralsDunhuangs Library CaveDu
7、nhuang faded graduallyDunhuang was brought to life through the Belt and Road Initiative Fast readingIIIIntensive reading DunhuangLocation:Gansu ProvinceSignificance:lUNESCO-protected heritage sitesl1_l2_ _.Caves in Mogao Grottoes:The caves were carved out of the rock 3_.the gateway to and from Ancie
8、nt Chinaa centre of cultural and commercial exchange in history over a period of 1,000 yearsIntensive Reading StatuesThe statues include elements from4_.MuralsCoverage:5_Topics:6 _ _ Ancient Greece,India and Iran45,000 square metresvarying from religious stories to scenes of everyday lifeIntensive R
9、eading Apsaras Also called 7_,they represent 8_.Apsaras painted during the Tang Dynasty area reflection of the 9_during that time.“Flying Immortals”heavenly musicians,singers and dancersconfidence and optimism of peopleIntensive ReadingLibrary Cave Discovered inside were 10_ _ These give us 11_ _Dun
10、huang has once again become 12 _.a global crossroads thousands of manuscripts,paintings and scrolls,as well as silk embroideries.a picture of Dunhuang when it was at the very centre of the Silk Road tradeIntensive ReadingPost-reading 1.What is your understanding of“Dunhuang has once again become a g
11、lobal crossroads”?2.In what ways is present-day Dunhuang influenced by its past?3.What would you most like to see in Dunhuang?Why?4.What methods can you use to find out information effectively?Post-reading 1.What is your understanding of“Dunhuang has once again become a global crossroads”?Post-readi
12、ngThrough the Belt and Road Initiative,hundreds of representatives from 51 countries came to Dunhuang for the Silk Road International Cultural Expo in 2017,thus making it once again a global crossroads.2.In what ways is present-day Dunhuang influenced by its past?Present-day Dunhuang is influenced b
13、y its past such as its long and glorious history,its cultural and commercial value and a flourishing trade in goods.Post-reading 3.What would you most like to see in Dunhuang?Why?4.What methods can you use to find out information effectively?The famous Library Cave,which has mysterious cultural history.We can surf the Internet or visit Dunhuang in person.Post-readingVIHomework HomeworkIf you are a tour guide,how will you introduce DunHuang?Write a short essay about Dunhuang with your own words.
