1、Longji Rice TerracesUnderstanding IdeasLead inActivity 1:What do you know about the Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups?Zhuang peopleYao peopleHow do they grow rice?staple food：ricesteep mountains,few large,flat areas of landlandformFast readingActivity 2:Fast readingRead the passage quickly and find out t
2、he problems the local people are facing and how the problems are solved by working with nature.Two problems are solved：There are few large,flat areas of land in the region for people to grow rice.The mountains are steep and the soil is shallow.1.To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Gu
3、angxi 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 scenic spot.Activity 3:get the main ideaPara.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 The of the Longji Ri
4、ce Terraces.The of the Longji Rice Terraces.The for building the terraces.The of the terraces.The of the terraces.Activity 3:get the main ideabeautyhistoryreasonsworking principlesvalue and attraction Detailed readingRead Para 1 and fill in the form.colorthingverbsspringsummerautumnwintersilverwater
5、wrap,shinebright greengrowing ricesee；turngold mountainsarecoverfrostwhiteTranslate the first paragraph into Chinese,and try to make your language vivid and attractive.yRead Para 2、3 and fill in the chart below.Who built the terraces?They were built by the local _ and _ people.When were the terraces
6、 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 _.Why did local people build them?There are _areas of land in the region.The mountains are _ and the soil is_.ZhuangYaoYuanearly Q
7、ing Dynastytall mountainsbottomtopfew large,flatsteepshallowActivity 4：Read Para 4 and put the sentences into right order.How do the terraces work?The vapour forms clouds.The rain falls down.The water is turned into vapour.The sun heats the water.The water flows into the terraces.1.2.3.4.5.heatvapor
8、cloudsrainwaterwaterwayswisdomThe Longji Rice Terraces were built by the local Zhuang 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.The
9、re are hundreds of waterways,along which rainwater moves down the mountains 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 peoplefew holdancientActivity 5：Read the summary and correct fou
10、r factual mistakes.Post readingActivity 6：think and share Why do the local people still keep the traditional way of growing rice？In what other way do people live in harmony with nature?Give examples.knowledge,culture,spirit windmills风车风车hydro-electric dams水电大坝水电大坝Thank you for Thank you for listeninglistening
