1、Using language (II) How many minorities do you know in China? Which nationality do you belong to? How much do you know about the other nationalities of China? Uigur nationality Puyuma Tribe What minority group do you think they are from? Tibetan nationality Bai nationality Manchu Korean nationality
2、Listen to the tape for the first time and match the national group to an example of its customs. Naxi Uyghur Dai Miao Bai dances cloth food woodwork singing (Page 38) Listen to the tape again and finish the following questions. 1. Why did Ricky and Lucy come to China? 2. What is the purpose of the F
3、olk Culture Villages? 3. What two things is Ricky interested in doing? 4. What is Lucy most interested in doing? 5. What things does the guide think are the most important to see? 1. Why did Ricky and Lucy come to China? 2. What is the purpose of the Folk Culture Villages? 3. What two things is Rick
4、y interested in doing? Ricky and Lucy came to China as tourists. The purpose of the Folk Culture Villages is to show the homes, temples and dress of Chinas minority groups. Ricky is interested in eating and seeing the homes of the Bai people. 4. What is Lucy most interested in doing? 5. What things
5、does the guide think are the most important to see? Lucy is most interested in shopping. The guide thinks it is most important to see the Uygur cultural dances and the Dai singing (and possibly the different styles of houses). Have you ever been to an ocean theme park? What kind of things do you thi
6、nk visitors can see and do at these parks? (Page 69) Listen to the tape and tick the items below that you can do at Sea World in Australia. Feed the dolphins (海海 豚豚). Go on a roller coaster. Go diving (潜水潜水) to see fish. Watch birds do tricks. Play with polar bears. Learn about a rescue programme. L
7、isten and answer the following questions. 1. What two things does Ji Yang really want to do? 2. What does David think about training wild animals to do tricks? 3. Does Ji Yang think it is a problem for the polar bears to leave their cold home in the Arctic? Why or why not? Ji Yang really wants to se
8、e the water ski show and the dolphin show. David thinks training wild animals to do tricks is crazy. Ji Yang doesnt think its a problem for polar bears to leave the Arctic, because they have ice and cold water to swim and play in so theyre not too hot. The Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii shows
9、visitors many Polynesian ways of life. (Page 73) Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians. The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC)
10、is a living museum located in Lie, on the northern part of Oahu, Hawaii. Dedicated in October 12, 1963, the PCC is located on 42 acres (170,000 m ) of land owned by nearby Brigham Young University-Hawaii, where most of the 700 employees are enrolled as students. Although it is largely a commercial v
11、enture, profits from the PCC are applied to various scholarship programs run by BYU- Hawaii. The 42-acre Polynesian Cultural Center represents eight island cultures and over 15 million square miles of the vast South Pacific. The island villages will give you a first-hand look at these diverse and fa
12、scinating cultures. Its essentially a whirlwind tour of Polynesia, with native guides who help visitors experience their games, language, crafts, music and history. They also introduce guests to the most authentic of Hawaiian luaus, Hawaiis largest and most exciting evening show and other local attr
13、actions and information. Entrance to the Polynesian Cultural Center Look at the pictures below. What do you think the tour guide is going to talk about? Listen to the first part of the tour guides talk and take notes to fill in the tables below. a tall, straight tree Cut down the tree and remove the
14、 branches Cut the tree in half to get two long pieces of wood. Remove the inside of one piece to make the boat Take off the bark and put oil on the outside of the boat Key answers: a lot of palm leaves Collect palm leaves Weave them together to make a long wall Join the edges of the wall by weaving
15、the ends together and putting sticks to hold the wall up Make the roof from two other flat pieces of palm leaves and put the roof on top of the wall Key answers: The Polynesian Cultural Center tries to preserve Polynesian culture. How should we do to preserve traditional Chinese culture in a cultural centre? Choose a minority and talk about it. Thang-ga traditional house Earth Building in Fujian Beijing Courtyard Homework 1. Review the whole unit. 2. Note down one of your experiences in a park, a theme park or the Sea World.
