Transcript Unit 4 project Reporting on a historic religious site The great wall

Unit 4 project
Reporting on a historic religious site
The great wall
Egyptian pyramid
Stonehenge in England
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国
史
前
巨
石
阵
Triumphal arch
法国凯旋门
There are a lot of religious sites around
the world that are of historic importance.
Do you know any more of them?
Discuss with your partner, please.
Now let's enjoy another religious site.
The White Horse Temple
Tips:
What will we write about if we want to
tell other people about a historic religious
site?
brief introduction included
Where it is located
___________________
When and why it was set up
___________________________
____________________
Who set it up
the story behind it
the importance of it in history
Fast reading
Scan the passages and find the answers
to the Knowledge questions（细节复述
型问题）which elicit factual answers
and recognition of information, words,
phrases or sentences in the passage as
answers.
1. Why is it called the White Horse Temple?
To remind people of the white horse that
the Buddhist readings and images had
traveled on from India.
2. When did India and China make a plan
to work together to build a new Indianstyle pagoda west of the White Horse
Temple?
In April 2005.
Careful reading
Listen to the recording and follow then
read it carefully and judge the following
sentences “True” or “False”. These
questions are Comprehension questions
(理解型问题) which interpret some
information in the passage.
1) Before AD 67, there’s no Buddhist temple in
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China.
2) In the year AD64, the Emperor Mingdi of the
Eastern Zhou Dynasty instructed a group of
officials to go on his behalf as agents to India.
3). Qiyun pagoda was
F built before the Honglu
Temple was renamed.
4). The White Horse Temple
F is one of the most
famous tourist attractions in Luoyang.
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Choose the best answer to the Analysis
question (分析型问题) and Inference
question（推断型问题）relating parts
to the whole.
1) Which of the following statements is Not true
according to the passage?
A. the two Indian monks who originally traveled
to China with Emperor Mingdi’s officials
were buried in China.
B. a dream of an emperor led to the building of
the White Horse Temple.
C. It’s said that if you stand about 20 meters
away from the pagoda and clap your hands,
you will hear someone answer you from the
roof.
D. The White Horse Temple had ever been
destroyed at war.
2) It may be inferred from this passage that
__________
A. Monks were Buddhist and were working as
educators without salary.
B. The Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han
Dynasty believe in the two Indian monks.
C. The architecture of the White Horse
Temple is various.
D. The White Horse Temple is one of the first
historic buildings that the government listed
to receive special state protection.
Finish Synthesis questions （综合型问题）
that summarize the main idea or comb
elements into a new pattern by dividing
the passage into several parts and give
the main idea for each part. Encourage
students to have different opinions.
Sample:
Main idea
Part 1(para 1) Brief introduction of the
White Horse Temple
Part 2(paras The story behind the
2~5)
temple
Part 3(para 6) The architecture of the
White Horse Temple
Part 4(paras
7~9)
The importance of the
temple
Language points
1. (L2) It was the first Buddhist temple in
China, and to this day, remains one of
the most important temples in all of
China.
Analyze the sentence:
This is a simple sentence. The subject
of it is “It” and the predicate is “was
and remains”.
Pay attention to the word ‘and’
Have a try
The tall man carrying a golden carriage,
_______ the girl and went away.
A. seizing
B. to seize
C. seized
D. had seized
2) remain
① vi 剩下，遗留
e.g.
After the fire, very little remained of my house.
② vi 留待以后去看，去做，去说
e.g. Much work remained to be done.
③ vi逗留，留下
e.g. I’ll remain to see the end of the game.
④ link v. 保持，仍是
e.g. The door remained closed.
A few flowers still ______ on the tree.
A. kept
B. remained
C. left
D. remaining
（02全国）Having a trio abroad is
certainly good for the old couple, but it
remained _______ whether they will
enjoy it.
A. to see
B. to be seen
C. seeing
D. seen
2. (L7) When the emperor woke up, he
asked his officials to interpret his dream
and tell him what it meant.
1) Analyze the sentence:
This is a complex sentence. In the
main clause, there is an object
clause‘ what it meant’.
2) Try to use
（05安徽）Great changes have taken
place in that school. It is no longer _____
it was 20 years ago, ______, it was so
poorly equipped.
A. what, when B. that, which
C. what, which D. which, that
3. (L31) It was the White Horse Temple
that first brought the meaning of
‘temple’ to the word ‘si’.
1) Analyze the sentence:
2)Try to use
（05天津）It was ____ you do rather
than what you say ______ matters.
A. that, what B. that, which
C. what, that
D. what, this
4. (L41) It is called the Qiyun Pagoda and
it is the first known Buddhist pagoda in
China.
1) Analyze the sentence:
2) Try to use
（06全国）Mary, ____ here-everybody
else, stay where you are.
A. come
B. comes
C. to come D. coming
Homework _________
finished (finish), we went
to bed very early.
Autumn ________
comes (come), and leaves
turn yellow.
After ___________
being killed (kill), he was thrown
into the river.
Step V writing
1. Discuss in group of four what to write
about if we want to tell other people about
a historic religious site
1) What historic religious site would you
choose to write about?
2) What information do you need to find
out and how will you record it?
3) How are you going to find information
out about the site?
4) How will you organize the information?
Will you use headings in your report?
5) Who will find the information and
write part of the report?
6) Who will present which part of the
report to the class?
2. (Look---discuss---say---write)
Yuanmingyuan
Discuss how to write a composition
about it.
颐和园内被毁前的文昌
阁（三层,楼顶大钟指向
6点 30分。据推测这张
照片可能就是在此阁被
毁当天或前一 天拍摄的）
圆明园琉璃塔旧址
当时唯一一座
铜鎏金覆钟锦罐
式的琉璃塔，也是
圆明园最高的一座塔。
现已毁）
圆明园规月桥 （现已毁）
圆明园始建于1709年，历时150年陆续建成。清
王朝倾全国物力财力，集国内外名胜40景，建
成大型建筑物145处，内藏难以数计的艺术珍品
和文物。
令中华民族抱恨千古的是，这一世界园林艺术
的伟大杰作，于1860年和1900年分别遭英法联
军和八国联军野蛮的劫掠和焚烧，使一代明园
化为废墟。
现在，经整修后的遗址，已成为人们凭吊和游
览之地。
3. Discuss if it’s necessary to rebuild Yuan
ming yuan.
Homework:
1. Read the article again.
2. Choose any of religious sites to write
a report about it cooperating in
groups.