Unit 1 CULTURAL HERITAGE
主题语境——人与社会之文化遗产
【语境概说】 本单元的话题内容是“文化遗产”,它属于“人与社会”这一主题语境下的“历史、社会与文化”。本单元的主要内容包括世界著名的物质和非物质文化遗产、保护世界文化遗产的组织机构等。这些内容与学生的社会生活有关,学习它们有助于学生在语言知识、文化意识、思维品质等方面能力的提高。
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All of our cultural heritage which is useful should be inherited, but in a critical way. 凡属我国文化遗产中有用的东西,都应当批判地继承。
Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations.遗产是我们过去的遗产,是我们今天生活的东西,是我们传给后代的东西。
“Cultural space” is proposed by UNESCO for the protection of the world intangible cultural heritage.“文化空间”是由联合国教科文组织提出的,目的是用于保护世界非物质文化遗产。
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking
1.Translate the following words and phrases.
①heritage n. 遗产 ②temple n. 庙;寺 ③relic n. 遗物;遗迹 ④clue n. 线索;提示 ⑤mount n.山峰 v.爬;爬上 ⑥former adj. 以前的 ⑦preserve vt. 保存;保护 ⑧promote vt. 促进;提升 ⑨creative adj. 创造性的
⑩creatively adv. 创造性地;有创造力地 ?application n. 申请(表);用途;运用 ?take part in 参与;参加 2.Brainstorming:Please name some famous cultural heritages in the world in English or in Chinese.
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①宙斯神像__②泰姬陵__③巴比伦空中花园__④The__Pyramids__⑤The__Great__Wall__⑥The__Forbidden__Palace__⑦兵马俑__⑧Mount__Tai
3.Look at the picture on Page 2 and tell your classmates what the students are doing. They__are__talking__about__Mount__Tai__and__the__cultural__heritage__protection__in__China.
Finish Ex.2 & Ex.3 on Page 2 and Ex.5 on Page 3.
1.Listening—Guess the meaning of new words using context clues.
①She said nothing and mounted her horse again.They rode some miles further.The day was warm, the sun beat down, and she again grew thirsty. Clues:horse, rode
Guess:The expression of “mounted her horse” probably means “climbed on her horse”.
②There are many differences between Earth and Mars.While the former has an atmosphere and liquid water, the latter does not. Clues:Earth and Mars, the latter does not.
Guess:The former means the first one of the two things. ③It is quite natural for all of us to want to preserve and protect the foods we buy.We always think that the best way is by putting them in our refrigerators. Clues:protect, putting them in our refrigerators. Guess:To preserve the foods means to keep the food. ④When the company promotes the new style, people will be longing for the products, so they are willing to spend money on them.This also gives the company motivation to develop new products.
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