英语必修 第一册Unit 6 At one with nature学案设计

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Goals：

1. To acknowledge different climate and living coditions in different countries and areas.

2. To develop the reading strategies by figuring out the main idea of the passage as well as the summary of it.

Step 1 Pre reading

Task 1. Watch the video of Venice with the following questions:

1. Tell us something about Venice (location, history, custom, festival, and etc).

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2. What are the problems faced by Venice?

Problem 1：____________________________________________

Problem 2：____________________________________________

Task 2. Look at the pictures and think about the question:

How does the natural environment influence the lives of the local people in the picture?

In Russia, it can get very ____ with heavy snow in ____, So people live in houses with inclined roofs and wear ______ ______ for outdoor activities.

In the UK, the mild climate and parks in towns and cities provide a pleasant natural environment ____ _____ people can relax and enjoy life.

In _______ China, the yellow _____ is thick and compacted(结实的), So people build cave dwellings(窑洞) as their place of residence.

In Myanmar (缅甸), the climate is hot and humid and there are many ____. So many people live in ______ houses on stilts(桩子,支柱), which keep them above the water.

Task 3.Talk about the following questions with your classmates：

What is the natural environment of your home town like? 

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How is your life influenced by it?

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What did people do to solve the problem in the past?

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How can we maintain the ralationship between human and the nature?

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Step 2 While reading

Task 1: Look through the text and choose the author's purpose in writing the passage.

1 To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi 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.

Task 2: Match the main ideas with each paragraph.

Task 3. Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1. How does the author develop Paragraph 1?

   A. By listing the facts.

   B. By comparing the facts.

   C. By vividly describing the scene.

   D. By painting the beautiful colors

2. Which is not the reason why the people built

    the terraces?

   A.  Lack of enough flat areas

   B.  Holding the rainwater

   C. Protecting the soil

   D. Making the mountains more steep

3. Which is the correct order of how the terraces work?

 ①The gas forms cloud     ②The rain falls down

 ③ The water is turned into gas 

 ④ The sun heats the water

 ⑤ The water flows into the terraces

 A. ②⑤④③①②       B. ③①④②⑤③

 C. ①④②⑤③①    D. ②①④③⑤②

4. What can we conclude from the last paragraph?  

A. Modern technology helps people there produce more rice.

B. People there still value the ancient growing methods.

C. Many visitors come here to learn how to grow rice.

D.The young people there like to create great wonders.

Task 4. Read the summary of the passage and correct four factual mistakes.

The 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. There 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.

Step 3 Post reading

Work in pairs. Read the passage again and find out the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces. Then use the picture to retell it in your own words.

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