TheGreatWallTheGreatWallItwasrebuiltduringtheMingDynastyJiayuguanPassinGansuProvinceThewestendoftheGreatWall“TheOldDragonHead”TheeastendoftheGreatWall老龙头万里长城犹如一条巨龙,其龙头伸于渤海之中掀浪戏水,人们俗称此地为“老龙头”。老龙头位于山海关城南约5公里处,是明万里长城军事防御体系的重要组成部分,也是山海关景区的重要景点。老龙头呈半岛状伸入海中,墙体沿海岸线自然弯曲延伸,由石块垒砌而成,分为入海石城、海庙店、靖卤台、南海口、澄海楼、宁海城和滨海长城等七部分。其中入海石城相传为明朝抗倭名将戚继光所筑;澄海楼则是老龙头的最高点,是观海胜地,清朝皇帝康熙、乾隆曾多次登临此楼。ShanhaiguanPass“TheFirstPassunderHeaven”AbeacontowerTheGreatwallTheGreatWallisalsocalledthe“Ten–Thousand–liGreatWall”.Itisoneofthewondersoftheworld.ItisthelongestwallintheworldandrunsacrossnorthChinalikeahugedragon.Ithasahistoryofover2,000years.Inoldtimes,itwasverydifficulttobuildsuchawall.Mr.Henson,anAmericanengineer,hascometoBeijingonbusinessforthefirsttime.HeistalkingtoMaLi,atourguide.Mr.Henson:MaLi,IhopetovisittheGreatWallfirstwhichI’mhere.MaLi:OK.WecangotoBadalingtoseetheGreatWalltomorrow.It’snotfarfromthishotel.Here’sabookletwithabriefintroductiontotheGreatWall.YoucanreaditthiseveningandI’llpickyouupat8tomorrowMorning.Mr.Henson:Great!Thanks.Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothetext.1.WhereistheGreatWall?2.WhendidthebuildingoftheGreatWallbegin?TheGreatWallislocatedinthenorthofChina.BuildingoftheGreatWallfirstbeganduringtheperiodoftheWarringStates.3.WhydidseveralkingdomsbuildtheirwallsduringtheWarringStatesPeriod?4.Whodecidedtohavethewallslinkedandextendedin221BC?TheybuilttheWallstoprotecttheircountries.ThefirstEmperoroftheQinDynastydecidedtohavethewallslinkedandextended.5.HowmanypeoplewereforcedtobuildtheGreatWallbythefirstEmperoroftheQinDynasty?AboutonemillionpeopleweremadetobuildtheWall.6.HowlongdidittaketobuildtheGreatWallatthattime?Ittookmorethantenyearstobuildit.7.WhenwastheGreatWallwhichwecanseetodayrebuilt?TheWallwhichwecanseenowwasrebuiltduringtheMingDynasty.8.WhatisthetotallengthoftheGreatWall?Itstotallengthismorethan6,700kilometers.9.WhenwastheGreatWalllistedbytheUNESCOasaWorldHeritage?In1987itwaslistedbytheUNESCOasaWorldHeritageSite.1.TheGreatWallisoneoftheworld’smostfamouswonders。oneof+名词复数…..之一2.belocated….位于……;坐落于…..eg:(1)Ourschoolislocatedinthecenterofthecity.(2)Thevillageislocatedanthefootofthemountain.3.theWarringStatesPeriod=thePeriodoftheWarringStates.战国时期4.Protect是“保护”“防御”的意思,常与from或against连用。protect…..from/against“保护…..以防…..”eg:(1)Youneedwarmclothestoprotectyoufromthecold.(2)Thegirliswearingthesunglassestoprotecthereyesfromthesunlight.5.BC“公元前”,beforeChrist之略,通常写在数字之后。AD“公元”,拉丁文annoDomini之略,英国是将AD写在年数之前,美国是将AD写在年数之前之后均可。但没特殊要求一般来说,AD不必写出。eg:公元前256:in256BC1983:AD1983或1983AD6.thefirstEmperoroftheQinDynasty“秦朝第一个皇帝”,即“秦始皇”。7.have(使,让)+宾语+宾补(过去分词done)指别人做的事或别的情况造成的。eg:(1)Ihavemybikerepaired.(2)WhenIwastraininginthegym,Ihadmyleghurt.8.Itissaidthat…..“据说…..”It是形式主语,that是真正的主语,这是一个主语从句。eg:ItissaidthatthebridgewasbuiltintheMingDynasty.Itissaidthatheisgoodatoperatingcomputers.类似的结构还有:Itisbelievedthat…..“据信….”Itisreportedthat…..“据报道…..”Itishopedthat…..“人们希望……”9.主动:forcesbtodosth“强迫某人做某事”被动:beforcedtodosth“被迫做某事”eg:(1)Theyforcedthelittleboytocleanthecar.(2)Thelittleboywasforcedtocleanthecar.theamountof+不可数名词;thenumberof+可数名词复数.alargeamountof+不可数名词;thelargenumberof+可数名词复数.12.beusedtodo“被用来做….”eg:BricksandstoneswereusedtobuildtheWall.13.beenoughtodosth“足够做….”eg:Twohoursisenoughtofinishmyhomework.…..的数量许多,大量14.“数字+量词+形容词”=“数字+量词+in+名词”表示某物的尺寸。eg:Theboxis4feetlong.=Theboxis4feetinlength.15.thousandsof“成千上万的”,另外还有:hundredsof“成百上千的”millionsof“数以百万的”hundredsofthousandsof“数十万的”tensofthousandsof“数以万计的”16.belisted“被列为…..”,“被登录在…..”eg:Mynameisnotlistedinthetelephonedirectory.17.as“作为”,是介词.eg:(1)He’sgotajobasaneditor.(2)Pleasetreathimasafriend.18.leadto…..“通向,导致,引起”eg:(1)Theroadleadstothevalley.(2)Toolittlerestoftenleadstoillness.Homework1.Dothe“LanguageStudy”.2.PreviewtheSpeakingandGrammar.