旅游英语Unit-7

Unit7NorthwestChina-Gansu,QinghaiandShaanxi旅游英语顾艳蕾2Lesson14:GansuandQinghaiPartI:Conversation---VisitingMogaoGrottosVocabulary:1.MogaoGrottos2.Woodenskeleton3.Paintedsculpture4.Mural5.Sakyamuni6.Secondtonone7.Mold,fadingandcracks3Lesson14:GansuandQinghaiVocabulary:China‘sfourgreatgrottoes：MogaoGrottos(inDunhuang,Gansuprovince)YungangGrottos(inDatong,Shanxiprovince)LongmenGrottos(inLuoyang,Henanprovince)MaijishanGrottos(inTianshui,Gansuprovince)4Lesson14:GansuandQinghaiTorFQuestions:1.TherearenumerousculturalrelicsinGansupartlybecauseofitspositionontheSilkRoad.2.GansuProvinceboastsvariouslandformsincludingsnowmountains,grasslands,deserts,plateausandbasins.3.MogaoGrottosarethelargestandmostwell-preservedBuddhistartpalaceintheworldandhaveattractedworldwideattention.4.TraditionalChinesemedicineproductionistheeconomicmainstayinGansuProvince.5Lesson14:GansuandQinghaiTorFQuestions:1.QinghaiProvinceisthelargestpastureinChina.2.QinghaiiscalledtheWaterTowerofChinabecauseitistheplacewherethreelargestriversoriginate.3.Thoughmanydifferentreligionsco-existinQinghai,theTibetanBuddhsmhasthegreatestinfluencebecausemosttemplesintheQinghaiarelamaseries.4.ThecoldplateauinQinghaiisanidealplaceforbiologicalstudiesandresearchesbecauseofitsperfectweather.6Lesson14:GansuandQinghaiFuxiFuxiisthe1.________(legend)godinthemythologyofancientChina.HeisalsocalledTaihaoorTaihaoFuxi.Legendsays,by2.__________(limitation)thespider,hecreatedanettocatchfishandanimals.Heinventedthe3.________(music)instrument,Se,apluckedinstrumentwith50strings,and4.______(creation)theEightDiagramsusedindivination.He5.________(marriage)hisyoungersister,Nvwa,andstartedthe6.___________(product)ofoffspringonegenerationafteranother.Thustheybecametheancestorsofthe7.__________(China).IntheHanDynasty,theywere8.________(carving)onstoneasfigureswithhumanheadsandbodiesofthesnake.Theyarehumanshapedfromthewaistup,butaresnake-likebelow.Thelowerbodiesareentangledtogetherwitheachother.legendarylimitatingmusicalcreatedmarriedreproductionChinesecarved7Lesson14:GansuandQinghaiFuxi8Lesson14:GansuandQinghai-Translation:Lying180kilometersfromXningand3,200metersabovesealevel,theQinghaiLakeisthelargestsalt-waterlakeinChina.IntheQinghaiLake,BirdIslandisthemostcharmingandattractiveplace.SituatedonthewesternshoreoftheQinghaiLake,theislandhaslargelybeenturnedintoapeninsula,Thoughitcoversanareaoflessthan1,000squaremeters,itattractsmanymigratingbirdsineveryspringandsummer.Tothesehundredsofthousandsofmigrantbirds,theislandhasbecomeaveryimportanthome.Thousandsofbirdsofdifferentkindsnestontheislandandthebirds’songsarecarriedfaraway.Forthesebirdsaswellasbirdwatchers,theislandisarealheaven.9Lesson14:GansuandQinghai-Translation:Topicsfordiscussion:1.FindmoreinformationabouttheSilkRoadandcommentonitssignificanceinancientChina.Andtalkaboutwhyithaslostitssignificanceinmodernsociety.2.TheloessplateauissaidtobethesourceofthesandstormsaffectingBeijingandmanyothercitiesinnorthChina.Talkaboutthecausesandmakesomesuggestionsabouthowtostopthem.