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ReadingforWritingP8-9Unit1CulturalHeritageWriteanewsreportWhatdoyouknowabouttheMogaoCaves?TheMogaoCaves(莫高窟),alsoknownastheThousandBuddhaGrottoes(千佛洞),formasystemof492temples25km(16mi)southeastofthecenterofDunhuang,anoasis(绿洲)strategicallylocatedatareligiousandculturalcrossroadsontheSilkRoad,inGansuprovince,China.MogaoCavesisagroupofancientcaveswhichwerebuiltindifferentdynasties.Itisfamousforexquisite（精美的）的murals(壁画)andvarioussculptures(建筑)keptinsidethecaves.With735caves,morethan45,000squaremetersofmurals,2415coloredsculpturesofdifferentsize,thecavescontainsomeofthefinestexamplesofBuddhistart(佛教艺术)spanningaperiodof1,000years.ReadthenewsreportabouttheMogaoCavesandanswer:1Whataretheresearchersandscientiststryingtodo?Whatmoderntechnologyaretheyusing?TheresearchersandscientistsaretryingtoincreaseknowledgeandappreciationofChina'sancientculturalheritage.Theyareusingdigitalphotographytorecordacollectionofimages.2WhyaresomanypeopleinterestedintheMogaoCaves?Becausetheyhavelongbeenameetingpointfordifferentculturesandarepartofthehistoryofmanycountries.3Whatdoyouthinkoftheresearcher'sopinioninthelastparagraph?Iagreewiththeresearcher'sopinion.Understandingourownandotherculturesisagreatwaytounderstandourselvesandothers.Studytheorganisationofanewsreport.HeadlineLeadSentenceBodySummaryStudytheorganisationofanewsreport.Readthenewsreportagainandfindtheseparts.LeadsentenceDirectquoteParaphraseBackgroundinformationReportingverbsWordstoshowcomparisonand/orcontrastStudythelanguagefeatures.Underlinetherelativeclausesthatthewriterusestoidentifythefollowing.thingspeopletime课文回顾：TheyarerecordingandcollectingdigitalimagesofculturalrelicsfromtheMogaoCaves,whichwereakeystopalongtheSilkRoadthroughoutChina'sancienthistory.句意：他们正在记录和收集莫高窟文物的数字图像，莫高窟是贯穿中国古代丝绸之路的关键一站。throughout:各处；遍及；自始至终①Theyexporttheirproductstomarketsthroughouttheworld.②Themuseumisopendailythroughouttheyear.③Thehousewaspaintedwhitethroughout.各处自始至终遍及1connectedwiththestudyorrepresentationofthingsfromthepastTheyalsohopetofurthereducatepeopleabouttheimportanceofsafeguardinghistoricandculturalrelicsforfuturegenerationstounderstandandappreciate.句意：他们还希望进一步教育人们认识到保护历史和文化的重要性，文物要留给后人去了解和欣赏。2②Manyimportanthistoricaldocumentsweredestroyedwhenthelibrarywasbombed.adj.历史的,历史上的,史实的①Inahistoricvote,theChurchofEnglanddecidedtoallowwomentobecomepriests.importantorlikelytobeimportantinhistoryadj.历史上著名的;有历史性的Writeanewsreport.①Readtheinterviewnotes.②Draftanewsreportaccordingtotheoutline.③Exchangedraftswithapartner.④Shareyourwriting.Writeanewsreportaboutapersonoragroupwhoworkstoprotectourculturalheritage.1Readtheinterviewnotes.ChenLei,Wuhan·seniorteacher·takesphotosofoldbuidings·wantstopreserveculturalheritage·interviewsoldpeople·writesaboutthebuildings·visitsschoolstotellstudentsabout…ProtectorsofthePast,Wuhu·protectoldhouses·helprepairbuildings·lookforculturalrelics·showculturalrelicstothepublic·raisemoney·repairtemplesandculturalrelics2Draftanewsreportaccordingtotheoutline.HeadlineLeadsentenceWriteatitletogetthereaders'attention.Tellthereaderswho,what,where,andwhy.ApictureisworthathousandwordsChenLeiisaseniorteacherwhotakesphotosofoldbuildingsinWuhaninordertopreservethecity'sculturalheritage.BodyTellthereaderthefacts,details,examples,etc.Explainwhatthepersonorgroupdoes.Userelativeclauses.Usequotesandparaphrases.Everyday,ChenLeitakeshiscameraand...EndingEndwithashortsummarytohelpthereadersrememberthemainidea.Neitherpeoplenorbuildingslastforever,butChenLei'sphotoscanhelpusrememberthem.ChenLeiisaseniorteacherwhotakesphotosofoldbuildingsinWuhaninordertopreservethecity'sculturalheritage.Everyday,ChenLeitakeshiscameraandwalkspatientlythroughtheolderpartsofthecity.Overtheyearshehastakenthousandsofpicturesofoldbuildingstocreatearecordforhisfellowcitizensinthepresentandfuture.Anotherimportantpartofhisprojectaretheinterviewsheconductswithelderlyresidents.Oftenthesestorieshelptobringtheinterestinghistoriesofthebuildingstolife,givingthemtheirplaceinthehumanstoriesofWuhan'scitizens.Hewritesaboutthebuildings,theirinhabitantsandthestoriesthatweavethemtogether.Healsovisitsschoolstotellstudentsabouttheirculturalheritage.Neitherpeoplenorbuildingslastforever,butChenLei'sphotoscanhelpusrememberthem.Thestoriesthataccompanythemalsohelpbuildapictureoflifeforfuturegenerationstohearandaddtheirownstories,too.APictureIsWorthAThousandWords3Exchangeandreviseyourdraftwithyourpartner.Isthereatitle?Doestheleadsentencetellthereaderaboutthesituation?Hasthewriterincludeddetailsandexplanations?Aretherequotesandparaphrases?Doesthewriteruserelativeclausestoidentifypeople,places,things,times,etc.?Doesthewriterendwithashortsummary?Arethereanygrammarorspellingmistakes?Thechecklistmayhelpyou...4.Shareyourwriting.Thankyou!