Unit6Atonewithnature

Understandingideasandwriting

Activity1

reviewthepassageLongjiRiceTerracesby

reconstructingtheparagraphsagain.Para.1Themountains：→

→→→shineinthespringturnbrightgreeninthesummeraregoldinautumnarecoveredinsheetsofwhitefrostinwinterActivity1

reviewthepassageLongjiRiceTerracesby

reconstructingtheparagraphsagain.Para.2Buildinghistory：→

→→fromYuanDynastytoQingDynastybylocalZhuangandYaopeoplebuiltagrandpictureActivity1

reviewthepassageLongjiRiceTerracesby

reconstructingtheparagraphsagain.Para.3thereasonsofturningmountainsintoterraces：→

→→fewlarge,flatareasoflandintheregionplentyofrain,themountainsaresteepandthesoilisshallow.Theflatterracescanholdtherainwaterandpreventthesoilfrombeingwashedaway.Activity1

reviewthepassageLongjiRiceTerracesby

reconstructingtheparagraphsagain.Para.4thesignificanceofLongjiRiceTerraces：→→createarecyclableecosysteminsteadofusingmodernmethods.Peoplehaveworkedinharmonywithnature.

workingprincipleofLongjiRiceTerracesActivity1

reviewthepassageLongjiRiceTerracesby

reconstructingtheparagraphsagain.Para.5thetraditonsarepasseddownthroughfamilies：→→Thelocalpeoplesticktousingancientmethodsofagriculturetomaintaintheterraces.Todayitbecomesatouristattractionwhichattractsthousandsofvisitors.Activity2

Usethewonderfulwordsorsentencepatternslearnedbeforetorewritesomevitalsentencesfromthisarticle.1.“Imaginemountainswrappedinsilverwater,shininginthespringsun.”:Youcanpicturethatmountainsarewrapped/surroundedwithsilverwaterandshininginthespringsun.2.“Summerseesthemountainsturnbrightgreenwithgrowingrice.”:Insummer,asthericegrows,themountainsturnbrightgreen./Itisbecauseofthegrowingricethatthemountainsturnbrightgreeninsummer.Activity2

Usethewonderfulwordsorsentencepatternslearnedbeforetorewritesomevitalsentencesfromthisarticle.3.“TheseterraceswerebuiltbythelocalZhuangandYaopeople,towhomGuangxiishome.”:ThelocalZhuangandYaopeople,whosehomelandisGuangxi,builttheseterraces./GuangxiisthehomelandofthelocalZhuangandYaopeople,anditwastheywhobuilttheseterraces.Activity2

Usethewonderfulwordsorsentencepatternslearnedbeforetorewritesomevitalsentencesfromthisarticle.4.“Althoughmoderntechnologycouldhelpproducemorecrops,theseterracesstillmeanalottothelocalpeopleforwhomtraditionsholdmuchvalue.”:Whilemoderntechnologyisofgreatbenefitinproducingmorecrops,theseterracesstillremainhighlymeaningfultothelocalpeoplewhovaluethetraditionsalot.Activity3

Usetherewrittensentencesoryourownwordsineachparagraphtowriteasummaryofthispassage.(combinethemainideasintoapassagewithin100words.)

Activity3

You’llneverforgetit,onceyouseethebreathtakingsceneryofLongjiRiceTerracesindifferentseasons.Forexample,themountainsarewrappedinthesilverwater,shininginthespringsun.IttookhundredsofyearsfromYuanDynastytoQingDynastyforthelocalZhuangandYaopeopletobuildtheterraces.What’smore,thelocalpeoplebuilttheterracesbecausetherearefewlarge,flatareasintheregiontogrowriceandthesoilisshallow.Besides,themostsignificantpointisthattheyhaveworkedinharmonywithnaturetomaketheseterracesandgrowriceinsteadofrelyingonthemoderntechnologywhichcouldhelpproducemorecrops.Theyvaluethetraditionspasseddownthroughfamiliestonewgenerations.Summary1.“Clearwatersandlushmountainsareasvaluableasgoldandsilver.”2.Weshouldlearntoobservelife,enjoylife,andbeatruepersonwhoknowshow