Ethnic Culture 山东省荣成四中 姜丽霞

How much do you know about Yunnan? Location Geography Size Population Rare animals Plants People Capital city Natural wonders South-western province Mountains,lakes,rainforests 394,000 square kilometres About 42 million in 2003 Golden monkey, Asian elephant Half of all china’s plant species 25 ethnic minorities Kunming Stone Forest, Tiger Leaping Gorge

Some questions about the visit to Yunnan: In what way is the Yunnan landscape varied? Why do tourists get lost in Lijiang? In what way are Naxi women unusual? What is unusual about the Naxi language?

Paragraph 1 The Naxi music Paragraph 2 The Naxi ethnic Paragraph 3 The landscape Paragraph 4 The Naxi language Paragraph 5 The old town

The south is tropical and the north is mountainous.

Because there is a maze of small streets.

They are unusual because they run Naxi society They are unusual because they run Naxi society. It is usually the men who run societies.

The language is the only language still used which is written in hieroglyphics.

Language points: 独立主格结构 1.The old town is on the side of a mountain and opposite it is the 5,500-metre Yulong Xueshan Mountain, its peak covered with snow. All things considered, her suggestion is of greater value than yours. He sat silently, eyes closed. The signal given, the bus started. 独立主格结构

2.Seen from above , the old town is a maze of canals, little bridges and tiny cobbled streets that tourists get lost in. Passed from father to son, the music hasn’t changed for centuries. Visited in spring, the hill is covered with snow. Test: Covered _______ with snow , the hill looks beautiful. ______in thought , he almost ran into the can in front of him. Lost Homework _______, he ran out to see a film. finished

Retell the text and fill in the blanks: I’m astonished by how_______ the landscape is. Down in the south, it’s very________,but in the north , Lijiang, a half now and half old town is on the side of a mountain and opposite it is Yulong Xueshan Mountain, its peak ________with snow. ______from above , the old town is a maze that the tourist get_____in. This region is _______the Naxi_______group live. It’s the women_____run Naxi society. They inherited all ________and have the _______of playing cards n the middle of the street. The Naxi language is the only___________language still _______. Naxi culture is particularly famous for its music. ________from father to son, the music hasn’t changed for centuries. At last I know _________different we may appear to be first, we are all the same, all equal. varied tropical covered seen lost where ethnic who property custom hieroglyphic in use Passed however

Homework: Write a composition about your visit to someplace.

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