1、Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Listening and Speaking In this class, you will 1. practise listening for the main idea and detailed information of a natural conversation about a youth project; 2. practise using the context to guess the meaning of new words; 3. talk about the protection of the cultural heri
2、tage by using information collected from previous listening activities. Learning objectives Warming-up Warming-up Listen to the conversation and choose the main idea. A. Students from different countries are working creatively to protect a temple in China. B. Youths from seven countries are working
3、together to protect cultural relics on Mount Tai. C. Doing a project on cultural heritage protection in China is interesting and exciting. Listening n. 庙；寺 Reporter: Hello. What are you guys doing? Stephanie: Were creating an app about Mount Tai. Were part of an international youth project. Reporter
4、: Thats interesting. How many students are taking part in the project? Stephanie: There are 23 senior high school students from seven countries. Listening youths from seven countries are working together Reporter: Why is the project here at Mount Tai? Lin Bin: Well, as you know, Mount Tai is one of
5、the most famous mountains in China. The mountain and the temples have been protected for over 3,000 years, so its a great example of how people preserve their cultural heritage. We feel so proud to have a chance to do something. Listening protect cultural relics on Mount Tai Listen again and help th
6、e reporter to complete the interview notes. Listening International youth project, _ high school students from 7 countries Mount Tai, one of the most _ mountains in China It has been _ for more than 3,000 years. 22 temples, around 1,800 _ with writing on them Dai Temple on _ ; over 6,000 _ Listening
7、 23 famous protected stones Mount Tai steps Guess the meaning of new words. EXAMPLE The palace was destroyed years ago. By studying old photos of the former palace, they have made the new one look exactly like the old one. Listening Guess: The former palace means “the palace that _”. was built befor
8、e but was destroyed Listening Reason The word is an example of a group/type I know. The word is explained by the speaker. The word means the opposite of a word I know. The word means the same as a word I know. I know the general meaning of the word. The speaker gives an example of the word. Listenin
9、g Listen to the conversation again and use the context to guess the meaning of the three words. Tick the reason why you were able to guess the words. Guess the meaning of new words. Preserve The mountain and the temples have been protected for over 3,000 years, so its a great example of how people p
10、reserve their cultural heritage. Listening Guess the meaning of new words. Promote We want to promote Mount Tai; that is, we want to tell teenagers in other countries about the mountain and Chinese culture. Listening Listening Listen to the conversation again and use the context to guess the meaning
11、 of the three words. Tick the reason why you were able to guess the words. Guess the meaning of new words. Cypress This game is about six cypresses that were planted on Mount Tai during Han Dynasty. You learn about the trees and also the life in China over 2,000 years ago. Listening Complete the new
12、s report. Post-listening Complete the news report. Post-listening International Youth Camp Members Create Mount Tai App Taian, 18 June 2019. A group of high school students who are taking part in an international youth camp at Mount Tai are creating a(n) _ about Chinas most famous mountain. The purp
13、ose of the camp is to _ Mount Tai by introducing it to young people in a fun and easy way. app promote Complete the news report. Post-listening The students are making an app about Mount Tai and taking photos of the _ and stones. The volunteers also visit middle schools in the area in order to talk
14、to local teenagers. Liu Bin, a member of the camp, says that he is _ to help Mount Tai as people have done for more than 3,000 years. temples proud Post-listening Think about the questions. 1. What is usually in a title of a news report? 2. What is the lead sentence of the news report? What is inclu
15、ded in the lead? 3. What is the structure of the news report? Post-listening Think about the questions. 1. What is usually in a title of a news report? International Youth Camp Members Create Mount Tai App who what Think about the questions. 2. What is the lead sentence of the news report? What is i
16、ncluded in a lead? Post-listening Taian, 18 June 2019. A group of high school students who are taking part in an international youth camp at Mount Tai are creating an app about Chinas most famous mountain. where when who what Think about the questions. 3. What is the structure of the news report? Po
17、st-listening Would you like to take part in a project like this? Why or why not? Could you think of more ways to protect the cultural heritage? Speaking A consonant cluster( 辅 音 连 缀 ) is a group of consonants(辅音) with no vowels (元音) between them. Groups are of two, three, or four consonants at the s
18、tart, within, or at the end of a word. EXAMPLE: Start: pr-, gr-, sm-, sl-, sp-, str-, sw-, scr-, etc. End: -lk, -nt, -nd, -nk, -sk, -st, -xt, etc. Pronunciation Pronunciation Listen and tick the word that you hear. 1 present / pleasant 2 crew / grew 3 scream /cream 4 exist / exists 5 twelve / twelft
19、h 6 confident / confused Pronunciation Listen to the sentences and tick the word you hear. 1 Yuanmingyuan? Just across the street. / Yuanmingyuan? Just cross the street. 2 Bruce referred to the guidebook. / Bruce preferred the guidebook. 3 The dragon followed its tail. / The dragon followed its trail. 4 It is a different context. / It is a different contest. 5 The trays were dark green. / The trains were dark green. Homework 1. Read the news report in Activity 6 aloud. 2. Write a paragraph about more ways to protect the cultural heritage.
