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Nurturing nature
Unit 6
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Starting out
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
What do you know about these places
What do these places have in common？
Activity 1
Background information
Huanglong, China
Located in the north of Sichuan Province, Huanglong is a historic and scenic area widely known for its hot springs and waterfalls, valleys snow-capped peaks and forest. The area also has a population of endangered animals, Including pandas and monkeys.
Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil
The Iguazú Falls stretch in width for 2.7 kilometres (or 1.7 miles). Their height varies between 60 metres (200 feet) and 82 metres (or 269 feet). They feature over 275 individual falls that thunder into the Iguazu River. Special walkways have been built around the Iguazu Falls to allow visitors to get close up to this wonder of their natural beauty and power.
Activity 1
Background information
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in the north-east of Tanzania. It is at 5. 895 metres above sea level and is the highest mountain in Africa surrounded by forest, it is also the world’s highest free-standing mountain.
Uluru, Australia.
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in southwestern Northern Territory, central Australia. Uluru is sacred to the Aboriginal (土著的) people of the area. Uluru rises 348 metres above the surrounding desert plain and reaches a height 863 metres above sea level. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.
Activity 1
Starting out
Watch the video and answer the questions.
What are the three types of World Heritage Sites？
What other natural heritage sites in China do you know of
Activity 2
Starting out
Activity 2
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. What are the three types of World Heritage Sites？
2. What other natural heritage sites in China do you know of
There are three types of the World Heritage Sites, cultural, natural and mixed. A mixed heritage site is a site that has both cultural and natural significance.
Pre-reading: Quiz
Work in pairs and complete the quiz. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Activity 1
1. Which is the highest railway in the world
a. The Trans-Siberian Railway.
b. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
c. The Chengdu-Kunming Railway.
2. In which year was the completed Qinghai-Tibet Railway put into operation
a. 1984.
b. 2001.
c. 2006.
Pre-reading: Quiz
Work in pairs and complete the quiz. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Activity 1
3. Which of these stations is not on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway
a. Lhasa
b. Golmud.
c. Lanzhou.
4. Which of these natural World Heritage Sites does the Qinghai-Tibet Railway pass by
a. Xinjiang Tianshan.
b. Qinghai Hoh Xil.
c. South China Karst.
The South China Karst regions: Shilin Karst (in Yunnan Province), Libo Karst (in Guizhou Province), and Wulong Karst (in Chongqing Municipality).
Once believed “impossible”, the highest railway in the world is a record of the efforts of the workers to overcome the most difficult engineering challenges.
Prediction
What is the text about
Activity 2
Please find out the travelling route.
While-reading
To prove that humans can conquer nature.
To highlight the amount of work required to build the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
To praise the worker’s efforts in building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons.
Activity 3
Reasons
Para. 2-6: challenges/problems and measures
Para 6: “... I feel a sense of pride and achievement.”
Para 7: “... I am proud that we built our “impossible” railway, ... Many examples of how to overcome the difficulties during the construction in the text also give clues to the author’s purpose in writing the passage.”
Organize information from the passage and complete the table.
Activity 4
Thirty-three passages
move safely and freely in their natural habitat
prevent damage to wetlands and grasslands
a total length of about 160 kilometres
moved to a new area
Several oxygen-making stations
regular breaks
protect Cuona Lake
build a twenty-kilometre wall
protect it from construction waste
Why is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway called the sky railway What other words could you think of to describe it
Key words:
impossible, highest, extraordinary...
Think and share
We can also say it is a miracle, great achievement...
2. How is the theme of nurturing nature presented in this text
Think and share
The author uses his personal experience to describe the challenges of building the railway and the solutions to these problems to tell us that we should protect nature while constructing and developing human society.
Language points
Useful expressions
have … in common
put… into operation
work on
a record of
delicate ecosystem
be among the top concerns
catch one’s eyes
at one’s leisure
allow sb to do sth
speed past
有共同之處
投入使用
致力于…
對……的記錄
脆弱的生態系統
是最關切的問題之一
吸引某人視線
在某人有空時
允許某人做某事
疾馳而過
Useful expressions
________(sit) back in my seat, I can’t quite believe that I’m about to travel along the railway ________ many foreign experts _________ was “impossible”.
The train ___________________(race) along _________ (steady) since it left Xining.
翻譯：… “railways like massive dragons are winding among the mountains”…
一條條巨龍翻山越嶺……
wind |wa nd| The river winds its way to the ocean.
4. ________ (take)years to complete, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a….
Sitting
that
claimed
has been racing
steadily
Taking
Useful expressions
distinct ecosystem
fly by
before sb. know it
be located at/in/off…
UV radiation (ultraviolet)
present a challenge for…
oxygen-making stations
enjoy regular breaks
a sense of pride and achievement
protect sb / sth from sth
11.特殊的生態系統
12.飛逝
13.不知不覺地；很快
14.位于
15.紫外線
16.構成挑戰
17.制氧站
18.享受有規律的休假
19.一種自豪感和成就感
20.保護某人 / 某事免受……
Useful expressions
be close to
reach out
wander the grasslands
bring … to life
thanks to our efforts
conquer nature
21.離得近
22.伸出（手……）
23.漫步草地
24.使……蘇醒 / 煥發生機
25.多虧了我們的努力
26. 征服自然
5. In locations such as this, the thin air, __________ (change) weather and …
6. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ___________________ (attract) people’s ____________ (admire) for centuries.
7.It _______(true) is an extraordinary “Sky Railway”.
changeable
has been attracting
admiration
truly

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