Unit 6 At one with nature


Longji RiceTerracesUnderstanding Ideas


What problems might the local people face?steep mountains, few large, flat areas of landZhuang peopleYao peopleethic groups


　A．The history of the Longji Rice Terraces.2．Para. 2 B．The local people still prefer a traditional style to maintain the terraces today.3．Para. 3 C．The design of the terraces is environmental friendly.4．Para. 4 D．The reason why local people turn entire mountains into terraces.5．Para. 5 E．The beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces.
Read the text and match the main idea of each paragraph.1．Para. 1


Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage.1 To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 2 To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces. 3 To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces and to attract visitors to this scenic spot.


Read para 1 and fill in the form.colorthingverbsspringsummerautumnwintersilverwaterwrapshinebright greengrowing ricegoldwhiteturnarecoverwhite frost




Read para 2 and fill in the chart below.Who built the terraces?They were built by the local ______ and ______ people.When were the terraces built?Work on the terraces started in the ______ Dynasty until the _________________, which took hundreds of years.Where were the terraces built?These terraces cover ______________, from the ________ to the very _______.ZhuangYaoYuanearly Qing Dynastytall mountainsbottomtop


Read para 3 and fill in the chart below.1. How many reasons can you find? 2. What are the reasons?(each one using only a sentence) Firstly,....Secondly,...Two reasonsThere are few large,flat areas of land in the region.The mountains are steep and the soil is shallow.


②The rain falls down
③The water is turned into vapour
④The sun heats the water
⑤The water flows into the terraces Answer:
②⑤④③①②
Read para 4 and put the sentences into right order. How do the terraces work? ①The vapour forms clouds


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heatvaporcloudsrainwaterwaterways


1. Modern technology helps people there produce more rice, so the terraces mean a little to the local people.2. New generations begin to use modern methods of agriculture to replace the terraces.3. Many visitors come here to admire the terraces created by people and nature working together.but a lot ancient maintain Read para 5 and judge the sentences true (T) or false(F).


The Longji Rice Terraces were built by the local Zhuang ethnic group alone. Though there are many large, flat areas in the region, they built terraces on the mountains to have more areas to grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, and can wash away the shallow soil. There are hundreds of waterways, along which rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. Today, local people use modern methods to maintain the terraces, and they attract lots of visitors from all over the country.Zhuang and Yao peopleSincefew largeholdancientRead the summary and correct four factual mistakes.


远到3.from bottom to top 从上到下4.go to (the) trouble 不辞劳苦；费力5.turn...into... …………
把变成6.wash away 冲掉；冲走7.in harmony with …………
与协调一致；与和谐8.connect with ……
连接；与联系9.once again 再一次；又一次10.pass down 传递；传下来
1.be home to ……的故乡/所在地/发源地2.as far as ……