Unit2WitnessingtimeProjectWritingaproposalforsavingabuildingTeachingaimsanddemands:TohelpstudentslearnanduseEnglishthroughdoingaprojecttogether.Difficultandkeypoint:TohelpstudentslearnanduseEnglishthroughdoingaprojecttogetherTeachingsteps:一．FreetalkSaysomethingaboutplacesofinterestinChina.Themore,thebetter!YoucancooperatewithyourpartnerShowsomepictureaboutShisanlingandDongling.Andsaysomethingaboutthem:TheMingDynasty(1368-1644)XianTombistheburialsiteforPrinceXingxianandhiswife,parentsofEmperorJiaqing(reigned1522-66).TheywereburiedtogetheratMt.SonglininpresentZhongxiangCounty,HubeiProvince.Thetomboccupiesanareaof136.47hectaresandishemmedinbyhighwalls.Startedin1519andcompletedin1540,theXianTombresemblestheMingTombsnearBeijing,butittakesupmorespace.ItistheonlyMingTombfoundinsouthernChinaandisoftenreferredtoasthe15thMingTomb.TheXianTombwasputunderkeystateprotectionin1985.ConstructionoftheDongTombsbeganin1661.Therearealtogether14tombscontainingtheremainsofemperors,empresses,consorts,andprincesses.TheyincludetheXiaoTombofthefirstemperorofQing,EmperorShunzhi(reigned1644-61),theJingTombofEmperorKangxi(reigned1662-1722),theYuTombofEmperorQianlong(reigned1736-95),theDingTombofEmperorXianfeng(reigned1851-61),theHuiTombofEmperorTongzhi(reigned1862-74),andtombsoftheempressesXiaozhuang,Xiaohui,Ci‘an,Ci‘xi,andfiveconsorts.Allwereerectedoveraspanof272years.二．PartA1.AskstudentstoquicklyreadthearticleabouttheImperialTombsoftheMingandQingDynastiesinChina.Askthemtoscanthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.WhyaretheMingTombscalledShisanling?2.ApartfromShisanling,whichisthemostfamousMingTomb?3..HowmanyQingemperorswereburiedinHebeiProvince?2.Readagainandfillintheblanks1.MostoftheMingTombsareLocatedin＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿2.TheSacredWay,whichiscalled＿＿＿＿＿＿＿leadstothethirteentombs.3.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿isthelargestandbestpreserved.4.TheLing’enPalaceisknownforits＿＿＿＿＿＿and＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿5.Xiaolingislocatedinthesuburbsof＿＿＿＿＿andcontainsthetombofthe＿＿＿＿Mingemperor1.TheQingTombsaresimilartotheMingTombsintermsof＿＿＿＿＿＿＿andtheinchoiceofsite.2.Dongling,locatedin＿＿＿＿＿＿Province,containsthefirstimperialtombsoftheManchurulers.3.Xiling,locatedinHebeiProvinceis＿＿＿＿＿thanDongling.4.Xilingcontainsthetombsof＿＿＿＿Qingemperors.5.Xilinghas＿＿＿＿＿＿broadstonegates.3.TrueorFalse1.NoattentionhasbeengiventopreservationoftheMingandQingTombs.2.Allofthetombshavesufferedsomedamage.3.Donglinghasbeenundertheprotectionofthestategovernment.4.Xiaolinghasn’tbeenrestored.5.ThedeadlineforcompletingrestorationofChanglingandZhaolinghavebeenset.6.Internationalrecognitionisn’tpartandparcelofpreservingandrestoringhistoricalsites.7.Weneedtotaketheresponsibilitytotreasureandprotectthesemonuments.4.Languagepoints:1.beequalto2.dosthasinsurancefor3.behometo4.theroyalfamily5.ingoodcondition6.belocatedin7.high-qualitybricks8.intermsof9.takeup10.theentranceto１１．inrecentdecades１２．deliberatedestruction１３．historicsites１４．undertheprotectionof１５．investmoneyindoing１６．thedeadlinefor１７．anotherimportantsourceoffunds5.GroupworkDiscussthefollowingquestioningroups,tolistyourreasons.Doyouthinkinternationalrecognitionishelpfultoprotecthistoricsites?Whyorwhynot?三．PartB.1.AskstudentstofocusontheeightquestionsinPartB1.Whoisprovidingthefundingforthepreservationofthetombs?2.Whyarethetombsincludedintheworldheritagelist?3.Whichlocalbuildingwillyourgroupresearch?Why?4.Howwillyoufindoutmoreabouttthisbuilding?5.Whatarethedangersthatthebuildingfaces?6.Howcanthebuildingbesavedandprotected?7.Whatkindofargumentswillyoutoconvincethelocalgovernmenttoacttosaveandpreservethebuilding?8.Whowillcollectinformationandwhowillwriteuptheproposal?2.Organizestudentsintogroupsoffourtoresearchalocalbuildingthathasalonghistory.3.Askthemfirsttowriteaproposalforsavingandprotectingthebuilding.4.Reporttheirproposaltotheclass.Summaryandhomework1.DoPartsD1andD2onpage113inWorkbook2.ReadthearticleinPartAonpage117inWorkbook,andthenwriteanaccountoftheLugouBridge.
