Unit4BehindbeliefsProjectReportingonahistoricreligioussiteThissectionisdesignedtogiveyouachancetopractiseyourEnglishbycompletingaproject.Youwillfirstreadanarticleaboutahistoricreligioussite,theWhiteHorseTemple.Youareexpectedtolearnhowtowriteareportaboutahistoricreligioussitebyreadingthearticle.Youwillchooseahistoricreligioussiteandresearchit,andwriteareportaboutthehistoricreligioussite.Thepurposeofthissectionistoencourageyoutousewhatyouhavelearnttofinishaprojectbyworkingtogether.Duringthecourseoftheproject,youwilldiscusswhatshouldbeincludedinyourreportandhowtoorganizethefactsyouhavefound.Inordertofinishtheproject,youwillneedtocooperateandtocompleteeachpartoftheprojecttogether.ReadingPartA1.Pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions:DoyouknowanyhistoricreligioussitesinChina?Haveyouevenvisitedanyofthesesites?DoyouknowwhichBuddhisttempleistheoldestinChina?Whereisitlocated?Haveyoueverheardanystoriesaboutit?(TheoldestBuddhisttempleinChinaistheWhiteHorseTempleinLuoyang,HenanProvince.)Whatwillyouwriteaboutifyouwanttotellotherpeopleaboutahistoricreligioussite?(Thethingsthatneedtobecoveredinclude:wherethesiteislocated,whenitwassetup,whyitwassetup,whosetitupanditsimportanceinhistory.)2.Youaregoingtoreadanarticlefromahistorybook,whichisabouttheoldesttempleinChina.Firstreadtheinstructionsandthenthearticle.Takenoteswhileyouarereading.Compareyournotestodecidewhohasgotthemostimportantinformationaboutthehistoricsite.Youmayexpressyouropinionsfreely.3.ReadthearticleagainandworkinpairsbyaskingeachotherquestionsabouttheWhiteHorseTemplebyreferringtothearticle.Youmayanswerthefollowingquestions:Whatisthenameofthetemple?(TheWhiteHorseTemple.)Whereisthetemplelocated?(ItislocatedinLuoyang,HenanProvinceintheeastcentralpartofChina.)WhyisitcalledtheWhiteHorseTemple?(ToremindpeopleofthewhitehorsethattheBuddhistreadingsandimageshadtraveledonfromIndia.)4.Dividethearticleintoseveralpartsandgivethemainideaforeachpart.Part1(Paragraph1)briefintroductionoftheWhiteHorseTemplePart2(Paragraphs2-5)thestorybehindthetemplePart3(Paragraph6)thearchitectureoftheWhiteHorseTemplePart4(Paragraphs7-9)theimportanceoftheWhiteHorseTemple5.DoPartsB1andB2onpage127inWorkbooksoyoucanbemorefamiliarwiththeusagesofsomeusefulwordsandexpressionslearntinthissection.用心爱心专心6.DoPartD1andD2onpage129inWorkbooktopractiseusingthewords,phrasesandpatternslearntinthisunit.PartB1.DiscussthequestionsinPartBingroupsoffour.Onestudentineachgroupshouldwritedowntheanswerstoquestions2to8.Youshouldfirstchoosewhichhistoricreligioussiteyouaregoingtowriteabout.2.Presentyourreporttothewholeclass.3.ReadthedialogueinPartAonpage130andthenewspaperarticleinPartBonpage131inWorkbooksoyouwillknowmoreaboutthissubject.用心爱心专心
