Unit 2 Witnessing time
Project Writing a proposal for saving a building
Teaching aims and demands:
To help students learn and use English through doing a project together .
Difficult and key point:
To help students learn and use English through doing a project together
Teaching steps :
Free talk
Say something about places of interest in China. The more ,the better! You can cooperate with your partner
Show some picture about Shisanling and Dongling. And say something about them:
The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Xian Tomb is the burial site for Prince Xingxian and his wife, parents of Emperor Jiaqing (reigned 1522-66). They were buried together at Mt. Songlin in present Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province. The tomb occupies an area of 136.47 hectares and is hemmed in by high walls. Started in 1519 and completed in 1540, the Xian Tomb resembles the Ming Tombs near Beijing, but it takes up more space. It is the only Ming Tomb found in southern China and is often referred to as the 15th Ming Tomb. The Xian Tomb was put under key state protection in 1985.
Construction of the Dong Tombs began in 1661. There are altogether 14 tombs containing the remains of emperors, empresses, consorts, and princesses. They include the Xiao Tomb of the first emperor of Qing, Emperor Shunzhi (reigned 1644-61), the Jing Tomb of Emperor Kangxi (reigned 1662-1722), the Yu Tomb of Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-95), the Ding Tomb of Emperor Xianfeng (reigned 1851-61), the Hui Tomb of Emperor Tongzhi (reigned 1862-74), and tombs of the empresses Xiaozhuang, Xiaohui, Ci‘an, Ci‘xi, and five consorts. All were erected over a span of 272 years.
Part A
Ask students to quickly read the article about the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China .Ask them to scan the text and answer the following questions:
1.Why are the Ming Tombs called Shisanling ?
2.Apart from Shisanling, which is the most famous Ming Tomb?
3..How many Qing emperors were buried in Hebei Province?
2.Read again and fill in the blanks
Most of the Ming Tombs are Located in ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
2. The Sacred Way , which is called ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿leads to the thirteen tombs.
3.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿is the largest and best preserved.
4. The Ling’en Palace is known for its＿＿＿＿＿＿ and ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
5.Xiaoling is located in the suburbs of ＿＿＿＿＿ and contains the tomb of the＿＿＿＿Ming emperor
1.The Qing Tombs are similar to the Ming Tombs in terms
of＿＿＿＿＿＿＿and the in choice of site.
2.Dongling ,located in＿＿＿＿＿＿Province, contains the
first imperial tombs of the Manchu rulers.
3.Xiling, located in Hebei Province is ＿＿＿＿＿than
Dongling.
4.Xiling contains the tombs of ＿＿＿＿Qing emperors.
5. Xiling has ＿＿＿＿＿＿broad stone gates.
3.True or False
No attention has been given to preservation of the Ming and Qing Tombs.
2.All of the tombs have suffered some damage.
3.Dongling has been under the protection of the state government.
4.Xiaoling hasn’t been restored.
5.The deadline for completing restoration of Changling and Zhaoling have been set.
6.International recognition isn’t part and parcel of preserving and restoring historical sites.
7.We need to take the responsibility to treasure and protect these monuments.
4. Language points:
be equal to
do sth as insurance for
be home to
the royal family
in good condition
be located in
high-quality bricks
in terms of
take up
the entrance to
１１．in recent decades
１２．deliberate destruction
１３．historic sites
１４．under the protection of
１５．invest money in doing
１６．the deadline for
１７．another important source of funds
5.Group work
Discuss the following question in groups, to list your reasons.
Do you think international recognition is helpful to protect historic sites? Why or
why not?
Part B.
Ask students to focus on the eight questions in Part B
1.Who is providing the funding for the
preservation of the tombs?
2.Why are the tombs included in the
world heritage list?
3.Which local building will your group
research? Why?
4.How will you find out more about t
this building?
5.What are the dangers that the
building faces?
6.How can the building be saved and
protected?
7.What kind of arguments will you to
convince the local government to act to save and preserve the building?
8.Who will collect information and who will write up the proposal?
2. Organize students into groups of four to research a local building that has a long history .
3.Ask them first to write a proposal for saving and protecting the building .
4. Report their proposal to the class.
Summary and homework
1.Do Parts D1 and D2 on page 113 in Workbook
2.Read the article in Part A on page 117 in Workbook , and then write an account of the Lugou Bridge.
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