2020-2021学年度第7期总第806期
Celebrating a historical landmark (P4-5)
邯郸市第一中学   张蕴

Activity 1 Warm-up
What comes to mind when you think of the Forbidden City?

the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties

the imperial court

numerous national treasures

the world's largest palace complex

the Palace Meseum -- the largest museum of ancient art and culture

cultural and creative products of the Palace Museum - an internet sensation

•This year marks the 600th anniversary of the Forbidden City. Over the last six centuries, many cultural exchanges that have taken place inside the high walls there contribute to its status as a great historical landmark (milestone) in China.
Activity 2 While-reading
Read the passage quickly and figure out what the passage refers to and how the passage is developed.   

Marco Polo, an Italian merchant

Matteo Ricci, an Italian priest
 
Castiglione, also known as Lang Shining, a talented painter

Cross-cultural communication is a two-way process. There was a great impact on Chinese culture, but what's the significance to the Western world?
It made the West recognize a country with an advanced civilization evolving outside of the Biblical (《圣经》中的) history of God’s interaction with man.

Activity 3 Expressions
Figure out the meaning of the following expressions.
•celebrate a historical landmark
•turns 600 years old
•a cultural milestone
•cultural exchanges
•the world's largest palace complex
•got its first glimpse of
•make his way to
•numerous
•followed in one’s footsteps
•emerge
•an advanced civilization
•evolve
•God’s interaction with man
•it demonstrates

Activity 4 Exercise
Replace the expressions on the left with what you've learned today
•is 600 years old                                         turns 600 years old
•a very important event                                     a milestone
•a group of palaces                                        palace complex
•a short experience that helps you to understand sth            a glimpse of
•come to ...                                                 make one's way to
•a lot of ...                                                 numerous
•come after ...                                             follow in one's footsteps
•appear                                                    emerge
•develop                                                evolve
•show                                                    demonstrate