TEENS 初三20-21学年第36期总第654期教案

王珊

 

 

Protecting Dunhuang (P4)

 

 

I. Warm up

Look at the picture:

 

1. Do you recognize this building?

2. Have you ever been to this place?

 

What do you know about Dunhuang?

 

 

II. Pre-reading

3. Look at the title and predict what we’re going to read about in this article.

     

 

III. While reading

Part 1

Read the first paragraph and answer the questions.

 

Part 2

Read Paragraph 2 and answer the following questions.

1. What are in the grottoes?

There are more than 2,000 sculptures, 45,000 square meters of murals and about 60,000 ancient documents in the grottoes.

2. What can we learn from the sculptures and murals in the grottoes?

The sculptures and murals show how ancient people farmed, ate, and even fought.

3. What do we know about the style of the sculptures and murals?

They contain elements of Chinese, Central Asian and Indian cultures.

4. What can we learn from the documents in one of the caves?

They teach us about Buddhism and the lives of ancient people.

 

Part 3

Read Paragraphs 3-5 and answer the following questions.

 

1. What problems do the grottoes face?

The grottoes have suffered from natural erosion and human activity.

2. Why was the Dunhuang Academy established?

In 1944, the Dunhuang Academy was established to protect and study the grottoes and their culture.

3. What has the Dunhuang Academy done to protect the grottoes and their culture?

The Dunhuang Academy has planted trees, developed a monitoring system and been digitally preserving the grottoes’ paintings and sculptures.

 

Part 4

Read the rest of the article and answer the following questions.

1. Who is Su Bomin?

He is vice-president of the academy.

2. What does Su hope to do?

Further research the grottoes and bring their culture to the world.

 

IV. Post-reading

Suppose you have a chance to introduce the Mogao Grottoes to a group of people who are traveling in China. Please design a poster that can tell them more about the Mogao Grottoes.   

 

 

V. Word in use

Complete the sentences using the given words and phrases.

came into being   suffer from  allow…to  call for  set up

 

1. A lot of students ________ nervousness during exams.

2. Please _____ me _____ present my proposal.

3. We decided to ________ camp for the night.

4. How do new scientific theories________?

5. Air pollution _________ concern.

 

1. suffer from
2. allow; to
3. set up
4. come into being
5. calls for

 

Learn the following useful phrases.

 

受到……启发

沿着悬崖

跟随某人脚步

古人

自然侵蚀

照看；留意

 

 

inspired by

along the cliffs

follow one’s footsteps

ancient people

natural erosion

keep an eye on