2013高三英语U24L3

Skimming
not often seen
What offers travellers a rare view into China’s past and leaves the tourists the strongest impression?
What does the word “hutong” refer to nowadays? A) The alleys that connect the courtyard B) The courtyards themselves C) The communities that live there D) All of the above

alley, undertake, cast, fragrant, recipe, mop, ancient, rectangle
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alley Behind the hospital there is an _______ filled with boxes. undertake We ____________ to finish this job before Christmas. casts When the sun is low, the grand building ______ its shadow right across the city.
Scanning Fill in the blanks with proper words
History Life of people Most of Beijing’s hutongs were built during the Yuan Ming Qing ________, ________ and ________ Dynasties. People living in courtyards share_______,borrow ________ and burning recipes mops ________ ________ together. Sanmiao Dates back ________ years Street 900 Famous _______ Rongxian hutongs Hutong _______ Qianshi Hutong The ________ hutong at 2km
3. The Emperors organised Beijing in
blocks of houses because this made
the city easier to control / supervise ________________.
4. Most of Beijing’s hutongs were built Qing during the Yuan _____, and _____ _____, Ming Dynasties.
longest fragrant incense
squeeze through it-- the ________ narrowest hutong at only 40cm wide
Replace the underlined phrases with proper words

The homes of the upper class and wealthy noble citizens were in the hutongs closest to the royal palace.
Match the headings to the correct paragraphs

Bad times for hutongs When and why hutong were built
Beijing’s hutongs today What is hutong? Connecting lives
Choose the best title for the article from the list below.
A、Beijing Urban Planning B、Chinese Buildings C、Beijing Hutongs D、The History of Hutongs
Identify paragraph topics
Scanning
Reading Comprehension IV
1. Sanmiao Street is the longest hutong in Beijing. 2. Wealthy people lived in hutongs close to the Forbidden City. 3. The oldest hutong in Beijing is 900 years old. 4. Tourists don’t like hutongs.
U24 Lesson 3 A Changing World
北京理工大附中 刘芳
Prediction
Do you know these Hutongs?
东交民巷
三庙街
南锣鼓巷
国子监街
Pre-reading
Word study
Rectangular courtyard
Visitors flock to the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China
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I want to buy some __________ flowers so that the fragrant house smells nice. Tim used the new mop to clean the floor. _____
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rectangle A _________ has four sides. Two opposite sides are equal and shorter. The other two opposite sides are equal and longer.
5. Wealthy and important people lived in hutongs built close to the
royal palace / the Forbidden City ____________________________.
6. Near the end of the Qing Dynasty, conditions in Beijing’s hutongs the unstable went down because of __________ political situation _________________.
In this cake ________ you only need three recipe spoonfuls of sugar.
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Say sth. about hutongs by using as many new words as possible
flock to rare alley rectangular courtyard noble recipe incense cast undertake preservation date back squeeze
7. After the People’s Republic of China
was set up, conditions in Beijing’s
improved hutongs _________.
8. Hutongs are still an important part of
Beijing. They attract many _______ tourists each year.

The conditions in Beijing’s hutongs went down as the political situation throw acast cloud on dark China’s history.
Conditions improved a great deal and the government made itself responsible for the undertook protection preservation of many of the oldest hutongs.
DISCUSSION As a modern city, does Beijing have to keep hutongs? What do you think? Why or why not?
Scanning
Reading Comprehension V
Complete these notes on the art Nhomakorabeacle.
little alleys 1. Hutongs are __________ that connect
the courtyards of traditional Chinese houses. 2. The term hutong is nowadays used to describe the alleys, courtyards and the ___________ that live there. communities