九年级下册课文

Unit 5 China and the World

Topic 1 China attracts millions of tourists from all over the world Section A

1a Listen ,look, and say.

(It’s been two years since Mr. and Mrs. Green came to China. Their daughter, Susanna, has just come to live with them. She knows very little about the country.)

Susanna: Mom, how much do you know about China?

Mrs. Green: A lot. China is a great country that has about 5000 years of history. There are many places of interest which attract millions of tourists from all over the world every year.

Susanna: Is that so? Are there any beautiful mountains?

Mrs. Green: Yes. And some of them are very famous, such as Mount Tai, Mount Huang, Mount Song and Mount Emei.

Susanna: What about rivers?

Mrs. Green: There are a great number of rivers in China, Among them, the Changjiang River is the longest one and the second longest is the Huanghe River. They’re the birthplaces of Chinese culture.

Susanna: Anything else?

Mrs. Green: My dear, I think you should get to know more about China by yourself. I can fetch you Guide to China. It’s a book which introduces China in detail.

Susanna: Thanks, Mom.

1b Listen to 1a and complete the table.

1c Work in pairs and retell the main information of 1a based on 1b.

2 Talk about the picture with your partner by following the example.

Example :

A: Do you know Mount Huang ?

B: Yes. It’s a mountain with lots of strange pine trees.

A: Where is it?

B:it lies in Anhui Province.

A:It’s a place which /that is worth visiting.

B:Yes, let’s go there this summer vacation.

Mount Huang/ strange pine trees/ Anhui Province

The Great Wall/ a length of about 8800 km/ the north of China

Huangguoshu Waterfall/ a height of nearly 78 meters/ Guizhou Province

the West Lake / many gardens/ Zhejiang Province

the Palace Museum/ a great number of ancient buildings/ Beijing

3 Listen to the passage and complete the table.

Item Name Length Running through Joining

river The Changjiang

River

The _________ _______

provinces

The _________

China Sea

The Huanghe River

The _______

longest

________ provinces The ___________

Sea

lake

Poyang Lake The __________, in _________ Province

Dongting Lake The ____________,in ___________ Province Section B

1a Look ,listen and say.

Susanna: Wow! What grand buildings! Why are the roofs of most buildings yellow?

Jane: Because yellow was a symbol of imperial power in ancient China.

Susanna: What are those animals that are carved on the stones?

Kangkang: They are dragons. It’s said that they’re powerful animals which guard the whole nation. In ancient China, emperors thought that they themselves were real dragons and the sons of Heaven.

Jane: And the dragon has become a symbol of the Chinese nation.

Kangkang: That’s correct! It also plays an important part in Chinese festivals.

Susanna: How interesting! Anything else about dragons?

Kangkang: Yes, there are a lot of operas, music, paintings and sayings about dragons.

1b Listen to 1a and choose the correct answer.

Susanna, Jane and Kangkang are mainly talking about ____________

A.The Palace Museum

B. dragons and colors

B.Emperors D. dragons, a symbol of the Chinese nation 1c Read 1a and match the words with their descriptions.

2a Complete the following sentences with the correct attributive clauses based on 1a.

1.Jane and Kangkang are showing Susanna around the buildings __________________

2. 2.Jane thinks yellow is the color ____________________________