《旅游英语教程》Unit 1课程作业

Unit 1：课程作业（此作业也包含在课程PPT之中）

Unit 1 A Chinese Cultural Tour（1）

Exercises:

Part One: Listening Activities

Chinese Civilization（中华文明）

1. Listen to the tape, and fill in the missing information you have heard from the tape.

China, one of the four oldest civilizations in the world, has a (1) _______________ history of 5,000 years, and boasts rich cultural relics and historical sites. It is the inventor of compass, paper, gunpowder and (2)___________. The Great Wall, the Grand Canal and the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project are the three great ancient projects built (3)__________ years ago. Now they are the (4) _____________ of the rich culture heritage of the Chinese nation. Traditional religions are Taoism and Buddhism. (5) _________________ is much respected in China.

Art, like religion, has developed over a period of more than 2,000 years. Calligraphy and painting are two of the most revered (6)_______________. Ancient buildings like temples, pagodas, palaces, long walls, corridors and wealth of antiquities and cultural (7)______________ are world-known. The Great Wall, the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses in Xi’an, the Longmen Grottos in Henan, and the super Buddhist (8) ____________ of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan are some of the most attractive cultural sites for foreign tourists. China, with its (9)________________ scenes of natural beauty such as Guilin and Jiuzhagou Valley, Up and Down of the Yangtze River, Mt. Lushan and many others have a lot to offer to (10)______________ visitors.

2. Listen to the tape again, and answer the following questions.

(1) What are the four greatest inventions of ancient China?

(2) What are the three ancient projects which were built 2000 years ago?

(3) What are the traditional religions of China? Do you think that Confucianism is a Chinese religion?

(4) What are the famous cultural sites and natural sites in China? Give examples.

Part Two: Situational Dialogue

Confucius（孔子）

Ⅰ. Listen to the dialogue, and decide whether the statements are true or false. If it is true, put “T” in the space provided and “F” if it is false. (pages 5-6)

1. ______ You can only find the Confucius Temple in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius in Shandong Province.

2. ______ Kong Qiu was acclaimed as Saint Kong and highly respected by the emperors in feudal society.

3. ______ Confucius was a teacher, but he only accepted the wealthy students.

4. ______ Confucius was also a philosopher, and he mainly taught politics and philosophy.

5. ______ Today’s quality-education is based on the concept of all-round development education advocated by Confucius.

Part Four: ABC about Tourism

Mass Tourism（大众旅游）

Read the passage and choose the best answer from the four choices given below. (pages 10-11)

（）1. The Grant Tour can be defined as

A. mass tourism

B. travel for holidays