《旅游英语教程》Unit 13课程作业

Unit 13：课程作业（此作业也包含在课程PPT之中）

Unit 13 A Tour of Chinese Pavilions and Towers(1) Exercises:

Part One: Listening Activities

Tengwang Tower (滕王阁)

Ⅰ. Listen to the passage, and fill in the missing information you have heard. (pages 185-186)

The Tengwang Tower, located on the bank of the Yangtze River, (1) ___________ of Nanchang City, is one of the three famous towers south of the Yangtze River. The tower was built in AD 653, when Tengwang Li Yuanying (King Teng), a younger (2) ___________ of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was the governor of Nanchang. It was destroyed and rebuilt as many as (3) ___________ times until it was burned to ashes in 1926. In 1989, the tower was rebuilt again according to the style of (4) ___________ in the Song Dynasty. This (5) ___________ structure stands at 57.5 meters in height and occupies a construction area of (6) ___________ square meters with a 12-meter-long base symbolic of ancient city walls. Made of reinforced cement, the pavilion, featuring (7) ___________ eaves and engraved beams, looks quite splendid. The reputation of Tengwang Tower, to a great extent, is due to a well-known (8) ___________ –Preface to Tengwang Tower by Wangbo. It was said that he wrote this prose on the subject of the (9) ___________ which was being held to celebrate the reconstruction of the tower. With the spread of this prose, Tengwang Tower became (10) ___________.

Ⅲ. Answer the following questions according to what you have heard.(page 186) 1. Where is Tengwang Tower located? Who built it?

2. Why is the Tengwang Tower very famous in China?

3. What is the architectural style of the Tengwang Tower? How many storeys does it have, and what is its height?

4.When was it burned down into ashes? How many times was it destroyed and rebuilt in history?

Part Two: Situational Dialogue

Wangjiang Tower (望江楼)

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.(page 187)

1. ______ Wangjiang Tower Park is a bamboo theme park where people can appreciate different kinds of bamboo.

2. ______ The guide asked Judy to take pictures in front of the front gate because they had no time to lose.

3. ______ Judy feels she is far away from the hustle and bustle of the world because she has a peaceful mind when they walk in the bamboo park.

4. ______ People planted bamboos in the park because they could take shelter from the burning sun in summer.

5. ______ Wangjiang Tower is one of the three towers in Chengdu to commemorate Xue Tao.

Part Four: ABC about Tourism

Tourist Product (旅游产品)

Choose the best answer from the four choices given below.(pages 192-193)

（）1. Products fall into categories of

A. goods

B. service

C. souvenir

D. Both A and B

（）2. The following products can be tested or sampled prior to purchase except for

A. grocery

B. automobile

C. electronic product

D. tourist product

（）3. We could increase the tangibility of tourist products by providing

A. printed literature

B. vouchers

C. videos

D. Both A and C

（）4. The simultaneous process of production and consumption means

A. the clash of social values

B. the personal problems