Unit1CulturalHeritage

ReadingforWriting

敦煌WriteanewsreportWhereisDunhuangDunHuangisafamoustouristcityfortheMogaoCaves.ItissituatedinthecommonboundaryofGansuProvince,QinghaiProvinceandXinjiangProvince.Dunhuang,longagoreferredtoas“ShaZhou”(beautifuldesertoasiss【綠洲】),wasthehub【樞紐】ofmiddleandeasternsilkroutesinancienttimes.Thecitylandmarkisanattractivestatue,theideaofwhichcomesfromthemural【壁畫】inMogaoCaves,animportantplacetothecultureandartsofDunhuang.WarmingupWarmingupWhatdoyouknowabouttheMogaoCaves

MogaoCavesisagroupofancientcaveswhichwerebuiltindifferentdynasties.Itisfamousforexquisite（精美的）murals(壁畫)andvarioussculptures(建筑)keptinsidethecaves.With735caves,morethan45,000squaremetersofmurals,2415coloredsculpturesofdifferentsize,thecavescontainsomeofthefinestexamplesofBuddhistart(佛教藝術)spanningaperiodof1,000years.

應用文—新聞報道:Headline--Leadsentence--

Body--Ending--Writeatitletogetreaders’attention

briefandattractivethebeginningofthenewsreportdeliverthemostimportantorrelevantinformationofanewsreportincludesixelements-what,when,who,where,whyandhowprovidethedetailedinformationincludingbackground

informationEndwithashortsummaryReview

headline

lead

body

endingpurposeandmeansWhatisthecommonstructureofthenewsreportNewsreportTitleBodyDetails：whyhowwhatLead：

wherewhenwhowhat1.WhataretheresearchersandscientiststryingtodoWhatmoderntechnologyaretheyusingLead：

where

whenwhowhatTheresearchersandscientistsaretryingtoincreaseknowledgeandappreciationofChina'sancientculturalheritage.Theyareusingdigitalphotographytorecordacollectionofimages.2.WhyaresomanypeopleinterestedintheMogaoCavesBecausetheyhavelongbeenameetingpointfordifferentculturesandarepartofthehistoryofmanycountries.Details：whyhowwhat3.Whatdoyouthinkoftheresearcher'sopinioninthelastparagraphDetails：whyhowwhatIagreewiththeresearcher'sopinion.Understandingourownandotherculturesisagreatwaytounderstandourselvesandothers.

Lanzhou,9August2017.AgroupofresearchersandscientistsfromChinaandothercountriesareworkingtogethertohelpincreaseknowledgeandappreciationofChina’sancientculturalheritage.wherewhenwhowhatLeadsentence

Readthenewsreportandfindtheseparts.Leadsentence

(導語)Directquote

(直接引用語)Paraphrase

(解釋)

對比較專業的術語，或導語的濃縮信息進行詳細點的說明。D.Backgroundinformation

(背景信息)：幫助讀者更好地理解事件。E.Reportingverbs(引述動詞)：表示直接引用或轉述引用，常見有say,tell,ask,explain,comment,suggest,mention,reveal,report,state

等。F.Wordstoshowcomparisonorcontrast

(表示比較或對比的詞)Readforlanguagefeatures

A

Leadsentence

(導語)B

Directquote

(直接引語)C

Paraphrase

(解釋)

D

Backgroundinformation

(背景知識)E

Reportingverbs

(引述動詞)FWordstoshowcomparisonorcontrast(表比較或對比）

Underline

therelativeclauses

thatthewriterusestoidentifythefollowing.A.

thingsB.

people

C.timeWritingWriteanewsreportaboutapersonorgroupwhoworkstoprotectourculturalheritage.Youcanusetheinterviewnotesbeloworwriteaboutapersonorgroupthatyouknow.1Readtheinterviewnotes.ChenLei,Wuhan·seniorteacher·takesphotosofoldbuildings·wantstopreserveculturalheritage·interviewsoldpeople·writesaboutthebuildings·visitsschoolstotellstudentsabout…ProtectorsofthePast,Wuhu·protectoldhouses·helprepairbuildings·lookforculturalrelics·showculturalrelicstothepublic·raisemoney·repairtemplesandculturalrelicsChenLeiisaseniorteacherwhotakesphotosofoldbuildingsinWuhaninordertopreservethecity’sculturalheritage.ChenLei,Wuhan·seniorteacher·takesphotosofoldbuildings·wantstopreserveculturalheritageApictureisworthathousandwordswhowhatwherewhyChenLei,Wuhan·seniorteacher·takesphotosofoldbuildings·wantstopreserveculturalheritage·interviewsoldpeople·writesaboutthebuildings·visitsschoolstotellstudentsabout…whatEveryday,ChenLeitakeshiscameraandtakesphotosof...(addthereason)Besides,heinterviewedover30oldpeopletowritestoriesabouttheoldbuildings...Hevisitsschoolstotellstudentsaboutthewaysof...DirectquoteNeitherpeoplenorbuildingslastforever,butChenLei'sphotoscanhelpusrememberthem.(onemoresentence)Thestoriesthataccompanythemalsohelpbuildapictureoflifeforfuturegenerationstohearandaddtheirownstories,too

Readandunderstandthenewsreport.Q1:WhataretheresearchersandscientiststryingtodoTheresearchersandscientistsare

tryingtoincreaseknowledgeandappreciationofChina’sancientculturalheritage.

Readandunderstandthenewsreport.Q2:WhatmoderntechnologyaretheyusingTheyareusing