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UNIT 10 FOLKLORE UNIT 10 FOLKLORE

Text B Meng JiangnvText B Meng Jiangnv

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SCOPESCOPE

• Pre-reading PreparationPre-reading Preparation

• Background KnowledgeBackground Knowledge

• Language FocusLanguage Focus

• Questions Based on TextQuestions Based on Text

• Phrases TranslationPhrases Translation

• HomeworkHomework

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• How long is the Great Wall?How long is the Great Wall?

• When was it first built?When was it first built?

• Why was it built?Why was it built?

PRE-READING QUESTIONSPRE-READING QUESTIONS

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BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGEBACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

Great WallGreat Wall

(China) popular name for a s(China) popular name for a semi-legendary wall built to emi-legendary wall built to protect China’s northern protect China’s northern border in the 3rd century border in the 3rd century BC, and for impressive stone BC, and for impressive stone and earthen fortifications and earthen fortifications built along a different built along a different northern border in the 15th northern border in the 15th and 16th centuries AD, long and 16th centuries AD, long after the ancient structure after the ancient structure had mostly disappeared. had mostly disappeared. Ruins of the later wall are Ruins of the later wall are found today along former found today along former border areas from Bo Hai (a border areas from Bo Hai (a gulf of the Yellow Sea) in the gulf of the Yellow Sea) in the east to Gansu Province in east to Gansu Province in the west. the west.

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mannered a. 举止…的，礼貌的( 通常用以构成带连字符的复合词 ) ： ill-mannered well-mannered/bad-mannered etce.g. He is the most well-mannered, well-behaved boy I know.

sew v. 缝合，缝上；缝纫sew something on somethinge.g. I learned to sew at school.Can you sew a patch on my jeans?

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farewell n. 告别，辞别 ; 再见

a farewell speech

farewell party/dinner/drink etc

e.g. Mourners gathered to bid farewell to the victims of the plane tragedy.

40 of her colleagues gathered for her farewell presentation.

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pack vt. 包装，打包；压紧

pack your things/belongings

pack your bags informal

e.g. Have you finished packing yet?

Kelly packed her things before breakfast.

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whereabouts n. 下落；行踪

e.g. He showed great reluctance to reveal his whereabouts.

exhaustion n. 枯竭；耗尽；精疲力竭

with exhaustion

e.g. He collapsed with exhaustion.

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collapse vi. 倒塌；崩溃

e.g. Uncle Ted's chair collapsed under his weight.

term n. 条款，条件

equal/unequal/the same etc terms

reasonable/favourable/cheaper etc terms

e.g. Delivery is within the terms of this contract.

Men and women should be able to work on level terms.

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intend to do sth. 打算 ......

hide from sb. 躲避…

a good-looking young man 貌若潘安

break in 破门而入

a hard time 苦日子

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set off 动身

upon one’s arrival 到达

at the first sight of 一眼

on the basis of 在……基础上

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• • When did the story of Meng Jiangnv take place?When did the story of Meng Jiangnv take place?

• • Why did Meng Jiangnv demand her three terms be met? Why did Meng Jiangnv demand her three terms be met?

• • What is implied in the story of Meng Jiangnv? What is implied in the story of Meng Jiangnv?

• • Did the Great Wall play any role in national defense in Did the Great Wall play any role in national defense in history?history?

QUESTIONS QUESTIONS

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秦朝秦朝才子才子打算打算 ...... ......

躲避躲避…………

貌若潘安貌若潘安破门而入破门而入将将……带走带走 // 抓走抓走苦日子苦日子动身动身

缝制衣服缝制衣服告别告别到达到达积劳而死积劳而死禁不住做禁不住做……

一眼一眼在在…………基础上基础上国葬国葬亲自亲自

PHRASE TRANSLATIONPHRASE TRANSLATION

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Task 2 & 3 on P143Task 2 & 3 on P143

HOMEWORKHOMEWORK