牛津拓展創(chuàng)新學(xué)程第一冊第二單元Extended Reading-Tea,China's gift to the world

HowmuchdoyouknowaboutChinesetea?ReadthemagazinearticleonP25andfigureoutthefollowingoutline.popularityhistoryculturespreadpowerPara.11.Whydoestheauthorusetwoquestionsattheendofpara.1?2.Howdoyouunderstand“cupoftea”inthelastsentence?Tocreateasenseof

anticipation

forthefollowingcontent.Itreferstowhatsomebodylikesorisinterestedin.1.Howwasteadiscovered?

2.Howwasteaused?Legendhasitthatabout5,000yearsago,Shennongcameacrossteawhendriedleavesblewintoapotofboilingwater.Teawasusedasmedicine,includedinmealsandlaterofferedasarefreshingdrink.Para.2WhyisTheClassicofTeawrittenbyLuYumentionedinthearticle?Becauseitremainstheearliestandmostfamousdetailedstudyonteaintheworld,coveringeverythinganyonecouldpossiblywanttoknowaboutChinesetea.Para.3ThespreadofteaSpreadofteabyroad*DuringtheTangandSongDynasties,strongTibetanhorseswereneededandteawasreallypopularamongtheTibetanpeople,so_____________________wasborn.Porterscarrying__________________loadsofteabricks_______________________dangeroussnow-coveredmountainpassesinthemostterribleweatherconditions,totradeSichuanandYunnanteaforhorses.*Overtime,thegiftoftea______________________WesternAsia.Spreadofteaby_______*AsearlyastheTangDynasty,JapanesemonkscametostudyinChinaandtookwiththem_________________________________whenreturningtoJapan.*Aroundthe1600s,tea________________EuropefromChinabyPortugueseandDutchseatraders.theTeaHorseRoadmadetheirwaythroughwasfurtherdeliveredtoseateaseedsandtea-makingcustomswasshippedtoPara.4back-breakingWhatwritingtechniquesdoestheauthorusetomakethearticlemorepersuasive?WritingtechniquesExamples★ThegreatTangpoetDuFudescribedhistea-drinkingexperiencein

poeticlanguage,“Onthehighplacethesettingsundoesshine.In

thespringbreeze,Isipmytea,sweetandfine.”

★Thewell-knownwriterLinYutangsummedupthepoweroftea

whenhesaid,“Thereissomethinginthenatureofteathatleadsusintoaworldofquietcontemplationoflife.”★L(fēng)egendhasitthatabout5,000yearsago,Shennongcameacrosstea

whendriedleavesblewintoapotofboilingwater.

★L(fēng)uYu,ateamaster,wroteTheClassicofTea,whichremains

theearliestandmostfamousdetailedstudyonteaintheworld,coveringeverythinganyonecouldpossiblywanttoknowabout

Chinesetea.QuotingGivingexamplesTea:China’sgifttotheworldNow,howdoyouunderstandthetitle?TeaoriginatedinChinaandspreadtootherpartsoftheworldthroughtheancientSilkRoadandtheancientTeaHorseRoad.Teahascrossednationalborders,andisdeeplylovedbypeopleallovertheworld.Inthelonghistoryoftradeandculturalexchanges,teahasbeenapreciousgift,whichhasplayedanimportantroleinshapingmanycountries’

cultures.

FromhillsidetoteacupWhatdoyoupredicttheleafletonP26

ispossiblyabout?Finishthemindmapoftheleaflet.HarvestingteaProcessingteaDrinkingteawarmand

humidwell-drainedsteephillsidesthebudandtopleavesfromearlyFeb.tolateNov.between2and7WritingtechniquesTograbthereader’sattention,helpthemmovedownthepagefromonesectiontothenext,andoutlinethemainpointsofdifferentsections.Whatisthefunctionofthesubheadingsusedintheleaflet?

Withouthesitation,Cesardidtherightthing.TheyoungmanwentdownonhiskneesandofferedtobeRita's

humanbench,andtheelderlywomanfeltsogratefulfortheguy'skindness.ShetooktheofferandsatonCesar'sback

toregainhercomfortandkeepherkneesfromaching.Theelevatortook30minutestoberepaired,andallthistime,CesarmaintainedhispositionandkeptbeingRita'shumanbench.

Cesar'sstoryspread

whenhisbossshareditonline.Followingitwaspraisefrompeoplewhohappenedtoreadit.Whenhearingit,Cesar'smomcouldn'thelpfeelingveryproudofherkindson.Peoplethoughthighlyofhis

generousheart,sayingthatkindnesswasdefinitelystillalive.Soon,thelocalgovernmentalsoawardedhimamedal

inpraiseofhiskindheartandwarm-heartedbehavior.Anyway,asmallactofkindnesswhichmayseemnothingtoCesardoesmakeadifferencetothewomaninneed.Tea:China’sgifttotheworldThewell-knownwriterLinYutang________(sum)upthepowerofteawhenhesaid,"Thereissomethinginthenatureofteathat______(lead)usintoaworldofquietcontemplationoflife.“Teadrinkingisnotjustaboutrefreshingthemindandbody_____alsoaboutappreciatingtheharmony________manandnature.summedleadsbutbetweenpower1.However,therewasatimewhenteawasknownonlytotheChinese.然而，有一段時(shí)間，茶只為中國人所知。therewasatimewhen…曾經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間……①TherewasatimewhenIhadsomedifficultiesinmylife.②Therewasatimewheneachteacherspentanhour,onedayaweek,testingpupilsineverysubject.

有一段時(shí)間我生活中遇到了一些困難。曾經(jīng)，每個(gè)老師每周都有一天花上一小時(shí)對學(xué)生的每門功課進(jìn)行測試。2.Andhowdiditgettoconquertheworldtotheextent

thatpeopleoftendescribesomethingtheyreallylikeastheir“cupoftea”?而它（茶）是如何一步步風(fēng)靡世界，以至于人們常把自己真正喜歡的東西稱為他們的“那杯茶”呢？(1)totheextentthat達(dá)到……的程度，以至于……①Shechangedtotheextentthatyouwouldn'trecognizeher.②Sheisstillverytiredtotheextentthatshecannotstandup.她的變化太大了，以至于你會認(rèn)不出她來。她在某種程度上還很疲憊，站不起來。(2)cupoftea習(xí)語，“喜愛的人或事物”①IknowI'mnoteveryone'scupoftea.②Anice,quieteveningathome--that'smycupoftea.我知道自己不是人見人愛。在家享受一個(gè)寧靜美好的晚上是我的愛好。3.

Legendhasitthatabout5,000yearsago,Shennongcameacrossteawhendriedleavesblewintoapotofboilingwater.

傳說大約5000年前，神農(nóng)發(fā)現(xiàn)茶，是因?yàn)楦蓸淙~被吹進(jìn)一壺沸水里。(1)legendhasitthat傳說……①Legendhasitthatthewholevillagehadbeencursedbyawitch.②Legendhasitthatifthegroundhogseeshisshadowwinterwilllastforsixmoreweeks.傳說整座村莊遭到了巫婆的詛咒。傳說如果土撥鼠看見自己的影子，那冬季就還將持續(xù)六周的時(shí)間。(2)cameacross偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)；碰見①Icameacrossagroupofchildrenplaying.②He'sthebestopponentI'vecomeacrossthisseason,agreatplayer.我碰到一群正在玩耍的小孩。他是我本賽季遇到的最出色的對手，一位了不起的運(yùn)動(dòng)員。4.Teaplantsgrowbestinwarm,humidregionswithwell-drainedsoil.茶樹在溫暖、潮濕、氣候溫和的地區(qū)生長得最好排水良好的土壤。well-drained

adj.排水良好（通暢）的①Well-drainedsoilsuitstheplantbest.②Selectaplantinglocationwithwell-drainedsandysoil.排水性好的土壤最適合于這種植物。選擇排水效果好的砂壤的地方種植。DearBob,I'mmorethandelightedtolearnthatyou'replanningtocarryoutaresearchstudyonbiologicaldiversityinour

citynextSaturday.I'mwritingtorecommendapopularscenicspotcalledForestReserve.

Ittakesusapproximatelytwentyminutestogettherebybus,whichiswell-knownasaparadisefordiversewildlife

rangingfromcommonplantstoendangeredanimals.ThusI'msureyou'llhaveanextensiveknowledgeofbiological

diversityinthereserve.However,beforestartingyourtrip,youshouldplanyourtravelroutespecificallyandgetready

manyitemslikeanumbrella.Besides,whynotaskalocalstudentlikemetogotherewithyouasaguide?

I'mlookingforwardtoyourearlyreply,andIwishyouafruitfultrip.Yours,

LiHua

Withouthesitation,Cesardidtherightthing.TheyoungmanwentdownonhiskneesandofferedtobeRita's

humanbench,andtheelderlywomanfeltsogratefulfortheguy'skindness.ShetooktheofferandsatonCesar'sback

toregainhercomfortandkeepherkneesfromaching.Theelevatortook30minutestoberepaired,andallthistime,CesarmaintainedhispositionandkeptbeingRita'shumanbench.

Cesar'sstoryspreadwhenhisbossshareditonline.Followingitwaspraisefrompeoplewhohappenedtoreadit.Whenhearingit,Cesar'smomcouldn'thelpfeelingveryproudofherkindson.Peoplethoughthighlyofhis

generousheart,sayingthatkindnesswasdefinitelystillalive.Soon,thelocalgovernmentalsoawardedhimamedal

inpraiseofhiskindheartandwarm-heartedbehavior.Anyway,asmallactofkindnesswhichmayseemnothingtoCesardoesmakead