• 1. the Four Wonders 2. cable car • 3. sedan chair 4. grotesque rocks • 5. pills of immortality 6. the Guest-
greeting Pine • 7. the sea of clouds 8. Lotus Flower Peak • 9. hot spring
Palace/the Palace Museum

III. Answer the following questions
• 1. How many ways can we call the Forbidden City? • 2. How long is the city wall surrounding the Forbidden
be finished by today. • 2. who would have thought : (spoken) to
show you are surprised about sth • e.g Who would have thought that John
would get married. • 3. be made up of: consist of • 4. You got it. You are right.
III. Answer the following questions:
• 1. How did Mt. Huang get its name while it is really green?
• 2. What is the best season to visit Mt.Huang? • 3. What are the Four Wonders of Mt.Huang? • 4. What is the steepest peak on Mt. Huang? • 5. What is the highest peak? • 6. What did Xu Xiake once say • about Mt. Huang?
1. Dialogue: Visiting the Summer Palace
• Visiting the Summer Palace
谐趣园
铜牛与十七孔桥
昆明湖
I. New words and phrases
• 1. there is no way : it is impossible • e.g There is no way the building work will
queen of a country • 5. preside (over)
II. Proper names and expressions to be remembered
• 1. the Outer Court • 2.the Inner Court • 3.the Main Gate • 4.ascend the throne • 5.the Forbidden City/ the Imperial
What are they? • 4. What was Qingong used for? • 5. Usually how long did the Dowager Empress Cixi stay
at the Summer Palace? • 6. Why to say long corridor is a good idea? • 7. What are Kumming Lake and the Longevity Hill
The Forbidden City
北京故宫——乾清宫
北京故宫——坤宁宫
I. New words and phrases
• 1. be known for: be famous for • be known as: be familiar with • 2. the Forbidden City/ the Imperial • Palace/the Palace Museum • 3. gorgeous: very beautiful • 4. ascend the throne: become king or
Jiuhua Mountain? • 6. Whose mummy is in the Corporeal Body Hall of
Wannian Temple? • 7. Can you say sth about Wuxia?
Lesson 2 Beijing
• 1. Dialogue: Visiting the Summer Palace • 2. Passage 1: The Forbidden City
II. Proper names and expressions to be remembered
• 1. the East Palace Gate • 2. Dowager Empress Cixi • 3.Longevity Hill
III. Answer the following questions:
City? • 3. What was the Outer Court used for? • 4. What was the Inner Court used for? • 5. Is it listed by the UN as World Cultural Heritage? • 6. Which gate is the main gate? • 7. What are the main three halls of the Outer Couter? • 8. Which hall was the hall where emperors ascended
collegue. • 4. exquisite: extremely beautiful and delicate精美的 • 5. in existence: come into existence开始形成/go out of
existence不存在 • 6. be keen to do; be keen on doing sth. • e.g The government is keen to avoid further conflict with
• 2. Passage 2: Gulangyu Island
Luhuitou
I. New words and phrases
• 1. catch up with: • 2. feel sympathetic to: have sympathy fo • 3. an old hand at: be good at • A green hand • 4. fall apart: break because of being old • e.g I’ve read this book so often it’s falling apart. • 5. dry up: all the water comes out of it • 6. Not only…but also • e.g Not only can he make peaple laugh, he can also make them cry. • 7. crow into: e.g We crowded into the kitchen with others. • 8. chase: follow sb. Quickly in order to catch him • e.g Two policemen chased the thief.
III. Answer the following questions:
• 1. How many square kilometers does Mt. Jiuhua cover? • 2. What are the four great Buddhist mountains in China? • 3. In history which famous people vesited Mt. Jiuhua? • 4. What is the oldest and holiest temple on the mountain? • 5. What are displayed in the Historical Museum of the
shaped like? • 8. Why is the Longevity Hill shaped like a bat?
Passage 1: The forbidden City
• The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long from north to south and 750 meters wide from east west. It has 9900 rooms under a total roof area 150000 square meters. A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a 9.9 –meter- high wall which encloses the complex. It is believed that the Palace Museum got its name from astronomy folklore. The ancient astronomers divided the constellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan. The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation of Heavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace.
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