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1、 Aircraft carrier set to enhance Chinas maritime combat capabilityChinas first aircraft carrier was delivered and commissioned to the Peoples Liberation Army navy on Tuesday following successful sea trials.China is the 10th country, and the last of the five permanent members of the United Nations Se
2、curity Council, to have an aircraft carrier in active service Teaching Plan for Lesson 4 Exploding Tourism Eroding Chinas Riches Pre-reading questions Background information about The silk Road Mogao Caves 3. Explanation of the text: Organization of the text Explanation and analysis of the text Ques
3、tions 4. Exercise : Translation Summery writing; Pre-reading questions What is the main idea of the text according to the headline and subheadline ? What do you know about the present state of tourism in China? How much do you know about “the Mogao Caves “and“ The Silk Road “ ? Introduction of the S
4、ilk Road1. How much do you know about the “Silk Road” ? The length ? The route? The name? The purpose? The 8000-km.-long “Silk Road” is a trade road linking Asia and Europe. Originating from Chang-an, the route runs through Shangxi Province, Hexi Corridor in Gansu, the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, the P
5、amir mountain region, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq ,Syria and Turkey, ending at the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. More than 4000 of its 8000 km. were in China.The route of the Silk Road : For over a thousand years up to the 15th century, China brought its silk cloth and goods, china, gunpowder , p
6、aper-making and printing techniques to the west via this road . This road, in turn, introduced into China Buddhism and Islam as well as grapes, cucumbers, glass, perfume and other products from the outside world. Because Chinas silk reached the west along this road, European scholars came to call it
7、 “The Silk Road”.The introduction of the Mogao Grottoes: 1. When and why were the caves dug?According to the record, on a certain day in the year 366 A.D. a monk happened to come here. It was dusk and he saw a colorful ring coming out of Mount Sanwei . In his bewilderment, the monk imagined that he
8、saw thousands of gods appearing. He took the hill as a “Holy Place” and began to dig the first grotto. In the following year, another monk came and dug the second grotto beside the first one. And then people continued to dig new grottoes over a period of more than 1000 years through 10 dynasties.2.
9、How many of them and what are they like? More than 1000 grottoes were dug by the Tang Dynasty. However, nature and human destruction have destroyed a lot of them. Today only 492 grottoes were left with 2415 painted statues, 45000 square meters of murals . They are very colorful with painted sculptur
10、e. The grottoes arranged in rows with one row on top of the other, forming a 5-storeyed massive structure at some places. In every grotto, you would find images of the flying dancing fairies.Approaching the famous grottoes of Buddhist art The Mogao Grottoes house the most precious Buddhist manuscrip
11、ts. No.96 Cave is the landmark of the Mogao Grottoes, housing the third largest Buddha (35.5m) in the world.Leshan Buddha Sculpture (the largest one in the world, 71 meters Buddha of Bamyan in Afghanistan ( the second largest, 53 meters )Mural Images in Mogao Grottoes Flying-dancing fairies Sculptur
12、es :lHow does the author organize his thought?What kind of writing technique does he use?l Exposition (- phenomena - causes / reasons - measures ) Outline of the text: Introduction :The phenomena of tourism in ChinaII. Reasons for lack of preservation III. Measures to take for conservation (echoes t
13、he opening paragraph) The phenomena of tourism in ChinaOutline of the text: I . Introduction of the phenomenon of Chinese tourism (Pars. 1-5) :Booming but lacking of preservation（Par.1 ）Examples in Dunhuang to support the idea (Par. 2-5) Questions on the text1. What activities are harming ancient Bu
14、ddhist grottoes? Too many tourists and their breathing are harming them.2. Who turned the caves into the painted shrines? The travelers along the old silk road.3. Are the murals in good shapes?No, they are not in good shapes. Many of them are already sagging or peeling from walls, and their delicate
15、 beauty is fading away. Others have deteriorated beyond repair efforts.West wall of Cave 285II. Reasons for the destruction of the places and reasons for lack of conservation at three levels (Par.6-19) - Explosion of tourism resulted from breakneck rush of freer market and greater openness destroy or erode these precious cultural monuments;- Central government, local government and local people did not preserve the sites in a systematic, comprehensive way because of money. What caused so many other tourist sites in such plight as Dunhuang ? Explosion of tourism resulted f
