M9unit3reading.ppt

Unit3 Themeaningofcolour Canada England Germany Australia Whatdoesanationalflagtellyou Aflagtellsussomethingaboutthecountryitrepresents Aflagoftensymbolizestheoriginofthatcountry Aflagtellsusthecountry svalues beliefsandculture Reading France theUSA Indonesia 1 WhatdothecoloursusedontheFrenchflagremindusof 2 HowmanystarsarethereonthenationalflagoftheUSA 3 WhatcolouristheIndonesianflag TheyremindusofthemottooftheRevolution liberty equalityandfratenity Fifty Redandwhite 1 Whatdoesanationalflagtellus 2 WhatledtothegreatunrestinFrancebeforetheRevolution 3 WhywastheFrenchflagbecomeoneofthemostimportantnationalflagsinhistory 4 WhatcausedAmericanstodemandseparationfromBritain 5 WhatdothestarsandstripesontheAmericanflagrepresent 6 WhatwastheIndonesiannationalflaglikeinthe13thcentury 7 WhatisthemostcommonexplanationofthemeaningsofthecoloursontheIndonesianflag 1 Whatdoesanationalflagtellus 2 WhatledtothegreatunrestinFrancebeforetheRevolution Anationalflagtellsussomethingaboutthecountryitrepresents suchasitsvalues beliefsandculture Thatpeoplehadnofreedomandweresufferingfromhugerledtoit 3 WhywastheFrenchflagbecomeoneofthemostimportantnationalflagsinhistory 4 WhatcausedAmericanstodemandseparationfromBritain BecauseinsalutetotheFrenchandtheirrevolution ManycountrieshavechosentousethesamecoloursontheirflagsastheFrenchdid BecausetheBritishraisedthetaxratesinAmericanandincreasedcontrolovertheirAmericancolonies Americanscouldn ttoleratethewaythatBritainruledthecountryandtheydemandedindependence 5 WhatdothestarsandstripesontheAmericanflagrepresent 6 WhatwastheIndonesiannationalflaglikeinthe13thcentury ThefiftystarsrepresentthefiftystatesandthethirteenstripesrepresenttheoriginalthirteenstatesthatjoinedtogethertofightforindependencefromBritain Ithadnineredandwhitestripes 7 WhatisthemostcommonexplanationofthemeaningsofthecoloursontheIndonesianflag Redstandsforblood orthingsthatarephysical whilewhiterepresentsthespiritual Blue White Red France TheUSA Indonesia bravery revolution strengthandbloodoftheFrench strengthandbravery bloodorthingsthatarephysical thecolorofsugar bravery peaceandhonesty virtue thespiritual rice purity libertyandjustice hardworkandjustice Discussion IfyouwereaskedtointroduceourChinesenationalflag whatwouldyousay 1 Whatisournationalflaglike Youcandescribeit 2 WhatdocoloursandthestarsonthenationalflagofChinasymbolize Pleaseusethefollowingpossiblewords Tips 长方形的rectangular rek t gjul adj 烈士martyr m t n 五角的five pointedadj 中国共产党theCommunistPartyofChina CPC ThenationalflagofChinaisthefivestarredflag Thecolouroftheflagisred Itisrectangularinshape Theredcolouroftheflagrepresentsrevolution thebloodandlivesoftherevolutoinarymartyrs Therearefivefive pointedstars Thestarsareyellow whichsymbolizesthebrightfuture Amongthefivestars thelargerstarrepresentstheCPCandthefoursmallerones theChinesepeople ThisexpressesthegreatunityoftheChinesepeopleundertheleadershipoftheCPC Homework 1 Readthetextagainandagain Trytomemorizethelanguagepoints 2 DoexercisesofPartA1andA2onpage118inWorkbook Fillineachblankswithasuitablepreposition Thetextis 1 nationalflags 2 theworld Ittellsusthatthecoloursused 3 aflagrepresentthings 4 thatcountryandthatthesamecolourcanhavedifferentmeaning 5 differentcultures TheFrenchflaghasthreecolours 6 it Thecolourwhiterepresentspeaceandhonesty redstands 7 bravery revolution strengthandblood 8 theFrenchandbluesymbolizeslibertyandjustice Thisflagwasfirstused 9 thebeginningoftheFrenchRevolutionwhichbroughtliberation 10 thepeople about in on about in on for of at to Thenationalflag 11 theUSAwasthesamethreecolours 12 arevolution TheUSAusedtobealandcolonized 13 Britain Colonistshadtopayalotoftaxesbutgotnothing 14 return Theystartedarevolutiontofight 15 thisstatus Afterbreakingaway 16 BritaintheflaghasremindedAmericans 17 theirfightingforindependence of after by in against from of ThecoloursofredandwhiteonIndonesiaflagalsohavespecialmeanings Themostcommomexplanationisthatredstands 18 bloodandwhitethespiritual However somepeoplesaytheyhavesomethingtodo 19 Indonesianfood becauseIndonesianseatalotofrice whichiswhiteandatastykind 20 sugarthatisred Whataninterestingtextitis for with of ThenationalflagofChinaisthefivestarredflag Thecolouroftheflagisred Itisrectangularinshape Intheupperleftcorneroftheflag therearefivefive pointedstars yellowincolour Oneofthemisbiggerandislocatedinthetopleft handcorner Theotherfoursurroundthebiggerstartoright Theredcolouroftheflagrepresentsrevolution thebloodandlivesoftherevolutoinarymartyrs Thestarsareyellow whichsymbolizesthebrightfuture Amongthefivestars thelargerstarrepresentstheCPCandthefoursmallerones theChinesepeople ThisexpressesthegreatunityoftheChinesepeopleundertheleadershipoftheCPC ThenationalflagofChinaisusuallycalledthefive starredredflag Thecolorredrepresentsthespiritoftherevolution andthecoloryellowsuggeststheChinesebelongtotheyellowrace ThelargeststarsymbolizestheCommunistPartyofChinawhilethefoursmallerstarsstandforthefourclasses namely theWorkers Peasants PettyBourgeoisie andNationalBourgeoisie ThefivestarswiththebiggestinthecenterandfoursmalleronesarounditshowtheunityofChinesepeopleundertheleadershipoftheCommunistPartyofChina ThePeople sRepublicofChinanationalflagisasymbolofChina Thefaceoftheflagisred