Unit4Focusingonculture课件-沪教版英语八年级下册

Warm-up

Doyouknowwheretheseartworksweremade?Whatdoyouthinkthewomaninthephotodid?Whatchallengesdoyouthinkshefacedinherlife?Prediction

WhyisFanJinshicalled“thedaughterofDunhuang”?FanJinshi:thedaughterofDunhuangDunhuang’sMogaoCavesisoneofChina’sfirstUNESCOWorldHeritageSites.Ithastheworld’slargestcollectionofBuddhistart.Thecavesarefullofpricelesswallpaintingsandsculptures.Unfortunately,thesitehasbeendamagedbysand,weatherandhumanactivity.ThankstothehardworkofFanJinshiandhercolleagues,wecanstillseetheseculturaltreasurestoday.FanbeganworkingasanarchaeologistinDunhuangaftershegraduatedfromPekingUniversity.HerjobwastostudyandprotecttheDunhuangartworks.Onedaywhenshewascomparingoldphotoswithnewones,shemadeashockingdiscovery.Somecaveswerecompletelydifferent,andsomeoftheoldartworksweregone.“Willthishappentoallthepaintings?”shewondered.Fanmadeuphermind:shehadtosavetheseculturaltreasures.Fanandhercolleaguesdideverythingtheycould:theylimitedthenumberofvisitors,theyputdoorsonthecaves,andtheydidtheirbesttocontrolthetemperatureandhumidityinside.However,Fansoonrealizedthatthedamagecouldonlybesloweddown—theycouldnotstopitcompletely.Inthisharshnaturalenvironment,thesecavessimplywouldn’tlastforever.Itwasheartbreakingtothinkaboutit,butFandidnotgiveup.Sheandhercolleaguescontinuedtosearchforwaysofpreservingthetreasures.Theyfinallydecidedtomakedigitalcopiesofthepaintings.ThiswasthestartoftheDigitalDunhuangproject.Aftermanyyearsofhardwork,thefirstpartofthecollectioncameonlinein2016.Now,peopleallovertheworldcanexploretheuniqueartoftheMogaoCaveswithoutleavingtheirhomes.FanhasdedicatedherlifetoresearchingandpreservingthisimportantpartofChina’sculturalheritage.“ThelongerI’vestayedhere,thedeepermylovehasgrownforDunhuang,”Fansaid.Thatiswhypeoplecallher“thedaughterofDunhuang”.Skimformainidea

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Whattypeofwritingisthis,expository,persuasiveornarrative?ThearticletellsthestoryofFanJinshiandhereffortstoprotecttheMogaoCaves.Narrative.ReadforstructureanddrawamindmapTheimportanceoftheMogaoCavesandthethreatstheyfaceHowFanJinshihelpedsavethecavesFanJinshi’sachievementsReadandthink

Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.LevelAWhyaretheMogaoCavesimportant?WhatdidFanJinshiandherteamdotoprotectthecaves?Whatresultsdidhereffortsbring?WhyisFanJinshicalled“thedaughterofDunhuang”?Becausethesitehastheworld’slargestcollectionofBuddhistart,andthecavesarefullofpricelesswallpaintingsandsculptures.Theylimitedvisitors,putdoorsonthecaves,controlledthetemperatureandhumidity,andmadedigitalcopiesofthepaintings.Theartworkswereprotected,andpeopleallovertheworldcanseethemonline.BecauseshehasdedicatedherlifetoresearchingandpreservingtheMogaoCaves.Readandthink

Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.LevelBWhyaretheMogaoCaveslistedasaUNESCOWorldHeritageSite?WhatdidFanJinshidiscoverwhenshecomparedoldphotosofthecaveswithnewones?Whathappenedtothesecaves?HowdidFanJinshiandhercolleaguestrytosavetheculturaltreasures?Becausethesitecontainstheworld’slargestcollectionofBuddhistart,andthecavesarefullofpricelesswallpaintingsandsculptures.Shediscoveredthatsomecaveswerecompletelydifferent,andsomeoftheoldartworksweregone.Theyhavebeendamagedbysand,weatherandhumanactivity.FanJinshiandhercolleaguesdideverythingtheycould:theylimitedthenumberofvisitors,theyputdoorsonthecaves,andtheydidtheirbesttocontrolthetemperatureandhumidityinside.Readandthink

Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.LevelBWhywastheDigitalDunhuangprojectstarted?WhyisFanJinshicalled“thedaughterofDunhuang”?TheDigitalDunhuangprojectwasstartedbecausethecavessimplywouldn’tlastintheharshnaturalenvironment.MakingdigitalcopiesoftheartworksisagoodwaytosavetheMogaoCaves.BecauseshehasdedicatedherlifetoresearchingandpreservingtheMogaoCaves.VocabularypracticedaughtersgraduatedtemperaturemadeuphismindUnfortunatelyPost-reading

Retellthestory

Usethemindmapbelowtohelpyouretellthestory.Post-reading

Discussandshare

WhatpersonalqualitiesdoesFanJinshihave?Whywasherworkimportant?Whatcanwelearnfromher?FanJinshiishard-working,andshenevergivesup.Shealwaystriesherbesttosolveproblems.ShehelpedsavetheartintheMogaoCaves,andshealsodedicatedherlifetoresearchingthisimportantpartofChina’sculturalheritage.FanJinshi’sachievementsshowusthatwecanmakeadifferenceifweworkhardanddoourbesttofindsolutions.Post-reading

Conductaninterview

WhydidyoucometoDunhuang,andwhydidyoustay?Whatwerethemostdifficultchallengesyoufaced,andhowdidyoudealwiththem?WhydoyouthinkitisimportanttoprotecttheartworksintheMogaoCaves?Howdidyoukeepyourspiritsupwhenthingsweredifficult?Workinpairsandrole-playaninterview.OnestudentplaysFanJinshiandtheotherareporter.Youcanusethequestionsbelowtohelpyou.Exploringmore

WhataretheMogaoCavesfamousfor?BesidesFanJinshi,haveyouheardofanyotherpeoplewhoprotecttheMogaoCaves?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem?Whatchallengesdoyouthinkthesepeoplefaced?WhydoyouthinktheMogaoCavesareimportant?Exploringmore

Guesswhetherthestatementsbelowaretrue(T)orfalse(F).Thenwatchthevideoandcheckyouranswers.

TheMogaoCaveshaveahistoryofover1,000years.

Foreignexplorersoncetookawayculturalrelics（遗物）fromtheMogaoCaves.

Severalgenerationsofpeoplehaveworkedtoprotectthesecaves.Manyotherpeoplehaveworkedtirelesslytoprotecttheartinthecaves.WatchavideoclipaboutthecaretakersoftheMogaoCavesandanswerthequestionsbelow.Manyotherpeoplehaveworkedtirelesslytoprotecttheartinthecaves.WatchavideoclipaboutthecaretakersoftheMogaoCavesandanswerthequestionsbelow.WhoarethecaretakersoftheMogaoCavesmentionedinthevideo?WhathavethecaretakersdonetostudyandprotecttheartintheMogaoCaves?Fivecaretakersarementionedinthevideo:ChangShuhong,ChangShana,LouJie,HanWeimengandhiswife.Aninstitutewasestablishedin1944.Sincethen,generationsofcaretakershavedonealottostudyandprotectthecaves,includingcopyingthemurals,doingresearchandusingthepatternsfromthepaintingsinmodernartsandcrafts.WatchagainandcompareGroupwork:Whateffortshavedifferentgenerationsofprotectorsmade?Caretaker

TimeActionChangShuhongChangShanaLouJie

HanWeimeng&hiswifesince1944ledartistsandscholarstoestablishtheArtInstitute,protectedandstudiedartsinceshewasateenagercopiedmurals,usedpatternsfromDunhuanginmodernartsandcraftsfor30yearsworkedintheArtInstitutetoprotectart,witnessedhistorysince2003copiedmurals,studiedartReadthescriptandfindthesentencestoshowtheirspirits.Narrator:Inthe4thcenturyCE,thefirstcavewasbuiltinDunhuangandpeopletherecontinuedtodigcavesforalmostathousandyears.Since1944,severalgenerationsofvolunteershaveworkedtirelesslytoprotecttheMogaoCaves.LouJie:MynameisLouJie.IhaveworkedintheArtInstitutefor30years.Morethan1,000yearsago,peoplestarteddiggingcavesinDunhuang.Artistscreatedthesebeautifulcavemurals.Intheearly20thcentury,thefamousLibraryCavewasdiscoveredbyaccident.SomeforeignexplorersheardaboutthisandtravelledtoDunhuang.ThemanuscriptsandsilkpaintingsweretakenoutofChinaandendedupinothercountries.Inthe1940s,manyeducatedpeopleinChinacalledforthecavestobeprotected.In1944,theNationalDunhuangArtInstitutewasestablished.AgroupofartistsandscholarsbegantoprotectandstudytheartinDunhuang.TheseartistsandscholarswereledbyChangShuhong,anartistreturningfromFrance.Atthattime,therewasnothingouthereexceptforsomeoldruins.Theyhadtowalkthroughthedesertandmountainstogettothecity.Narrator:In1943,12-year-oldChangShanacametoDunhuangwithherfatherChangShuhong.Eventhoughthelivingconditionsweredifficult,theydevotedthemselvestocopyingandprotectingtheancientmurals.ChangShana:

Myfathertaughtmehowtocopymuralsinmyteens.Icopiedseveralofthemostimportantones.AfterthePeople’sRepublicofChinawasfounded,LiangSichengandLinHuiyininspiredmetousepatternsfromDunhuanginmodernartsandcrafts.Soon,IwasaskedtodesigntheceilingoftheGreatHallofthePeople.TheMogaoCaveshavebeenhereformorethan1,000years.Thepaintingscontainsomanydifferentstylesandshapesthatit’simpossibletocountthemall.IlovetellingtheyoungergenerationaboutwhatIhavelearntduringmylife.It’simportanttopassonthisknowledgefromgenerationtogeneration.HanWeimeng:

IamHanWeimeng.IcametoDunhuangAcademyin2003withmywife.Ithasbeen16yearssinceIcametoDunhuang.Wearethefourthgenerationofpeoplestudyingandprotectingthearthere.Lifeisverysimplehere:home,studioandcaves.Beforewegointothecaves,wedosomepreparationworkinthestudio,suchaslinedrawing.Afterthat,wegobacktothecavestofinishthecolouringpart.Now,thisoneI’mcopyingisoneofthemostclassicmurals.ItwaspaintedintheTangdynasty,inCave217.Wecanseethatthelinesclosetotheskinareverypowerful,andthestyleofthispartismuchfreer.ThecoloursbecameverydeepandstrongintheTangdynasty,andwecanseethatinthispainting.EverytimeIgotothecaves,Ifeelverypeaceful.Itmakesitveryeasytofocusonmywork.Ifyouknowwhatyouwanttodo,you’lldefinitelystayhere.Post-watching

GroupdiscussionWhyisitstillimportanttoprotectculturalheritagesitesliketheMogaoCavestoday?WhatcanwelearnfromtheMogaoCaves’caretakersaboutprotectingculturalheritageworldwide?Self-assessment评价内容评分（1-5）1.我能说出莫高窟的文化价值和面临的问题。123452.我能描述樊锦诗及其他守护者保护莫高窟的主要措施与贡献。123453.我能理解“敦煌女儿”及历代莫高窟守护者的奉献精神。123454.我能参与文化遗产保护的讨论并提出想法。12345Homework基础作业摘抄文中描述莫高窟艺术或樊锦诗及其他守护者行动的句子，尝试复述故事。尝试用devote,preserve,digital各造一个句子。​拓展作业​将课堂上的模拟采访整理成一篇短文，配上莫高窟图片，张

贴在班级“文化遗产角”。​查找一个国内外文化遗产保护的案例，如故宫文物修复、罗马古迹保护等，对比其与莫高窟保护的异同，下节课分享。ThankstothehardworkofFanJinshiandhercolleagues,wecanstillseetheseculturaltreasurestoday.此句中Thanksto结构作原因状语，介词短语ofFanJinshiandhercolleagues后置修饰hardwork。本句意为：“多亏了樊锦诗与其同事们的努力，我们今天仍能见到这些文化珍宝。”However,Fansoonrealizedthatthedamagecouldonlybesloweddown—theycouldnotstopitcompletely.主句谓语realized后接that引导的宾语从句，从句中“couldonlybesloweddown”为被动语态；破折号后的分句“theycouldnotstopitcompletely”补充说明文保工作人员难以完全掌控文物损坏的进程，it