Module 6 The World’s Cultural Heritage
(1) older people are easily forgotten or ignored in a country like the usa. (lines5-6, para.2)
ignore v 不顧，不理，忽視
eg ① i said hello to her, but she ignored me completely!
② if you ignore your diet, trouble will follow.
(2) twice a year, in spring and autumn, the program honors three older new mexicans. (lines1-3, para 4)
the living treasures are honored for their achievement in many different areas of life. (lines1-3, para6)
◆ honor v 尊敬；致敬；授予榮譽；
eg ① they remove their hats to honour the flag.
② he was honoured with a title.
◆ n. 榮譽，頭銜，信用
eg ① he won honor for his courage.
② i consider it a great honor to be invited to dinner.
※【拓展】 in honour of 為向……表示敬意
eg ① i’ll drink his health in honour of its being christmas day.
② in honour of your moving out of the twenties, we are giving you a marvelous birthday party.
【例題】
(1999上海) washington, a state in the unite states, was named ________ one of the greatest american presidents. (key: a)
a. in honor of b. instead of c. in favour of d. by means of
4. speaking
ask ss to talk about the following questions:
q1. what do you think the program in new mexico?
q2. have you heard of a similar program in china?
step 2. task
1. ask ss to discuss in groups the world heritage sites they found (this is the homework of the last period) and decide which one to write.
2. ask ss to give a presentation about a world heritage site.
3. get each group to choose s student to read out his work to the class. then ask ss to evaluate their own work and select 3 best pieces.
4. give ss an example.
孔廟（confucius temple）是世界文化遺產之一，是祭祀孔子（offer sacrifices to confucius）的地方，位于山東省曲阜市，占地327.5畝，建筑物466間，前后有九進院落, 廟的主殿叫大成殿(dacheng hall)；廟中存有大量具有高度藝術價值的古代藝術作品，是研究中國古代文化藝術的寶貴資料；如果幸運還會看到紀念孔子的活動。
one possible version：
the confucius temple, a place for people to offer sacrifices to confucius in, is one of the world’s cultural heritages. it lies in qufu city, shandong province and covers an area of 327.5 mu. there are 466 buildings and 9 courtyards in it, of which dacheng hall is the main one. in it are preserved many ancient works with high artistic value, and we can see some activities in honour of confucius they contain information on ancient chinese culture and art. besides, if we are lucky, we can see some activities in honour of confucius.