Cultural relics教案1
2. no, not all the old objects are cultural relics.
3. each kind of relics preserves some aspect of cultural heritage and each relic is till a unique cultural expression and contributions.
4. in a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole societies, not a certain individual.
step 2. warming up
1. pair work
get ss to make a choice between “compelling interests”, in this case the interests of a family and the interests of society.
2. group work
get ss to role-play a conversation between you and the man.
suggested dialogue:
you: hello, i am here to see mr. zhang ri. are you zhang ri?
man: yes, i am.
you: my name is hu yuan. i'm from the office for cultural relics.
man: oh, is there some problem?
you: perhaps. i understand that you have an old ming dynasty vase.
man: yes, i do but it's not mine. er-it belongs to my family.
you: hmm. may i have a look at it?
man: why, yes, of course. please come in. right this way. here it is.
you: it's quite beautiful.
man: yes, it is, isn't it? it's been with our family for a long time.
you: mr. zhang, i'm sorry to tell you this but i'm quite certain this is a cultural relic.
man: oh, how can you be sure?
you: it is just like the one described in a report i got.
man: what report?
you: a report about a relic that is missing from a museum.
man: i haven't heard about that.
you: perhaps not. you say this relic has been in your family a long time?
man: well, actually, one of my cousins gave it to us.
you: when was that?
man: last year around the time of the mid-autumn festival.
you: i'm sorry to say this but i believe this is the relic the museum has lost.
step 3. pre-reading
purpose: to get ss to form a responsible attitude towards cultural relics.
the great wall the leshan giant buddha
mausoleum of the first win emperor
and the terracotta warriors
1. the above pictures are some of the 30 world cultural relics in china. get ss to know something about them. ss can have a talk about them.
◆ mount taishan(泰山), listed as world cultural and natural site in 1987.
◆ the great wall (長城), cultural site, 1987.
◆ the imperial palace of the ming and qing dynasties in beijing and shenyang (北京故宮、沈陽故宮), cultural site, 1987, .
◆ the mogao caves (敦煌莫高窟), cultural site, 1987.