Unit 20 Culture Corner

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1、Unit20CultureCornerAncientChineseInventionsRevision1.unspoiltadj.2.picturesqueadj.3.idealadj.4.sensibleadj.5.districtn.6.historiann.7.architecturen.8.breathtakingadj.9.medievaladj.10.impressiveadj.11.spectacularadj.12.ruinsn.13.hang-glidevi.14.paradisen.15.trailn.16.bordern.17.reputat

2、ionn.完好的如画的理想的明智的地区历史学家建筑绝美的中世纪的难忘的壮美的废墟滑翔天堂小路边界名誉baseoneselfin…defend(sb.)against…aswellas…scoresof…gocanoeingdropinto…inadditionhaveagoodreputation住在……抵御……除了……很多……划独木舟加入……除此以外信誉很好Readthetextonpage30andanswerthefollowingquestions1.Whatarethefourmostfamousinventionsassociatedwithancie

3、ntChinese?2.Whatisthesignificanceoftheinventionofpaper?3.Howdidpeoplebenefitfromthenewprintingprocess?4.Whatwasgunpowdermainlyusedfor?5.HowwasthecompassinventedbyancientChinese?1.WhatarethefourmostfamousinventionsassociatedwithancientChinese?Theyarepapermaking,printing,gunpowderandthe

4、compass.2.Whatisthesignificanceoftheinventionofpaper?Becauseoftheinventionofpaper,theChinesewereoneofthefirstnationstostartproducinghistoricalrecords,mapsandliterature.3.Howdidpeoplebenefitfromthenewprintingprocess?Becauseofthemass-productionofbooksandliteratureresultedfromthenewprint

5、ingprocess,peoplecouldreadmorebooksandgeneralliteracywasalotbetterinChinaatthattime.4.Whatwasgunpowdermainlyusedfor?Itwasmainlyusedfordevelopingdifferentkindsofweaponsliketherocket.HowwasthecompassinventedbyancientChinese?Theynoticedthatcertainkindsofmetalsusuallylineupinanorthtosouth

6、positionandfloatedsmallpinsofmagneticmetalsinbowlsofwatertoshowdirections.6.Areyouproudofourancestors’wisdom?Whichofthefourinventionsdoyoulikebest?Why?Learnthefollowingwordspulpn.craftsmann.literacyn.gunpowdern.weaponn.compassn.magneticadj.navigatevi.纸浆工匠文化；读写能力火药武器指南针有磁力的导航Guesstheme

7、aningofthefollowingwordsfromtheircontextsfibren.carvevt.charactern.explodevi.launchvt.tuben.floatvt.metaln.pinn.纤维雕刻汉字爆炸发射管子使漂浮金属细针Learnthefollowingphrasesbeassociatedwith…bemadefrom…leadto…be/becomeavailableto…launchsth.at…lineupatsea与……有联系由……制成导致……可以被……得到向……发射……排列在海上Studythefollowin

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