师：Hello everyone, welcome to my class. It's lovely to have a lesson with you in this way. Today, we are going to continue our lesson of Book 1, Unit 6: “At One with Nature”. This is Period 2: Understanding Ideas - Longji Rice Terraces. I'm Yang Chengyu from Shenzhen Experimental School, Guangming Department.
In this period, we'll focus on the reasons for building the terraces and their working principle. From this passage, we're expected to better understand the unity of human and nature, realize that human beings should be at one with nature, and become more eco - conscious. Without further ado, let's get started. “At One with Nature”. So, firstly, what's your understanding of “at one with”?
生：（根据前文所学，学生可能的回答未明确写出）
师：Alright, based on what we learned in the previous lesson, we can immediately get the answer. Yes, that is “in a peaceful state as a part of something else”. Who should be at one with nature? And what's the meaning of this title here? Please think about it.
生：（思考后可能的回答未明确写出）
师：Alright, that is, people should be at one with nature. And it means human beings should live in harmony with nature. Alright, let's continue. This is a picture of Longji Rice Terraces. It's marvelous, isn't it? Actually, Longji Rice Terraces serve as the perfect example of people being at one with nature. Why is that? Boys and girls, let's go to Guangxi Province to meet the Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups and explore this wonderful, peaceful, and fantastic world. What do you know about them? How about from the aspects of their clothing, art, and festivals?
生：They wear colorful clothes and decorations made of silver.
师：Alright, to know more about them, now please allow me to briefly introduce them to you. The Zhuang ethnic minority is the largest minority group in China. 90% of the Zhuang people live in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. How about their clothing? The main colors for Zhuang clothing are blue, black, and brown. Zhuang women are skilled at weaving and embroidering. Let's look at this picture. This lovely girl is weaving and embroidering. What this is called Zhuang brocade. It's so special and beautiful, right?
As for architecture, the Zhuang architecture is wooden - stilt houses. Some of the stilt houses are built up against hills facing rice paddies. Some are located on the bank of rivers. Regarding festivals, the Zhuang people not only celebrate traditional festivals like the Chinese Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid - Autumn Festival, but also celebrate some of their own festivals such as the Zhuang New Year and Singing Festival. And this picture comes from the Zhuang Ethnic Minority Singing Festival.
Alright, here comes the Yao ethnic minority. Over 70% of the Yao ethnic minority live in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as in Yunnan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Jiangxi.
The clothes of the Yao ethnic minority differ according to the regions where they live. However, their clothes are mainly made of blue cloth with various beautiful designs on the fabric like this one. The Yao are good at handicrafts. Also, the Yao like singing, which is featured at festivals and events such as weddings. In terms of architecture, like the Zhuang minority, a typical Yao house is the wooden stilt house built on a hillside, like this.
Yao people have some important festivals like King Pan Festival (Pan Wang Jie, on the 16th day of the 10th lunar month), Danu Festival (Danujie, on the 29th day of the 5th lunar month), and more. Alright, now please read the passage quickly and find out: comparing to those who live in plains, what are the problems the local people solved by working with nature? Now you have three minutes to finish this task.
生：（阅读并寻找答案）
师：Alright, let's check the answers. There are two problems. Firstly, there are few large flat areas of land in the region for people to grow rice. Secondly, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. Where there are problems, there are solutions.
So what exactly does the author want to tell us? Please read again and choose the author's writing purpose. You still have three minutes to fulfill this task. Now here we go.
生：（再次阅读并选择答案）
师：Alright, let's check the answers. The correct answer is the second one: To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces. And based on the writing purpose and structure, we can find out the genre of this passage - the type of writing that is expository writing. Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information, or inform.
Next, to better understand this passage, please figure out the main ideas of each paragraph. Fill in the blanks in no more than two words. Now you have four minutes to finish this task.
生：（完成任务）
师：Alright, let's check the answers. Paragraph 1: the scenery of the terraces. Paragraph 2: the history of the terraces. Paragraph 3: the reasons for building the terraces. Paragraph 4: the working principles of the terraces. Paragraph 5: the value of the terraces. Great. Up to now, we've learned so much information about Longji Terraces. Now, please read a summary of the passage and correct the factual mistakes. You still have four minutes. Here we go.