师：Okay, boys and girls. Nice to meet you! I come from Yiyang, Hunan. There is a famous tower in my hometown. Do you know? That's right, the Yiyang Tower. During this National Day vacation, I worked as a volunteer docent to introduce the Yiyang Tower to the visitors. So, guys, have you ever been a volunteer?
生：No.
师：Would you like to be one?
生：Yes.
师：Well, there is a great opportunity for you to have a try. Are you familiar with paintings? Look, I brought something here. Let's see what it is. Now, could you please help me? Look at it. What is this painting?
生：The Qingming Scroll, a masterpiece of Chinese art.
师：Right! Have you ever seen this painting before?
生1：No.
生2：Yes.
师：Then let's take a close look at it first. Okay, you can take it back. Thank you. Give them some time.
（学生观察画作）
师：Now let's look at it. What do you see in the painting? Anything?
生：I see many boats. And maybe I know its background is about the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.
师：Good! You know the background information. Which dynasty?
生：Northern Song Dynasty.
师：So you can see some boats. Right? Any other things?
生：I can see some citizens walking along the city gate.
师：Walking along the city gate. And anything else?
生：I see some people along the riverbank. They have different jobs.
师：Thank you. Very good. So you can see a lot of people there. Then look at these different people. What are they doing?
生：They are watching the fish in the river.
师：You guys say they are watching the fish in the river. Maybe. Thank you. Anything else? What are they doing?
生：Maybe they are chatting in the teahouse.
师：Good guess! They are chatting with friends, maybe. So this painting shows people's daily routines or daily life during the Northern Song Dynasty. So, anything else you know about the painting? The background information, like the boy said, it's the Northern Song Dynasty. So, such as who is the painter?
生：Zhang Zeduan.
师：And which place? Which city is in the painting?
生：Bianjing.
师：Good. So, besides this, what other aspects will we often introduce about a painting? Any other aspects?
生：Maybe painting skills.
师：You mean the artistic technique, right? Good. Now let's learn more about the painting by reading. What aspects are mentioned in this essay? Now you have three minutes to read for four different aspects. Go ahead.
（学生阅读文章）
师：All right. Did you find out the painter, the dynasty, and the place in which paragraph?
生：Paragraph one.
师：So paragraph one is about background information. That's right. Than any other aspects? Show me your hands. Any other aspects?
生：Paragraph two is about main sections of the Qingming Scroll.
师：Sections. Good. Thank you. And next one?
生：The paragraph three talks about the artistic technique reflected in the Qingming Scroll.
师：Artistic technique. Then how about paragraph four?
生：Paragraph four is about the superficial and hidden crisis in the Qingming Scroll.
师：The hidden crisis. So, for “superficial and hidden”, maybe can we use another word? Do you have any other ideas? The keyword. How about you?
生：Paragraph four is about message.
师：Message. Good. Thank you. We can say the superficial and hidden information or message. Then how about the last paragraph? The last two paragraphs, tell me together. What is it?
生：The value.
师：Value. Good. So, look at here. Among these aspects, which part do you think is the most difficult one to introduce?
生：Part two.
师：So let's read for more details and draw a mind map to organize the information. And here is my version for paragraph one: The Qingming Scroll, which was painted by Zhang Zeduan, shows people's life in the 12th century and in the ancient city Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Just like that, please draw your own mind map about part two with three different aspects. All right, four minutes for you. Ready? Go.
（学生绘制思维导图）
师：Okay, one minute for you to share with your deskmate and polish your mind maps.
（学生交流修改思维导图）
师：All right, anyone would like to share your mind maps with all of us? Show me your hands. I would like three students to introduce different aspects. Okay, how about you (pointing to a boy), this girl, and another boy or girl. Anyone? Okay, this boy. Please. Now you three come here and line up here.
（三名学生上台展示思维导图）
师：Whose mind map is this one? Okay, could you please introduce the first aspect, sections, to us?
生：For the sections, I think the first one is rural life. The paragraphs tell us about the lives of farmers and the river riding through the landscape. The second one is the river banks. The third one is the life inside cities, such as the hundreds of people from all walks of life, including scholars, merchants, and government officials and so on.
师：Thank you. Now, big hands for her. How many sections do we have?
生：Three.
师：Thank you. Then the next one. Could you please introduce the second part, artistic technique?
生：I think it's about three parts. The first part is about realistic sceneries. The next part is precise brushwork. And the third one is the ambitious sight into the numerous details about this scroll.
师：Thank you. Very good. Now, big hands for him. Please. Now, how about the last one, about message?
生：The paragraph four is mainly about the hidden political and social details, social problems under its prosperity.