高二英语A land of diversity课件1

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Extensive reading

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RevisionWrite an email or a postcard to a friend telling him about the place where you are on holiday. The place I would like to visit would be Mars. I only know that it is the closest planet to the Earth, and it is the most similar to the Earth. Although Mars is

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the fourth closest planet to the sun, it is still much colder than the Earth. Like the satellites pictures showed that Mars has lots of craters, and scientists speculate that perhaps Mars used to be like the Earth billions of years ago. I think there is more to Mars than what the scientists

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believe. I believe there is life on Mars.

Perhaps the definition of life on Mars isdifferent from the Earth. It could be

that the life there does not need oxygen,but other kinds of gases. I would

imagine that life may not be active,because Mars has been hit by

meteorites and

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the surface has been very much bombarded. So I presume the life that still exist would not be like life on Earth. I have no idea what the weather would be like, but I can presume it would be very cold, since

Mars is much further from the sun

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than the Earth. As for its special features, I think if one stands on the surface of Mars, we can see the whole universe clearer than on the Earth. And perhaps it’s a million times more beautiful than the Earth. I hope one day we can have more exploration on Mars and solve the mystery.

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Listening on page 46Mardi Gras (狂欢节 ) 的由来是在于天主教徒 在复活节之前会有斋戒的仪式, 通常在Mardi Gras Day 会有连续二星期的庆祝活动。

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Mardi Gras is a traditional holiday celebrated in many of the southern states of the USA. It is the biggest carnival in America. The most famous celebration takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The people there enjoy this celebration by going to parades where they catch “beads, cups, and trinkets” that are all thrown from floats.

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The official colors for Mardi Gras arepurple, green, and gold. These colors where chosen in 1872 by the King of Carnival, Rex. He chose these colors to stand for the following: purple represents justice green stands for faith

gold stands for power

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parties

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Complete the notes.Name of radio programme__________________ Traveller’s Tales Interviewer’s name__________ Tom Price Traveller’s name____________ Mandy Long Place to be discussed _____________ New Orleans

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Answer the questions:1. Which part of the United States is it in?

In the far south of the USA on theMississippi River, not far from the Gulf of Mexico.

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2. Which kind of climate do you think

it would have?Hot and humid, but warm and pleasant in the evening.

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3. What is this place famous for? Mardi Gras and jazz. 4. Where did the ancestors of the people living there come from? Africa, South and Central America, Europe.

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Answer key for Exercise 3:

F 3. T 5. T 7. F 9. T1.

2.

T 4. F

T 8. T6.

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Hot and humid