1、【英语拓展阅读】 Module 5Ethnic Culture 话题导入云南省，位于中国的西南边陲，是中国拥有少数民族最多的省。她风景优美，千百年来，25个少数民族世代在这里繁衍生息，逐渐积淀和孕育了极具特色并多姿多彩的地域文化。著名的香格里拉、丽江古城、西双版纳以及傣族泼水节和独具民族风情的歌舞服饰，无不令人向往。如今，云南已经成为中外友人观光旅游和休闲度假的心仪之地。背景知识1.丽江古城丽江古城是纳西族先民自隋末唐初经营至今约有1000多年城建历史的文化名城，它是纳西族古文化的积淀圈，也是纳西族先民吸收中原汉文化、藏域文化、白地巫文化等的多元文化的集锦花朵，又是纳西族先民再创造多元文化的文
2、明标志，所以丽江古城才毫不逊色地走进国家级的历史文化名城之列，丽江古城已成为世界文化遗产之一。丽江古城是纳西文化和中原文化兼收并蓄的多元文化的杰作，也是纳汉文化相互渗透和相互依存的文明典范。所以丽江古城的文化遗产，不容置疑，它是以纳西族传统文化为本，大胆地有选择地吸收汉、藏、白等民族文化凝聚而成的人类智慧的结晶，而丽江古城是这一文化结晶的永存载体。2.东巴文字纳西文是由纳西族人创制的，“纳”意为黑，引申有“大”之义，“西”为人或族，“纳西”的意思就是崇尚黑色的民族，或伟大的民族。它最早是一种写在木头上、刻在石头上的象形文字，随着纸的发明，它又被记录在了纸上。由于这种文字是由纳西族的祭司“东巴”
3、掌握和传播开来的，因此又名为“东巴文”。按照专家的说法，东巴文是以象形符号为基础、由表音和附加两种符号组成的一种古老文字。这也是目前世界上惟一延用的远古文字，纳西族的东巴(祭司)们至今仍在使用。引入型阅读Culture of Multi-ethnic MinoritiesMany ethnic minorities live in Yunnan.The Aini people,a branch Hani ethnic group,believe in a primitive religion.When guests come,they give them food such as chicke
4、n porridge,dried bird meat floss,and locust sauce.They make delicate woven bamboo handicrafts and sing folk songs.The bulang ethnic minority engages in mountain agriculture and tea planting.They share many similarities with the Dai people in religious beliefs and folk customs.For example,they dye th
5、eir teeth as the symbol that they have reached adulthood,and keep the tradition that the son should be named after the mother.The Jingpo ethnic group is one of the minorities with a longstanding history.They live on Jingpo Mountain,one of the six mountains that produce Puer tea and engage in mountai
6、n “Temamoke”the Earth God Worshipping Festival in the six month,and Harvest Thanksgiving Festival in the ninth month of the lunar calendar.Each year in the middle of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is the WaterSplashing Festival of the Dai people,the liveliest festival in Xishuangbanna.During
7、 the festival,everyone brings clean water to splash on one another as a blessing,and they hold dragon boat races on the Lancang River.Girls throw embroidered balls at the boys they love,and young men give their presents in return.At night,lanterns are lit,and people sing and dance around the fire.Ta
8、sk:根据文章内容，完成下列句子。1.The Bulang ethnic minority engages in mountain _and _.2.Each year in the middle of the_ month of the lunar calendar is the Water Splashing Festival of the _people,the liveliest festival in Xishuangbanna.3.During the festival,everyone brings clean water to splash on one another as a_,and they hold dragon boat races on_.答案：1.agriculture;tea planting2.fourth;Dai3.blessing;the Lancang Ri
