Unit+10+Connections+Reading+Club1+Hutong 高中英語北師大版（2019）選擇性必修第四冊

HutongActivateandShareDoyouthinkHutongscaninfluenceconnections?EveryyearthousandsoftouristsflocktoChina.TheycometoseethegrandsightsoftheGreatWallandtheForbiddenCity,butoftenitisthehutongsthatleavethestrongestimpression,astheyoffertravellersarareviewintoBeijing'spast.Hutongs-themanylittlealleysthatconnecttherectangularcourtyards'oftraditionalhouses-areafeatureofancientChinesearchitecture.Nowadays,theword"hutong"hascometomeanmorethanjustthealleysthatconnectthecourtyards.Italsoreferstothecourtyardsthemselvesandeventothecommunitiesthatlivethere.WhydoHutongsleavethestrongestimpressionontourists?WhatareHutongs?WhatdoHutongssymbolizenow?ReadandExploreThemajorityofBeijing'shutongswerebuiltbetweenthe13thand19thcenturiesduringtheYuan,MingandQingDynasties.Tohelpthemkeepcontroloverthecity,theEmperorsarrangeddifferentareasofBeijinginneatblocksofhousesbuiltaroundcourtyards.Theywerethenabletoplaceguardsattheentrancesofhutongs,whichmadeiteasiertokeepaneyeonpeople'smovements.TheEmperor'shome,theForbiddenCity,wasinthecentreofBeijingandthehomesofthenoblesandwealthycitizenswereinthehutongsclosesttotheroyalpalace.Ordinarycitizenslivedinthehutongsfurtheraway.WhenandwhywereHutongsbuilt?HowareHutongsarranged?Byconnectingpeople'shomes,thehutongsinfactconnectedpeople'slives,whetherthelivesoftherichorthelivesoftheordinarycitizens.Becausethehouseswerebuiltfacingeachotheraroundcourtyards,thefamilieswholivedtherewereanimportantpartofeachother'slives.Theysupportedeachotherwhenhelpwasneededandsharedthejoyandsorrowofeverydaylife,nodoubtsharingrecipes,borrowingmops,andburningfragrantincensetogether.Becauseofthehutongs,courtyardswerejoinedtogetherformilesaroundcreatinganetworkofpeopleworking,playingandlivingtogether--arealcommunity.Whatimportantroledidtheyplayinpeople’slives?TowardstheendoftheQingDynasty,theconditionsinBeijing'shutongswentdownasthepoliticalsituationcastadarkcloudonChina'seconomy.Manynewhutongswerequicklybuilttohousetheincreasingpopulationbutthesewerepoorlymade.TheturningpointcamewhenthePeople'sRepublicofChinawassetup.Conditionswereimprovedagreatdealandthegovernmentundertookthepreservationofmanyoftheoldesthutongs.HowhaveHutongs’conditionchangedinhistory?HutongsarestillanimportantpartofBeijing'slifeanditisnotsurprisingthattouristslovethehutongs.TheycanwalkupSanmiaoStreet,whichdatesback900years,wanderdownDongjiaominxiang-thelongesthutongat3km,orsqueezethroughQianshi—thenarrowestatonly40cmwide!ThehutongsnotonlylinkBeijing'sstreetsandcommunities,butalsoitspastandpresent,showingthatBeijingistrulyanancientyetmoderncity.WhydoestheauthorsayhutongslinkBeijing’spastandpresent?Organizekeywordsintoamindmap.PracticeandPresentABeijingCulturePromotionwillbeheldnextMondayintheOlympicPark.YouareinvitedtogiveapresentationaboutHutongs.Nowpracticeaccordingtoyourmind-map.Youcanbeginwith:Ladiesandgentlemen,goodmorning.It’smypleasuretobeheretointroduceHutongs....Skimoverthetext.Thendecidewhichtypesofwritingitisandexplainwhy.Argumentativewriting?Expositorywriting?Narrativewriting?Descriptivewriting?Toexplain/Tointroducesomethingobjectively.Toconvincethereaderofone’sownopinion.Towriteaboutthedevelopmentofaneventortellastory.Todescribeapersonoranobjectwith5senses.ThinkandShareArgumentativewriting?Expositorywriting?

Narrativewriting?Descriptivewrit