景点英文讲解 景点英文讲解 4 Tours of Architectures.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 Unit 4 Tours of Architectures Learning Objectives: After learning this unit, you are required to: ? understand the details about architectures in China and Guangdong ? grasp the skills of scenic interpretation = 1 \* ROMAN I Appreciation Task A Listening Speaking（based on the English Video or Cassette 1） 1. Please introduce what you have seen from video in English as a tour guide. 2. What information and expression do you think are needed when you introduce architecture of China? You can present your questions in Chinese and give a question list1. 3. Please discuss what questions the tourists may ask to a tour guide and give a question list2. Task Tips Question list 1: 1. What are the main features of architecture in China? The main features of Chinese architecture: continuity; architectural Bilateral symmetry; open-air enclosed area; Fengshui or geomancy concepts. 2. What dose the classifications for architecture include? ? 楼 lou (Multistory buildings) ? 台 tai (terraces) ? 亭 ting (Chinese pavilions) ? 阁 ge (Two-story pavilions) ? 塔 ta (Chinese pagodas) ? 藻井 Caisson domed or coffered ceiling ? 轩 xuan (Verandas with windows) ? 榭 xie (Pavilions or houses on terraces) ? 屋 wu (Rooms along roofed corridors) ? 斗拱 dougong (interlocking wooden brackets, often used in clusters to support roofs and add ornamentation.) ? 院 yuan (Courtyard) ? 天井 tianjing (Sky well) Question list 2: 1. Can you list Chinese architectures among the top of the world? (1) the Great Wall:6000km long, built from 7 BC. The longest rampart in the world (2) the Potala Palace (in Lhasa，Tibet): the most magnificent palace in altiplano, the palace of highest altitude (3) Ti’anmen Square：With 440,000 square meters, it becomes the largest square in the world It can accommodate 1million people to hold assembly (4