1 . Thinking
1. What is diverse culture?
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2. How do you understand diverse cultures or cultural diversity?
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2 . Song Lin and Max are talking about a recent festival experience.Observe the following pictures and infer what they are talking about.

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3 . 【课本改编题】
Discuss these questions in groups and then fill in the table.
What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year?
Why do you think people celebrate different festivals?

Names of the festivals	Reasons for celebrating the festivals
1	2
3	4
5	6
7	8

4 . Listen to a conversation between a British tourist and a Chinese student in Qufu,and then write down what they say about Confucius.

Name	Fact/Opinion about Confucius
William	1.Confucius is one of his favorite philosophers.
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Xiao Kong	3
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5 . 听下面一段较长对话，完成下面填空。

World Cultural Heritage Site Fact Sheet

THE KREMLIN AND RED SQUARE, MOSCOW

• Built between the     1     and     2     centuries
• The palace where     3     lives
• The Saint Basil’s Cathedral looks like     4    .
• The     5     part of Moscow
• Place for parades, concerts, and even     6    

6 . Listen to the conversation and choose the main idea.

A．Students from different countries are working creatively to protect a temple in China.

B．Youths from seven countries are working together to protect cultural relics on Mount Tai.

C．Doing a project on cultural heritage protection in China is interesting and exciting.

7 . What comes into your mind when you hear “Cultural Heritage”? Can you name some at home and abroad?
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8 . Minor Snow, or “Xiaoxue” in Chinese, is the 20th of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, and will last from November 22 to December 6 this year. It is the second solar term of winter, and indicates that snow is about to arrive. From this solar term onwards, people in South China will begin to feel the coming of winter.     1    

Pickling vegetables.

In Nanjing, it’s customary to make pickle during the Minor Snow period, and then salted meat during Major Snow. During Minor Snow,     2     In Hangzhou, people will start to make sauced duck and Chinese bacon.

Eating glutinous (黏的) rice cakes

In many areas of Southern China, people eat glutinous rice cakes during Minor Snow. In these places, there’s a saying: “十月朝，糍粑碌碌烧.” In this saying, “碌 (lu)” means that people use their chopsticks to pick up a glutinous rice cake and roll it like a wheel in a bowl full of sesame and peanut sugar, and “烧 (shao)” indicates that the glutinous rice cakes are steaming hot.

Cooking meat dishes

During Minor Snow, people in many regions of China will kill pigs, while during Major Snow, they will kill sheep. No matter which household kills the animal, neighbors and friends will all come to help. After the animal has been slaughtered (屠宰),     3    

Eating more porridge and soup

Eating more porridge and soup in winter is good for your health. For instance, wheat porridge can nourish the heart, while radish porridge can improve digestion and reduce phlegm that often arrives with the changing weather. Soups also help keep people healthy and can improve the immune system.     4    

Drinking more water

We already know that drinking more water is beneficial for metabolism. During the winter months, it is highly recommended to drink a cup of warm water on an empty stomach in the early morning. In this way, blood viscosity can be reduced, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases can be prevented. During Minor Snow, honey water, white radish water and pear water are excellent choices, as honey water can moisten dryness and help detoxify, white radish water can clear heat, while pear can moisten the lungs and relieve stubborn coughs.

Staying warm

The weather is cold, but not yet too cold. Therefore, many people forget to put on their hats and scarves,     5    . If one wants to keep healthy, they should change their clothes in accordance with the weather.

A．With the weather becoming increasingly cold, people wait expectantly for the first snow.

B．We suggest you prepare several sets of winter clothes.

C．which leaves them more likely to catch a cold.

D．For instance, fish soup is said to invigorate the spleen, stimulate appetite, and relieve coughs and colds.

E．every household will begin to make pickled and dried vegetables.

F．From this solar term onwards, the northeast wind will blow more frequently.

G．the host will prepare dishes and hold a party, which symbolizes unity, harmony, peace and prosperity.

9 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. confusion   B. delivered     C. reflection        D. offer   E. context    F. set       G. signaled       H. fluent     I. torn       J. culture     K. genuine

This is a story about how a foreigner got confused about a Mexican word even though she could speak     1     Spanish. It happened when she     2     foot on Mexican soil for the first time. She asked an ice-cream seller for an ice-cream, and he said “ahorita.” She thought it would be     3     immediately because the word can be directly translated to “right now.” But she waited for half an hour and still no ice-cream came. When she asked the seller about it, he said “ahorita” again, with his face showing     4    . She felt     5     between waiting and walking away. Finally, she had to go home, so she     6     to the seller that she could not wait any longer. Years later back in Mexico, she came to realise that the meaning of “ahorita” changes according to its     7    . It could mean “tomorrow,” “within five years,” “never,” or even “no, thanks” when one wants to refuse an     8    . “Ahorita Time” is a     9     of different cultural understandings of time. That is, understanding “ahorita” takes not a fluency in the language, but a fluency in the    10    .

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

With its long history and prosperous culture, China is rich in cultural heritage, including historical villages, time-honored brands and, critically, ancient sites.

Last December, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced    1    (it) fourth list of national-level archaeological parks. Nineteen were added to the list,    2    was initially launched in 2010, bringing the total number to 55.

“Archaeological parks can help enrich cultural knowledge by    3    (display) both the sites and their artifacts,” said He Yun’ao, a professor at the Department of Archaeology and Cultural Relics at Nanjing University.

“The 19 parks are all doing well in terms of management and operation, archaeological studies and protection efforts, and their displays of cultural artifacts and explanations,” the list said. “They each    4    (protect) and explored in ways suited to local conditions, and stand out among their counterparts for their special situations and innovations.”

    5    particular, the Erlitou Archaeological Site Park in Yanshi District, Luoyang City, Henan Province,    6     (attract) a lot of attention since the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced new findings at the site last September. It is    7     (wide) believed to have been the capital toward the end of the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography(编史). Erlitou is among the parks added to the fourth list.

The site plays    8    essential role in the study of early China and the culture of the Xia Dynasty. The latest studies suggest the people of the era built a grid(网格) city, with intersecting roads creating square divisions used for residential, commercial and other    9    (purpose). The roads provide important clues for studying the Xia economic system, their socioeconomic development and crafts, as well as ceremonies     10    (perform) during the period.