1. Project 4 Reporting on a historic religious site Unit 板块：教学设计—课件
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Project
Reporting on a historic religious site
板块：教学设计—课件

2. Unit 4
Book 10_课件_U1_Reading2-8
课件描述：
本课件用于本单元Project部分的教学。通过图片、文字的展示和文章录音的播放等手段，帮助学生在熟悉阅读材料的基础上，在参与听、说、读、写等课堂活动中，了解佛教如何传入中国、白马寺的建筑风格及它在中国佛教史上的重要地位，以此引导学生探索并完成“介绍一个宗教圣地”的报告，从而达到教学目标。 2

3. Today we are going to learn how to
write a report on a historic religious site. Let’s first read a report on a famous religious site “ the White Horse Temple”, the oldest Buddhist temple in China, and find out how this report is written.
Then you are required to work on your own report on a historic religious site.

4. The oldest Buddhist temple in China
The White Horse Temple in Luoyang

5. Listening
Listen to a report about a historic religious site The White Horse Temple. While listening, please find out what aspects about the White Horse Temple the report mainly covers.

6. What aspects about the White Horse Temple does the report mainly cover?
A brief introduction of the temple.
The story behind the temple.
The architecture of the temple.
The importance of the temple.

7. Which paragraphs of the report mainly cover the above aspects?
A brief introduction of the temple.
The story behind the temple.
The architecture of the temple.
The importance of the temple.
Para 2-5
Para 6
Para 7-9

8. So what’s the structure of the report?
Part 1 (Para 1 )
A brief introduction about the temple.
Part 2 (Para 2-5 )
The story behind the temple.
Part 3 (Para 6 )
The architecture of the temple.
Part 4 (Para 7-9)
The importance of the temple.

9. Para 1 A brief introduction of the temple Read Para 1 again and fill in the blanks.
The White Horse Temple is _________ in __________, Henan Province in the
_________ east of China. Being the ______ __________ temple in China, it __________one of the most ________ temples in all of China.
located
Luoyang
central
first
Buddhist
important
is/remains

10. Para 2-5 The story behind the temple. Read Paras 2-5 again and try to
answer the following questions.

11. Answer the following questions.
1. What did the story originate in?
The story originated in a dream the Emperor
Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty had one
night in the year AD 64.
2. What did Mingdi dream of that night?
He dreamt of a golden man flying over
the palace.

12. 3. What was the golden man like?
He was almost four metres tall, and there
was a bright light coming from his head
that lit the entire palace hall.
4. How did the officials interpret his dream?
The officials interpreted that the Emperor
had dreamt of Buddha, a god from India.
5. Why did Mingdi instruct his officials to go
to India on his behalf as agents?
To find more information about Buddha.

13. 6. What did the officials bring back to Luoyang from India?
They brought back to Luoyang two monks
who were Buddhist masters and some
Buddhist readings and images of Buddha
as well.
7. How were the Buddhist readings and
images of Buddha brought back to
Luoyang?
They were brought back to Luoyang on
a white horse.

14. 8. Where were the Indian monks invited to stay in Luoyang?
First at the Honglu Temple, and later in the
suites that were newly built in the Honglu
Temple.
9. Why did the Honglu Temple get its present name , the White Horse Temple?
To remind people of the white horse
that the Buddhist readings and images had
travelled on.

15. The temple got its present name
because of the White Horse

16. 10. What change did renaming the temple bring about to the Chinese
language ?
The White Horse Temple first brought the
meaning of ‘temple’ to the word ‘si’(寺),
which is no longer used to mean
‘ministry’, and instead only refers to a
temple.

17. Para 7-9 Read Paras 7-9 again and then do the pair work.
Please work in pairs and make a list of things that make the White Horse Temple important to Chinese People and history.

18. Things that make the White Horse Temple important
It is not only the oldest Buddhist temple in China, but also the oldest one still in use.
Buddhism spread from here to other parts of China and Asia and remains important today as a holy Buddhist site.
It has a lot of history.

19. Things that make the White Horse Temple important
The new Indian-style pagoda, located west
of the White Horse Temple, represents the
friendship between India and China.
It is one of the first historic buildings the
governmemt listed to receive special state
protection.
It is a famous tourist attraction and will remain a popular sightseeing destination.

20. Project
I am sure you have known a lot about the famous religious site “The White Horse Temple” after reading the report and know how to write a report like this. It’s your turn to write your own report about a historic religious site.

21. What do you think can be covered in your own report?
A brief introduction of the religious site
The story/ history behind the religious site
The architecture of the religious site
The importance/uniqueness of the religious site
Etc.

22. Group Work
Take out your notes about historic religious sites you took yesterday. Work in groups of four and discuss the following for two mintues.

23. Group work
Decide which historic religious site your group will write about.
Choose from your notes things to be covered in your report.
Decide how many paragraphs yow will write and make sure each of you has to write at least one paragraph.
Discuss how to organize all the paragraphs in a good order and what will be the structure of your report.
(The structure of the report on the White Horse Temple might be a good sample.)

24. A sample structure of a report about a historic religious site
Part 1 (Para 1 )
A brief introduction about the temple.
Part 2 (Para 2-? )
The story behind the temple.
Part 3 (Para ?-? )
The architecture of the temple.
Part 4 (Para ?-?)
The importance of the temple.

25. Write your own report
Please finish writing your own paragraphs within 2 minutes and then read them to your group members. After that, I will choose some of the groups to give a presentation in the front. Each group member is required to present at least one part of your report when the whole group give your presentation in the front.

26. Homework
Each of you is expected to write a complete report about the historic religious site your group talked about just now. The groups who haven’t had the chance to give the presentation today will give their presentation in tomorrow’s lesson.

27. Thanks, goodbye!