《美丽中国》Wildhina4-1.ppt

Wild China(Tasting Notes) Beyond the Great WallPart 1 Warming Up Where would you like to go if you were a millionaire? Background Information It is called the “Ten-thousand-Ii Great Wall” in Chinese. In fact, it’s more than 6000 kilometers long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world. The Great Wall Background Information The Black Dragon River It snakes between China’s northeastern most corner and Siberia. Background Information The Hezhe People The Black Dragon River is home to one of the smallest ethnic groups in China: The Hezhe People. Background Information The Wild Boar Background Information Siberian tigers The Siberian tiger(also known as the Amur, Korean, Manchurian, or North China tiger) is the largest and most powerful subspecies of naturally occurring feline(猫科动物). The Siberian tiger is almost totally confined to a very restricted part of eastern Russia, the Amur-Ussuri region of Primorye and Khabarovsk, a location it shares with the Siberian leopard, where they are now being actively protected. About 10% of Siberian tiger populations reside in China. Background Information The reindeer were introduced to China hundreds of years ago by the nomadic Ewenki people who came here from Siberia. There exits a very special relationship between humans and reindeers. Each reindeer has its own name and many are hand-reared by women who reared them. The reindeer Background Information Changbaishan Changbaishan is one of Chinas nature preservation zones, covering an area of over 200,000 hectares(公顷), extending 78.5 kilometers north to south, and 53.3 kilometers west to east. It has a wholesome natural environment and ecosystem with world famous precious animals like Northeast Tigers, sikas?梅花鹿, sables黑貂皮etc. Its Chinas typical comprehensive nature existence of world importance. New wordsExpressions barbari