人教版高中英语必修第三册精品课件 Unit 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS 分层跟踪检测(一)Listening and Speaking.ppt

ⅡⅢⅣⅠCForthepastthreedecades,RichardSears,71,hasbeenfocusingononething:Chineseculture.HisinterestinChineselanguagegoesbackto1972,whenhewasauniversitystudent.“IhadcheckedacrossCanadaandtheUS.AndIwasonmywaytoAfrica,”hesays.“Iwantedtoseetheworld.ButthenIrealizedonly7percentoftheworldspeaksEnglishasamothertongue.SoIwantedtoknowwhatitwasliketospeakanotherlanguage.”Richardboughtaone-waytickettoChinatolearnChinese.AtthattimeRichardsupportedhimselfbyteachingEnglish.ⅡⅢⅣⅠTwoyearslater,hereturnedtotheUStofinishhisstudy.HebecamearesearcheraftergraduationandlaterworkedasasoftwareengineerinSiliconValley.In1981helosthisjob.HeevenhadtoworkonanightjobasaguardforseveralyearssothathecouldstudyChineseatnightandgetsomerestduringtheday.“Ididn’tearnmuch,butatleastIhadtimetoreadChinesebooks,”hesays.At40,hewasalreadyprettyfluentinChinese.In1994Richardsufferedaheartattack.“IdidnotknowifIwouldliveanotherhour,”hesays.“WhenIfinallyrecovered,Ihadtothinkaboutmylife.IhadtoplanasifIwasgoingtodiemaybeinayear.SoIdecidedtobetterknowaboutChinesewithmoreefforts.”ⅡⅢⅣⅠLastSeptember,RichardsetuphisstudioinNanjingaspartofthelocalauthority’splantopromoteculturalservices.ThestudiofocusesontellingstoriesofChinesecultureandcharacterorigins.Theyhavemademorethan60suchvideosinbothEnglishandChinese.“WealsowanttomakevideoswithahigheducationalvaluebothforChineseandforeignlearnersofChinesecharacters.Therewillbealargenumberofvideos,showingtheoriginsofmodernandtraditionalChinesecharacters,”Richardsays.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了71岁的理查德·西尔斯专注于研究中国文化的故事。ⅡⅢⅣⅠ8.WhendidRichardSearsstarttolearnChinese?A.In1971. B.In1972.C.In1981. D.In1994.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“HisinterestinChineselanguagegoesbackto1972,when