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Simon Wakefield’s Yunnan Diary Reading and vocabulary (1) Vocabulary varied maze cobbled run inherit property custom apron hieroglyphic in use hatch ,曲徑 ,管理 ,習(xí)慣 在使用 ? Paragraph 1 ? Paragraph 2 ? Paragraph 3 ? Paragraph 4 ? Paragraph 5 ? Paragraph 6 Pic. a Pic. e Pic. c Pic. f Pic. b Pic. d 1 Page 58 1. Read the passage. Match the photos with the paragraphs. Yunnan Lijiang Lijiang, the old town Naxi ethnic group Naxi language Naxi culturemusic his feeling before leaving Lijiang Fast Reading 2. Find words in the passage which mean: hieroglyphics hatch unfettable maze a to be born from an egg 3.( something) you can’t fet many small streets that are easy to get lost in Fast Reading Find words in the passage which mean: gentleman varied run cobbled a 6. including many different kinds of things 8. a road surface made from many small round stones Careful Reading 3. Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. In what way is the Yunnan landscape varied? 2. Why do tourists get lost in Lijiang? 3. In what way are Naxi women unusual? The south is tropical and the north is mountainous. Because it has a maze of small streets. They are unusual because they run Naxi society. It is usually the men who run societies. 4. What is unusual about the Naxi language? 5. How do the Naxi believe their people started? 6. Why is Naxi music famous? 7. In what way does Simon say that people are all the same? The language is the only language still used which is written in hieroglyphics. They believe that they hatched from magic eggs helped by a creature called Tabu. Because it had been passed on orally for eight centuries. Because, regardless of ethnicity, we all need to laugh, cry, and love. Lijiang It is in northwest Yunnan, and is half old town and half new town. ________ (travel) in the old town, you can see _______(canal), little bridges, tiny ________ (cobble) streets and the ancient wooden _____stone houses, _______ bring you back into the past. canals and cobbled Traveling which Culture of Naxi It is ___________ (fascinate). For example, it is the women ________ run Naxi society. Until recently, Naxi women ________(inherit) all the property.