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the property. They like to play _______(card) and they wear blue blouses and trousers ________ by a blue ____ black apron. fascinating or who/ thatcards covered Language of Naxi It is the only hieroglyphic language still ___ use, with ____ history of over 1000 years. in a 4. Choose the best answers. Post Reading 1. The old town Lijiang is______. a. on the side of Yulong Xueshan Mountain b. opposite Yulong Xueshan Mountain c. covered with snow 2. Naxi women_______ a. used to inherit all property. b. inherit all property. c. have always inherited property. Choose the best answers. 3. The old man who Simon met ______. a. had made translations of Naxi poems b. read Naxi poems to Simon c. was very lively 4. The Naxi language_____ a. is still spoken today. b. is not spoken any more. c. is almost 1,000 years old. Choose the best answers. 5. The Naxi men who played in the orchestra ______. a. were all very old. b. played instruments that sounded sad. c. played music that had not changed for centuries. 6. Simon now realises that_______ a. people are equal. b. we are all very different. c. love and friendship are very important. Retell the text and fill in the blanks: I’m astonished by how_______ the landscape is. Down in the south, it’s very ________, but in the north, Lijiang, a half now and half old town is on the side of a mountain and opposite it is Yulong Xueshan Mountain, its peak ________with snow. ______from above , the old town is a maze that the tourist get _____ in. This region is _______the Naxi _______ group live. It’s the women _____ run Naxi society. They inherited all ________and have the _______of playing cards n the middle of the street. The Naxi language is the only ___________ language still _______. Naxi culture is particularly famous for its music. ________from father to son, the music hasn’t changed for centuries. At last I know _________different we may appear to be first, we are all the same, all equal. varied tropical covered Seen lost where ethnic who property custom hieroglyphic in use Passed however Let’s focus on some difficult sentences: sentence in the text can be replaced by the following one ? It was held in an old hall which was wooden and was played by