Unit 14 Reading,In Search of Roots,Dashan and his son,Dashans parents.,大山,过去，中国的观众对大山的角色定位很简单：大山是一个中国话说得非常好、会用地道北京话的“洋笑星”。但是大山的事业并不仅仅是在舞台上逗乐，而是在充分利用自己的优势为中西方架起文化交流的桥梁。大山所从事的工作涉足文化、教育、商贸、公益等各领域。在中国的20年里大山逐渐发展成一位全方位的中外友好使者。2009年5月大山被任命为2010年上海世博会加拿大总代表。,“大山虽然是外国人, 但不是外人”,Mark Rowswell,Before Reading,1a Discuss your answers to these questions.,1. Do you, or someone you know, have family members who live outside China? 2. Have you ever talked about your ancestors with your family? 3. Do you think “ancestors” are important?,Many peoples ancestors lived in Hong tong town in Shanxi Province.,Do you know where your own ancestors come from?,Hes already visited the place where his ancestors lived. 1. Listen and read to see how the overseas Chinese have visited their ancestors homeland. 2. 根据课本第116-117页的短文完成下列表格， 每空词数不限。,While Reading,By taking part in the In Search of Roots summer camp program.,The local government,Two weeks,1980,young overseas Chinese,thousands of,going to their ancestors village,16 and 25,Chinese culture,do their daily activities,drink from the village well,go for walks,hardly,never,a tall tree with long roots,finding out more about,Thanks to,understand her Chinese roots,so many memories,After Reading 3a,_ In Search of Family has helped students like Robert Qian find out about their homeland. _ Most overseas Chinese students in the program have visited China before. _ Cathy and Robert are still in China, and they think the program was helpful to both of them. _ The worst part of the trip is going to the village. _ Watching the villagers makes the students feel embarrassed. _ Robert Qian was in China. _ The program begins in 1980 _ This program helped Cathy Qin understand her roots better.,(Roots),(have never visited),(has been helpful),(best),(good),(is),(began),(has helped),2,4,8,5,6,1,3,7,Imagine you are Robert . After returning from China, you write a letter to your good friend about the “In search of roots”.,Dear Cathy, I have just returned from a two-week trip to Guangdong Province in Southern China. In the past fourteen days, _ Yours, Robert.,I have been to my ancestors village. There, we studied Chinese culture, saw changes that had happened in that area, and visited the interesting things. Thanks to this trip, I am beginning to understand my Chinese roots,Now I am proud of being a Chinese boy.,After Reading,Fill in blanks.,1. You can not see the _(根)of a tree. 2. Do you think money is the _(根源）of all evil (邪恶;弊病;不幸)? 3. HuangDi is one of our _(祖先). 4. Going to college is an important _ in his life（转折点）. 5. The visitors are _（主要地）Americans.,root,source,ancestors,turning point,mostly,6. I _（深深地感动）by what he said. 7. The policemen _（搜寻）the murderer now. 8. The expert are trying to_(使变清) the water in this river. 9. After dinner, you must _(收拾, 清理)the table. 10. Sima Qian is a famous _(历史学家).,was deeply moved,are searching for,clarify,clear,historian,Dashan and his son,Homework,Dashans parents.,大山,After searching some information about Dashans searching root, try to write a short passage for it.,Root,Thank you for listening！,