Book4Unit6TheRailwaySkyNurturingnature-understandingideasorganisetheinformationaboutchallengesandsolutions;infertheauthor’swritingpurpose;concludethesignificanceoftheskyrailway;developthespiritofovercomingthechallenges.Attheendoftheclass,studentswillbeableto:LearningObjectivesDoyouknowwherethisis?IfyouhaveachancetogoTibet,howwouldyouliketogothere?Why?EngagementQinghai-TibetRailwayistheworld'shighestandlongesthighplateaurailway,andisreputedasthe"SkyRoad".ItstartsfromXiningCityinQinghaiandendsatLhasainTibet,extending1956km.·OperatingTime:First-stageProject:July30,1984,Xining-Golmud;Second-stageProject:July1,2006,Golmud-Lhasa·Length:1956km·NumberofStations:85·MainStations:

XiningRailwayStation,GolmudRailwayStation,LhasaRailwayStationExplorationActivity1:Pleasereadthetravelbrochureandcompletethequiz.Activity1:Readtravelbrochureandcompletethequiz.1

Whichisthehighestrailwayintheworld? aTheTrans-SiberianRailway. bTheQinghai-TibetRailway. cTheChengdu-KunmingRailway.2

InwhichyearwasthecompletedQinghai-TibetRailwayputintooperation? a1984.

b2001.

c2006.3

WhichofthesestationsisnotontheQinghai-TibetRailway? aLhasa. bGolmud. cLanzhou.4

WhichofthesenaturalWorldHeritageSitesdoestheQinghai-TibetRailwaypass

by? aXinjiangTianshan. bQinghaiHohXil. cSouthChinaKarst.QuizExplorationReadinthelineActivity2:Readquicklyandanswerthequestions.(2mins)A.Toprovethathumanscanconquernature.B.TohighlighttheamountofworkrequiredtobuildtheQinghai-XizangRailwayC.Topraisetheworkers’effortsinbuildingtheQinghai-XizangRailway1.Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.2.Findoutthestructureandfillintheblanks.Proudto

.buildtheimpossiblerailway(para.

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tobuildtheQinghai-TibetRailway(para.

)3-67Body1-2challengessolutions‘roofoftheworld’railwayworkerExplorationReadinthelineActivity2:Readquicklyandanswerthequestions.(2mins)A.Toprovethathumanscanconquernature.B.TohighlighttheamountofworkrequiredtobuildtheQinghai-XizangRailwayC.Topraisetheworkers’effortstoovercomechallengesinbuildingtheQinghai-XizangRailway2.Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.1.Drawtheroutementionedinthetext.XiningGolmudLhasaQingshuiheBridgeTanggulaCuonaLakeXiningLhasaQingshuiheBridgeTanggulaStationCuonaLakeActivity3:Readcarefullyandfindoutthesechallenges.(2mins)ExplorationReadinthelineChallengesPara.3-ToprotectwildanimalsPara.4-ToPara.6-ToprotectCuonaLakePara.5-Tosolutions?protectwetlandsandgrasslandsmakesureworkersstayedhealthyActivity3:Readcarefullyandfillintheblank.(4mins)ExplorationChallenges

SolutionsToprotectwildanimals._________________havebeenbuiltundertherailwaytoallowtheanimalsto___________________________________.Toprotectwetlandsandgrasslands.675bridgeswith_____________________________________werebuiltbetweenGolmudandLhasa.140,000squaremetresofwetlandwere___________________inordertoprotectitsdistinctecosystem.Tomakesuretheworkersstayedhealthy.______________________________wereconstructed.Theworkersalsoenjoyed___________________inlowerareas.

ToprotectCuonaLakeThousandsandthousandsofsandbagswereusedto__________alongthelaketo________________________________.buildatwenty-kilometrewallprotectitfromconstructionwasteSeveraloxygen-makingstationsregularbreaksatotallengthofabout160kilometresmovedtoanewareaThirty-threepassagesmovesafelyandfreelyintheirnaturalhabitat

ExplorationReadinthelineActivity4:Readcarefullyandfillintheblank.(3mins)Challenges

SolutionsToprotectwildanimals._________________havebeenbuiltundertherailwaytoallowtheanimalsto____________________.

Thirty-threepassagesintheirnaturalhabitatmovesafelyandfreelyChallenges

SolutionsToprotectwetlandsandgrasslands.675bridgeswith________________________________werebuiltbetweenGolmudandLhasa.140,000squaremetresofwetlandwere_____________________inordertoprotectitsdistinctecosystem.atotallengthofabout160kilometresmovedtoanewareaChallenges

SolutionsTomakesuretheworkersstayedhealthy.______________________________wereconstructed.Theworkersalsoenjoyed_____________inlowerareas.

Severaloxygen-makingstationsregularbreaksChallenges

SolutionsToprotectCuonaLakeThousandsandthousandsofsandbagswereusedto____________________________.alongthelaketo____________________________.buildatwenty-kilometrewallprotectitfromconstructionwasteExplanationReadbetweenthelineActivity5:Readthewholepassagetofindoutwhytherailwayisparticularlyspecial

totheauthor.(2mins)CluesidentityeffortsresultsArecordoftheeffortsoftheworkerstoovercometoughchallenges.Qinghai-TibetrailwayworkerSuccessfulcompletionPushthelimittobethefirst-class.挑戰(zhàn)極限，勇闖一流ExplorationReadbetweenthelineExplanationReadbetweenthelineExplanationReadbeyondthelineActivity6:WhatchangesdoyouthinktheQinghai-TibetRailwayhasbroughttothepeoplelivingalongtherailway?economyculturetourismlivingconditionssociallifeexchangeideasbroadenhorizons...Example:IthinktheQinghai-TibetRailwaywillhasbroughtaseriousreductionintransportationcostsbecausepreviously,TibetmainlyreliedontheQingzangHighwaywhichwasseverelylimitedbyterrainanddistancetoimport.Workingroupsof4.CreateaPressConferenceabouttheimpactofthePanzhou-XingyiHigh-SpeedRailwayonlocalpeople.(4mins)ElaborationReadbeyondthelineSampleSpokesman:Goodmorning,everyone.Thanksforcoming.I’mhappytotalkaboutthePanxingHigh-SpeedRailway.I’mher