Teaching Goals: 1.Get information about Yunnan
2.Learn to summarize the main idea.
Step 1. Introduction
1. Ask Ss to answer several questions in order to introduce something about Yunnan to arouse Ss’ interest in ethnic culture.
(1) How many provinces are the re in our country?
(2) The re is a very beautiful province in the southwest of our country. Its name means “beautiful clouds in the sout h”. Which province is it?
(3) Are there many ethnic minorities in this provinc e?
Then show Ss some pictures about Yunnan and introduce it in brief according to the information in Activity 1 on page 57.
Step 2. Reading and Vocabulary (1)
1. Fast- reading
Ask Ss to read the text quickly to get the main subjects of each paragraph
