Module 2 Arts and crafts
Unit 3 Traditional skills
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Reading
Fishing with birds
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Wang Damin is a fisherman. Although he is over 65, he is very fit and still enjoys working.
Damin uses cormorants to catch fish. Cormorants are large black birds. They are good at catching fish because they can swim well. They can dive down and stay under the water for up to two minutes.
Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon and gets the cormorants ready for work. First, he ties a piece of grass around their necks to stop them from eating big fish. Then when Damin's boat reaches the right place in the river, he pushes them into the river. Damin uses several ways to attract fish. During the day, he jumps up and down on his boat. After dark, he hangs a light on a post at the front of the boat. The cormorants bring the fish back to the boat. The fish are then taken and thrown into a big basket by Damin. No nets are required for this type of fishing.
Cormorant fishing was once practised in lots of places in South-East China, and there were many fishermen in the area. But today, few young people are interested in it. In 50 years, perhaps there will be no more cormorant fishermen in the world.
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Listening
Paper cutting
Top tip
To correct mistakes in a picture, you should do the following:
• Look at the picture carefully before listening.
• Use your common sense. For example, ￥500 is too expensive for a paper picture.
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A Your friend Mark shows you the following picture. Listen to his description and find the seven mistakes in it. Draw a circle around each mistake.
Listening
This picture was drawn by my brother. He saw a paper cutting artist at six o'clock yesterday evening. Look at the picture. There are some people by the river. They're looking at something. In the middle of the group, there's a young man. He's the paper cutting artist. He's wearing a red cap, a dark shirt and black shoes. He's cutting a piece of black paper. A man is walking towards him. He's wearing a blue shirt, brown trousers and brown shoes. He's carrying a black bag.
A young girl is sitting next to the paper cutting artist. She's looking up at her father in front of her. The girl has short hair. The artist is cutting a picture of her. A board is put up behind him. It says "Paper Pictures, ￥500". A young man is holding a paper picture. He's showing it to his friend. His friend is laughing at it.
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B Listen to the recording again and give short answers to the questions below.
Listening
This picture was drawn by my brother. He saw a paper cutting artist at six o'clock yesterday evening. Look at the picture. There are some people by the river. They're looking at something. In the middle of the group, there's a young man. He's the paper cutting artist. He's wearing a red cap, a dark shirt and black shoes. He's cutting a piece of black paper. A man is walking towards him. He's wearing a blue shirt, brown trousers and brown shoes. He's carrying a black bag.
A young girl is sitting next to the paper cutting artist. She's looking up at her father in front of her. The girl has short hair. The artist is cutting a picture of her. A board is put up behind him. It says "Paper Pictures, ￥500". A young man is holding a paper picture. He's showing it to his friend. His friend is laughing at it.
1 What time is it? ____________
2 Where are the people? ____________
3 What is the man with the cap doing? ____________
4 Who is the young girl looking up at? ____________
5 How much is a paper picture? ____________
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Speaking
A Talk time
Describing people
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When we describe a person, we usually mention his or her age, build, height and anything else special about him or her. Here are some words we can use:
We also use words like very and quite, e.g. very young and quite tall.
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