Lecture 2 Meishan: a City with a Thousand-Year
Poetical and Literary Tradition
I. Pre-reading Activities:
Task 1 Watch the video, take notes, and tell your partner about your impression of Meishan city with the help of the notes.
II. While-reading Activities:
Task 2 Read the following passage and answer the questions.
(1) Can you briefly introduce Meishan?
(2) Can you list some of Su Dongpo's achievements?
III. Post-reading Activities
Appreciate the video "Meishan: a City with a Thousand-Year Poetical and Literary Tradition" and do the following tasks.
Task 3 Find some famous poems by Su Dongpo, appreciate them and try to translate one of them into English. Write down your translation and share with your classmates in class.
Task 4 Watch a video about the Three-Su Temple. Then, suppose you are an English-speaking tour guide, how would introduce this memorial temple in English to your tourists ? Please share you video (within 3 minutes) with your classmates.
Task 5 Please use your imagination and creativity to create a poster for Meishan city. Visual or video elements can be included to make it interesting.

