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1、Unit2GeographylPre-readingQuestions1.HowdoesgeographycontributetoChina’sculturaldiversity?2.WhereinChinaaretheleastandmostfavorableplacesforhumaninhabitation?Why?3.WhatcharacteristicsdoesthepopulationdistributionhaveinChina?Thegeographicalexplanationsforthem?4.Whatar
2、ethegeographicalfactorsintheshapingofpeople'scharacter?Video-basedclassroomdiscussion1.Explainthepossiblerelationshipbetweenpoliticsandgeographyorthatbetweeneconomyandgeographybyusingreliableresources.2.Howmanycountriesarethereintheworldnow?Describethechangesinthenum
3、berofcountriesin20thcentury.3.Whatdoyouthinkof“globalizationChinesestyle”mentionedinthespeech?Topicsforfurtherdiscussion1.DescribethechangesinthemapofChinaoverhistory.2.Doyouagreewiththespeakeronthe“GreaterChinaCo-prosperityZone”?Whyorwhynot?3.Cantheinfrastructuresli
4、keoilpipelinesreallyhelptobringdownborderstobuildaborderlessworldinthefuture?9Unit2Geography9Unit2Geography9Unit2Geography9Unit2Geography1.atlas['ætləs]n.地图集2.superimpose[ˌsju:pərim'pəuz]vt.置于某物之上,添加3.topographical[ˌtɔpə'græfikl]adj.地形学的,地质的4.plateau['plætəu]n.高原5.la
5、den['leidn]adj.装满的,装载的,负担重的6.monsoon[mɔn'su:n]n.季风,雨季TextAGeographicalInequalitiesbyJohnBryanStarr1.ASAFIRSTSTEPtowardunderstandingChina,onecanhardlydobetterthantospendsometimewithagoodatlas1.ItisvitaltounderstandChina'sdiversity,andakeyelementinthatdiversityisitsgeo
6、graphy.2.Superimposing2anoutlineoftheUnitedStatesonanoutlineofChinashowsustwoimportantgeographicalsimilaritiesbetweenthetwocountries.China,coveringsome3.7millionsquaremiles,isnearlyidenticalinsizetotheUnitedStates,whichcoversjustover3.6millionsquaremiles.Thetwocountr
7、iesarelocatedatmoreorlessthesamelatitude;NewYorkandBeijingareatroughlythesamelatitude,asareNewOrleansandShanghai.3.Atopographical3map,ontheotherhand,showsusimportantgeographicaldifferencesbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStates.OnlyaboutathirdoftheUnitedStatesistakenupwithmou
8、ntainsanddesert,andtheremainderisreasonablyflatandeasilyhabitable,butinChina,theseproportionsarereversed.Thedifferenceintheamountof
