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1、2019-2020年外研版高中英语选修7Module5《EthnicCulture》(Section1)素材1.TheJinuoEthnicGroup:TheJinuoEthnicGroupismadeupofaround18,000peoplewholiveintheJinghongareaofYunnan.TheirlanguageisaChinese-Tibetanlanguagewithnowrittenscript,buttheymostlyspeakChinesetoday.Theylivebyfarming,andfishing,andtheygrowmai
2、nlyrice,maizeandtea.Riceandmaize,alongwithbeans,aretheirstaplefoods;theyeatthreemealsaday,withlunchbeingtakenontheirfarmland.Theyliveinlargehousesmadeofbambooonmountainslopes.About20or30familiesliveontheupperfloorofthesamehouse,keepingtheiranimalsonthegroundfloor.Thewomenwearcolorfuljacke
3、tsandshortblackskirts,whilethemenwearashortwhitejacketandwhiteorbluetrousers.Theyareknownasgoodsingersanddancers,andthedrumisaveryimportantinstrumentforthem.InDecembertheyhaveaspecialSun-drumDance,whenolderpeopleplayaspecialdrumandothersdancearounddrum.2.EthnicMinoritiesintheUK:Immigratio
4、nfromcountrieswhichwereformerBritishcoloniesmeansthattherearemanyotherethnicgroupsintheUK.Thesearethefiguresfromthe2001censsus(published2003).TotalUKpopulation:58,789,194.Ethnicgroups:White:92.1%,Mixed:1.2%,Asian/AsianBritish:4.0%,Black/BlackBritish:1.8%,Chinese:0.4%,other:0.6%.3.Naxi:Wit
5、hapopulationofabout278009(asof 1990),theNaxiethnicgroupmainlyliveinconcentratedmunitiesintheNaxiAutonomousCountyofLijiangintheYunnanProvince,andtherestarescatteredthroughouttheneighboringcountiesinYunnanProvince,aswellasYanyuan,YanbianandMulicountiesinSichuanProvince.Thereisalsoasmallnumb
6、erlivingintheMangkangCountyintheTibetAutonomousRegion. TheNaxiethnic minorityhasitsownlanguagewhichbelongstotheYibranchofTibeto-BurmanAustronesianoftheChinese-TibetanPhylum.TheancientNaxipeoplecreatedpictographiccharacterscalledthe“Dongba”scriptandasyllabicwritingknownasthe“Geba”scrip
7、t.However,theyweredifficulttomaster,andin1957thegovernmenthelpedtheNaxidesignanalphabeticscript.DuetoclosecontactwiththeHanpeopleoverthepastseveralhundredyears,theNaxipeoplealsousetheoralandwrittenChinesetomunicate.Accordingtohistoricaldocuments,theforefathersoftheN