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1、2019-2020年高中英语Module5EthnicCulture-Section1BackgroundReadings素材外研版选修71.TheJinuoEthnicGroup:TheJinuoEthnicGroupismadeupofaround18,000peoplewholiveintheJinghongareaofYunnan.TheirlanguageisaChinese-Tibetanlanguagewithnowrittenscript,buttheymostlyspeakChinesetoday
2、.Theylivebyfarming,andfishing,andtheygrowmainlyrice,maizeandtea.Riceandmaize,alongwithbeans,aretheirstaplefoods;theyeatthreemealsaday,withlunchbeingtakenontheirfarmland.Theyliveinlargehousesmadeofbambooonmountainslopes.About20or30familiesliveontheupperflooroft
3、hesamehouse,keepingtheiranimalsonthegroundfloor.Thewomenwearcolorfuljacketsandshortblackskirts,whilethemenwearashortwhitejacketandwhiteorbluetrousers.Theyareknownasgoodsingersanddancers,andthedrumisaveryimportantinstrumentforthem.InDecembertheyhaveaspecialSun-
4、drumDance,whenolderpeopleplayaspecialdrumandothersdancearounddrum.2.EthnicMinoritiesintheUK:ImmigrationfromcountrieswhichwereformerBritishcoloniesmeansthattherearemanyotherethnicgroupsintheUK.Thesearethefiguresfromthexxcenssus(publishedxx).TotalUKpopulation:58
5、,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:Withapopulationofabout278009(asof 1990),theNaxiethnicgroupmainlyliveinconcentratedmunitiesintheNaxiAutonomousCountyofLijiangintheYunnanP
6、rovince,andtherestarescatteredthroughouttheneighboringcountiesinYunnanProvince,aswellasYanyuan,YanbianandMulicountiesinSichuanProvince.ThereisalsoasmallnumberlivingintheMangkangCountyintheTibetAutonomousRegion. TheNaxiethnic minorityhasitsownlanguagewhichb
7、elongstotheYibranchofTibeto-BurmanAustronesianoftheChinese-TibetanPhylum.TheancientNaxipeoplecreatedpictographiccharacterscalledthe“Dongba”scriptandasyllabicwritingknownasthe“Geba”script.However,theyweredifficulttomaster,andin1957thegovernmenthelpedtheNaxidesi
8、gnanalphabeticscript.DuetoclosecontactwiththeHanpeopleoverthepastseveralhundredyears,theNaxipeoplealsousetheoralandwrittenChinesetomunicate.Accordingtohistoricaldocuments,theforefa
