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1、Module6TheWorld’sCulturalHeritagePartTwoTeachingResourcesSection1BackgroundReadingsforModule6TheWorld’sCulturalHeritage1.Conkers:（英国的）康克戏（一种儿童游戏，双方各用绳子系住一个七叶树果，以击破对方的七叶树果为胜）PlayingconkersisaBritishgamewhichiscenturiesold.Intheautumn,boyscollectthefall
2、ennutsoftheHorseChestnuttree,whicharelarge,roundandbrownandcommonlyknownasconkers.Theymakeaholeinthemiddleofeachnutfromtoptobottomandthreadapieceofstringthroughit,knottingitunderneath.Theythenfindapartnerwhohasaconkerandplaythegamelikethis:BoyAtakeshi
3、sconkerstringatthetopandholdsitatarm’slength,sothattheconkerdanglesdownfreeattheotherendofthestring;BoyBthentriedtohitthisconkerwithhis,withthearmofbreakingit.WhenBhashadhisturn,heholdshisconkeroutandBoyAtriestohithisconker.Thiscontinuesuntiloneofthec
4、onkersisbroken.Thefirsttimeanewconkerbreaksanotherconkeritbecomesa“oner”,andifitgoesontobreakothersitbecomesa“twoer”,a“threer”andsoon.Childrenareveryproudofconkersthatbreakmanyothers.Theconker“season”isfromtheendofSeptemberonintoOctober,whenthehorsech
5、estnutsfallfromthetrees.Schoolplaygroundsareoftencoveredwithbrokenconkers,asmanypairsofboysplaythegame.PlayingconkersisanimportantpartofBritishintangibleculturalheritagewhichhasbeenpasseddownorallyfromgenerationtogeneration.2.ScottishGaelicScottishGae
6、lic(盖尔语)isoneofthelanguagesintheCelticbranchofIndo-Europeanfamily.ItwasintroducedintoScotlandfromIrelandaround500AD.Bythe11thCentury,itwasthedominantlanguagethroughoutScotland,butsincethenhasbeendeclining,duetotheinfluenceofEnglandandtheEnglish.Inthe2
7、001Census,thepopulationofScotlandwas5,062,011;ofthese4,968,729peoplesaidtheyhadnoknowledgeofGaelic,andonly31,235saidtheycouldspeak,readandwriteGaelic,whileafurther27,415saidtheycouldspeakbutnotreadorwriteit,and7.413otherpeoplesaidtheycoulddooneoftheot
8、herskills.TherewasadeclineinGaelicspeakersfrom1991(65,978)to2001(58,652).ThisdeclinewasparticularlynoticeableinthetraditionalheartlandsoftheGaidhealtachd(Gaelic-speakingarea)inthenorthwesternpartsofScotland.Thiswasalsoconnectedwithlossofpopula
