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1、ReadingandVocabulary(1)SimonWakefield'sYunnanDiarySimonWakefieldtravelledroundYunnanafterleavinguniversity.Belowareextractsfromthediarythathekept.April20th1I'vebeeninYunnanfortwomonthsnowandI'mstillastonishedbyhowvariedthelandscapeis.Downinthesouth,inXishuangbanna,it'sverytropi
2、cal,buthereIaminLijiang,innorth-westYunnan.Lijiangishalfnewtownandhalfoldtown.Theoldtownisonthesideofamountainandoppositeitisthe5,500metreYulongXueshanMountain,itspeakcoveredwithsnow.TheskyisclearblueandIdon'tthinkI'veeverseenanythingelsesobeautifulinmylife.2EarlythismorningIwa
3、lkeduptoabeautifulparkontheslopesofthemountain,andsatandwatchedasthetownslowlywokeuptotheday.Seenfromabove,theoldtownisamazeofcanals,littlebridgesandtinycobbledstreetsthattouristsgetlostin.Threeriversrunthroughthecityandwhereveryougo,youhearthesoundofrushingwater.Carsarenotallo
4、wedintheoldtown.Asyouwalkpasttheancientwoodenandstonehouses,youfeelyouarewalkingbackintothepast.April23rd3ThisregioniswheretheNaxiethnicgroupliveandI'vespentseveralafternoonssittinginacaféintheoldtownsquare,justwatchingpeople.Theircultureisfascinating.Forexample,itisthewomenwho
5、runNaxisociety,anduntilrecently,Naxiwomeninheritedallproperty.Theysitinsmallcirclesinthesquare,withtheirbabiesontheirbacks,completelyuninterestedinthetourists!Theyhavethecustomofplayingcardsoncardtablesinthemiddleofthestreet.TheNaxistillweartraditionalcostume—thewomenwearbluebl
6、ousesandtrouserscoveredbyablueorblackapron.4ThisafternoonIwasluckyenoughtomeetaNaximanfromtheoldtown.Hewasbetween80and90yearsold,butwasfullofenergy.HespokesomeEnglishandshowedmesometranslationsofNaxipoems.Itwasfascinatingtoreadthem!TheNaxilanguageistheonlyhieroglyphiclanguagest
7、illinuseandisover1,000yearsold.TheNaxibelievethattheycamefromacreaturecalledTabu,whohelpedthemhatchfrommagiceggs.Thisstoryisshowninpicturesinbooksputtogetherinthe10thcentury,andtherearestillafewcopiesoftheseancientbooksinLijiang.April25th5Lijiangisacityofpaintersandwriters,butN
8、axicultureisparticularlyfamousforitsmusic.Passedfromfa
