任务1
跨学科 福州方庄:龙舟制作村 阅读理解
When the Dragon Boat Festival comes, many Chinese like to watch or take part in dragon boat races. It is fun and exciting. However, in a small village in Fuzhou, people are busy making dragon boats instead of rowing them during the festival.
Fangzhuang, known as the "Dragon Boat Village", has a history of more than 700 years of boat-making. It is the biggest dragon boat-making place in China. There are four main factories in the village, including Fang Shaohuang's.
Fang Shaohuang, a 74-year-old man, has a boat-making factory in Fangzhuang. He began to learn the skill 55 years ago. It is not easy to build a dragon boat because workers need to use many tools and finish all the work by hand, from carving(雕刻) to painting.
"The materials for making the boat are
crucial," Fang said. "We often choose trees over 40 years old. And the wood must be hard and waterproof(防水的), or the boat can't be used for a long time."
In Fang's factory, the boats are 18 metres long, and each of them can carry as many as 34 people. It usually takes one worker over 20 days to finish a boat. This year, the four main factories in Fangzhuang made about 200 boats before the festival.
Besides making boats, the factory also welcomes visitors. A number of primary school students and college students come to learn about the traditional boat-making skill. "My nephew(侄子) says he hopes to build a hall for showing our boats so that more young people are able to know about the dragon boat culture," Fang said.
1. Why is Fangzhuang known as the "Dragon Boat Village"?
A. Because it's famous for dragon boat-making.
B. Because it has a long history of dragon boat races.
C. Because the biggest dragon boat race takes place there.
D. Because people living there are good at rowing boats.
2. The underlined word "crucial" probably means "
D
".
A. very clean
B. very terrible
C. very meaningful
D. very important
3. Which of the following is TRUE about the boats in Fang's factory?
A. They are small but heavy.
B. Workers make them by hand.
C. They are made of expensive materials.
D. Each of them can carry over 200 people.
任务2 判断正(T)误(F)
(
T
)1. Fangzhuang is the biggest dragon boat-making place in China.
(
T
)2. Each of the boats in Fang's factory is 18 metres long, and can carry as many as 34 people.