Chinese Languages The Wider World – Travel, Holiday and Tourism Traditional Mandarin

NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CURRICULUM SUPPORT

Chinese Languages

The Wider World – Travel,

Holiday and Tourism

Traditional Mandarin

Teacher’s Guide

[HIGHER]

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Acknowledgement

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Qualifications support programme for Chinese Languages.

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Contents

Introduction

Answers to activities

Unit 1 旅游景点介绍 — 苏州园林

Activity 1: Reading comprehension

Activity 2: Listening comprehension


Unit 2 自助游 , 自驾游还是跟团游



Unit 3 国内游和国外游



Unit 4 黄金周，去还是留




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INTRODUCTION

Introduction

This resource has been developed to support the delivery of Scottish

Qualifications Authority Higher Chinese l anguages. The material contains four units of work on the following topics:

1.

Suzhou Classical Gardens

2.

independent travel, self-drive travel and guided tours

3.

inbound and outbound tours

4.

‘golden week’: should China keep it or give it up?

The resource covers most of the topic development areas for the topics of holidays, travel and tourism required at Higher level, namely:

1. areas of interest in China and beyond

2. comparison of types of travel/holiday

3. past holidays.

The topic development area that is not included in this material is ‘ Critique of local area in Scotland as tourist centre’.

The aim of this material is to develop learners’ different skills in Chinese languages, in particular reading and listening. Each unit contains the following:

1. learning targets for the unit, which are shared with learners at the beginning of each unit to enable students to become more effective learners

2. self-assessment activity, which students should be strongly encouraged to carry out, at the end of each unit – this ensures students take responsibility for their own learning

3. one or two listening and reading activities, which can be used as self assessment as well as peer assessment exercise s

4. transcripts for all the listening recordings, which can also be used as reading materials if teachers wish (listening files can be downloaded from the Learning and Teaching Scotland website)

5. language points, which give learners necessary support i n difficult grammar and sentence structures

6. word lists, which provide help for learners with the new vocabulary .



INTRODUCTION

There is also a speaking task in each of the first three units. A full vocabulary is included in the appendix, listed in alphabetical ord er.

Teachers do not have to work through everything in this material from beginning to end. Teachers may wish to conduct the activities in a different order. Some activities can be adapted to meet the needs of different teaching contexts.

Articulation with Curriculum for Excellence

‘The purpose of Curriculum for Excellence is encapsulated in the four capacities – to enable each child or young person to be a successful learner, a confident individual, a responsible citizen and an effective contributo r.’

This resource for Higher Chinese languages meets the requirements of

Curriculum for Excellence in the following ways:

Successful learners with:

 enthusiasm and motivation for learning

 determination to reach high

Literacy: reading and understanding new words and the texts

Communication: eg speaking

Mandarin with teachers as well as standards of achievement

 openness to new thinking and ideas and able to:

 use literacy, communication and numeracy skills

 use technology for learning

 think creatively and independently

 learn independently and as part of a group

 make reasoned evaluations

 link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations their peers.

Numeracy: reading train times and understanding train ticket prices in

Chinese

Thinking creatively: speaking activities

Learning independently: reading and listening activities

Learn as part of a group: pair work and group work in each unit

Make reasoned evaluations: selfassessment exercises



INTRODUCTION

Confident individuals with:

 self-respect

 a sense of physical, mental and emotional well-being

 secure values and beliefs

 ambition and able to:

 relate to others and manage themselves

 pursue a healthy and active lifestyle

 be self-aware

 develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world

 live as independently as they can

 assess risk and make informed decisions

 achieve success in different areas of activity

Pursue a healthy and active lifestyle: making decisions on where to travel and what kind of travel they would like, making travel plans

Develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world: getting to know different tourist attractions in

China, such as the Suzhou Classical

Gardens; giving opinions on China’s holiday system

Becoming self-aware: making choices of their own on where to travel, having their own preferences on how to travel

Live as independently as they can: working on their own in reading and listening activities, expressing their own views regarding different issues, for example the ‘golden week’ in

China



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Responsible citizens with:

 respect for others

 commitment to participate responsibly in political, economic, social and cultural life and able to:

 develop knowledge and understanding of the world and

Scotland’s place in it

 understand different beliefs and cultures

 make informed choices and decisions

 evaluate environmental, scientific and technological issues

 develop informed, ethical views of complex issues

Develop knowledge and understanding of the world: the students get to know more aspects about China, from the Suzhou

Classical Gardens to China’s holiday system

Understand different beliefs and cultures: the students understand

China’s current tourist market and the changes to China’s public holiday system through the reading and listening activities

Make informed choices and decisions: students making decisions on how to travel themselves and planning for their own travel

Develop informed, ethical views of complex issues

Awareness of different cultural issues in China is raised in this resource



INTRODUCTION

Effective contributors with:

 an enterprising attitude

 resilience

 self-reliance and able to:

 communicate in different ways and in different settings



 work in partnership and in teams take the initiative and lead

 apply critical thinking in new contexts

 create and develop

 solve problems

Communicate in different ways and in different settings: different activities in this material enable students to develop their skills in listening, reading and speaking in Mandarin

Work in partnership and in teams: there is pair work or group work for each unit. For each reading activity, students can work independently, or in pairs or in groups, depending on the teaching situation

Apply critical thinking in new contexts

Create and develop: students are encouraged to enlarge their vocabulary, use the new words and to create their own sentences after learning the language points



ANSWERS TO ACTIVITIES

Answers to activities

Unit 1 旅游景點介紹 — 蘇州園林

Activity 1: Reading comprehension

After you’ve read the article, answer the following questions.

(a) Where is Suzhou situated?

Between Shanghai and Nanjing.

(b) Why is Suzhou called ‘the paradise on earth’? Mention any two reasons.

Because Suzhou has the world’s most beautiful gardens .

Suzhou also has the world’s most beautiful landscapes.

Many poets and writers have written loads of poems, songs and articles about its beauty ever since ancient times.

(Any two of the above)

(c) What are the four most famous gardens in China?

The Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden in Suzhou,

Summer Palace in Beijing and Mountain Resort of Chengde.

(d) Why do many garden lovers like the Garden of Master of the Nets a lot?

It has the most elaborate layout. It is the most exquisite and elegant garden in Suzhou.

(e) Why was the Lion Forest Garden so named?

There are innumerable lion-shaped stones in the garden.

(f) How does the author describe Suzhou gardens?

They integrate the beauty of nature, architecture and painting. Their unique architectural style and fantastic layo uts attract tourists from all over the world.




(g) Translate ‘

獅子林有六百多年的歷史，面積也不大，但很安靜，也很典

雅。因為園中到處可以看見形狀像獅子的石頭，所以人們把這座園林

稱為 ’ 獅子林 ’ 。 ’ into English.

The Lion Forest Garden has a history of over 600 hundred years. It is not a big garden but very quiet and elegant. People call this garden ‘the Lion

Forest’ because the lion-shaped stones can be seen everywhere inside the garden.

Activity 2: Listening comprehension

You really like Suzhou, so you follow a web link to a radio programme, where a tourist is asking someone how to get to Suzhou .

Listening transcript

游客：我想去蘇州旅游，看看蘇州園林。請問，可以怎麼樣從上海去蘇州

呢？

路人：方法很多，坐火車也行，坐汽車也可以。你還可以自己開車去蘇

州。

游客：哪種方式既方便又快呢？

路人：當然是坐火車啦。幾乎全天 24 小時都有火車開往蘇州，差不多二

十分鐘一趟，非常方便。

游客：坐火車多長時間到蘇州

?

火車票多少錢？

路人：從上海坐普快火車大概五十分鐘到蘇州。如果坐動車或者快速火

車，三十五分鐘左右就到了。火車票很便宜，單程票二十元左右。

游客：那坐汽車呢？

路人：坐汽車去蘇州也很方便。你可以在上海很多個長途汽車站坐大巴去

蘇州。相比較而言，每天開往蘇州的大巴比火車更多。汽車雖然

多，但有的汽車站在晚上八點以后就沒有車去蘇州了。

游客：汽車票貴不貴？要多長時間才能到蘇州呢？

路人：汽車的單程票價比火車票要貴一些，三十元左右，花的時間也更長

些，一小時二十分鐘左右。

游客：那自己開車去蘇州的話會不會更方便些？

路人：如果開車去蘇州，要從上海上高速公路，在蘇州出口處下就好。不

過，這一段路的車非常多，交通很忙，因此全程需要一小時十五分

鐘左右，跟坐大巴差不多時間。




After you’ve listened to the radio programme twice, answer the following questions.

(a) What is the fastest and most convenient way to go to Suzhou from

Shanghai?

Take a train.

(b) Why is it convenient?

There are trains to Suzhou 24 hours a day. There’s a train to Suzhou almost every 20 minutes.

(c) How much is a single train ticket?

The price is about 20 yuan.

(d) What are the disadvantages of taking a bus to Suzhou? Mention any two.

Buses are not available after 8pm at some bus stations.

Prices for bus tickets are slightly more expensiv e.

It takes longer to get to Suzhou.

(Any two of the above three)

(e) Why does driving to Suzhou by car take almost the same time as taking a bus?

There is very heavy traffic on the motorway from Shanghai to Suzhou.


After you’ve read the train times, answer the following questions .

(a) How much does a soft seat cost from Shanghai to Suzhou?

31 yuan.

(b) What is the highest price for a hard seat from Shanghai to Suzhou?

26 yuan.

(c) How much does a soft sleeper cost from Shanghai to Suzhou?

162 yuan.

(d) If you want to get to Suzhou before 9am, which train can you take?

D5478/D5479.

(e) If you want to leave Shanghai after 9am and arrive at Suzhou before 10am, which train can you take?

D5412.

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Unit 2

自助游

,

自駕游還是跟團游


After you’ve read the article, answer the following questions .

(a) What is the most popular leisure activity most people do during a holiday?

Travel.

(b) What are the reasons for the changes to the curre nt tourist market?

Mention any two.

The growth of people’s living standards, the reform of the national holiday system and the changes to people’s ideas about holidays.


(c) Why do more people choose self-drive tours instead of going on guided group tours? Mention any two reasons.

It is economical

It is convenient.

People have the freedom of going anywhere they like.


(d) What do some travel agencies offer to independent travellers?

To book tickets and accommodation for them.

(e) What are the changes that many travel agencies have made to meet the changing tourist market? Mention any two.

To offer services to independent travellers and self -drive travellers.

To develop more inbound and outbound travel options for travellers of different ages and occupations.

To improve the quality of service to their existing customers.


(f) Translate ‘

另外 , 全國各地的旅行社所設計的旅游路線幾乎相同，因而

在一些著名的景點，常常由於游客過多，很多服務都讓人不滿意。 ’ into English.

Moreover, different travel agencies in the whole country share similar travel options. Therefore, some famous tourist attractions are often overcrowded, which results in tourists’ dissatisfaction with many of the services provided there.





Liu Ming and Li Ying are talking about their summer holiday plans.


李英：你好，劉明，就要放暑假了，你有什麼旅游計劃嗎？

劉明：我打算去香港自助游，正在網上找可以一起旅游的朋友呢！對了，

李英，你在香港做過兩年的交換生，一定很熟悉香港！香港什麼地

方最好玩？

李英：你要去香港啊，太好了！香港有太多好玩的地方了！你喜歡看風景

還是購物？

劉明：我都喜歡！

李英：那好啊，喜歡看風景呢，就去太平山頂；想逛露天市場呢，可以去

女人街和廟街；想買名牌的東西呢，就去中環、銅鑼灣或者是尖沙

咀；要想體驗香港人的夜生活，可以去蘭桂坊；要是喜歡吃香港美

食，就去旺角 …

劉明：你太厲害了，什麼都知道啊！

李英：是啊，真想念香港的生活！對了，還有，香港的海洋公園和迪士尼

樂園都值得一去哦！

劉明：太好了，謝謝你！那你暑假有什麼計劃啊？

李英：我下個月要去桂林參加一個暑假學習班，也會在桂林附近玩玩。我

從來沒去過廣西，聽說那裡風景特別好。

劉明：桂林山水甲天下嘛！你打算自助游還是跟團游啊？

李英：我在桂林只呆一個星期，學習很忙，不能自助游了。我打算跟團旅

游，比較方便，而且現在旅行社的旅游路線多，選擇也很多。

劉明：那倒是！祝你假期愉快！

李英：也祝你假期愉快，咱們八月再見。

After you’ve listened to their conversation, answer the following questio ns.

(a)

What are Liu Ming’s plans for the summer?

He is going to travel to Hong Kong.

(b) Why does Li Ying know Hong Kong well?

She was previously an exchange student in Hong Kong for 2 years.




(c) What benefit can you have from going to Lan Gui F ang?

You can experience the Hong Kong people’s life at night.

(d) What is Wang Jiao famous for, according to Li Ying?

Delicious food.

(e) What does Li Ying tell Liu Ming about her plans for the summer?

She is going on a summer course in Guilin and will travel to some nearby places.

(f) What does Li Ying say about going on a guided tour?

It is convenient and has many routes and choices available.




Unit 3

國內游和國外游


Li Yun and Lin Dong are talking about their favourite places to travel to.


林東：李雲，你最喜歡去哪裡旅游？

李雲：我最喜歡去山區旅游。那裡遠離市區，空氣好又安靜，讓我覺得很

放鬆。

爬山還是一項很好的運動。

林東：爬山確實對健康很好。你喜歡一個人去山區還是和別人一起去？

李雲：我特別喜歡跟家人或者朋友一起去山區。

林東：你去年夏天去山區旅游了嗎？

李雲：去了啊！去年夏天，我就和幾個朋友一起去了四川的九寨溝，實在

是太美了！拍出來的每張照片都好像一幅山水風景畫。你呢，林

東？你喜歡去哪裡旅游？

林東：我最喜歡出國旅游。國外最吸引我的地方就是那裡的景色跟國內很

不一樣。再說了，每次放暑假和寒假的時候，國內要麼太熱，要麼

太冷，真的不是什麼旅游的好時間。

李雲：國內也有四季如春的地區啊，比如雲南。

林東：雲南天氣倒是很好，但不能每回都去雲南吧。可是，去國外就不一

樣了，比如，寒假的時候，我可以去澳大利亞，那裡是夏天，可舒

服了！而暑假的時候，我就去英格蘭，那裡不冷也不熱，是旅游的

最好的季節。

李雲：你還去過哪些國家？

林東：我還去過法國和西班牙。我今年暑假要和家人一起去蘇格蘭參加愛

丁堡的藝術節。

After you’ve listened to their conversation, answer the following questions.

(a) What is Li Yun’s favourite travel destination?

The mountains.

(b) Why does she like to travel there? Give any two reasons.

Far away from urban areas, the fresh air and quietness make her feel relaxed, climbing the mountains is a good sport.





(c) Who did she go to Jiuzhaigou with last summer?

A few friends.

(d) How did she describe the scenery there?

Very beautiful: every photo taken looks like a beautiful landscape painting.

(e) Why does Lin Dong like travelling abroad?

The scenery abroad is quite different from that in China.

He doesn’t have a suitable time to travel within China because it is either too hot in summer holidays or too cold in winter holidays.

(f) Why does he go to Australia in the winter holidays?

Because it is summer there, very comfortable.

(g) Why does he like to go to England for his summer holidays?

Because it is not cold or hot there. It is the best time to visit England.

(h) What are his plans for this summer?

To go to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.



(a) What has happened to the tourist market in recent years? Mention any three things.

The tourist market has become more and more mature.

More and more Chinese travel abroad.

More and more options are available for travelling abroad .

The services for people travelling abroad are getting better and better.

(Any three of the above)

(b) Why couldn’t people have good quality tours abroad when outbound tourism started up a few years ago?

Because people visited too many places within too short a time, which resulted in most of them ‘falling asleep once on the coach and starting to take photos once they get off the coach’.

(c) What tour options offered by travel agencies are getting more popular among the tourists nowadays? Mention any two.

Visit one country for 2 weeks.

Stay on an island for 1 or 2 weeks.

Independent tours around Europe.





(d) What age group of people would like to visit Japan or Korea in spring?

Older people who are retired but with very high income .

(e) Where would a middle-aged man like to take his wife and kids on holiday?

To countries such as France and America, to Disneyland, to enjoy the sun at the beach.

(f) What benefits can young people have from educational tours? Mention any three.

Go and visit famous places of interest.

Taste different food in different places.

Visit colleges and universities.

Choose one college or university for their study in the future.

(Any three of the above)

(g) Translate ‘

近幾年來，中國人民的生活水平提高了，口袋裡更有錢了。

人們的想法也有了改變：休閑的觀念比以前強了，越來越多的人認識

到旅游質量的重要性。 ’ into English.

In recent years, Chinese people’s living standards have risen and people now have more money. They have changed their attitudes: the notion of leisure and enjoyment has become stronger; more and more people have realised the importance of having a good experience of travel.




Unit 4

黃金周，去還是留



(a) In 1999, the Chinese government introduced a new holiday system. Why?

In order to stimulate people’s consumption through tourism and therefore boost the country’s economy.

(b) How could Chinese people take 7 days off during a ‘golden week’ even if the official holidays were only 3 days long?

They moved the weekends before and after the holidays in order to have 7 days off.

(c) What are the side effects from of ‘golden week’?

It is difficult for Chinese people to have trips because of traffic jams , environmental problems and increased prices of everything in overcrowded tourist districts.

(d)

Which one of the ‘golden weeks’ has been cancelled?

Labour Day Golden Week.

(e) In order to ensure Chinese people have the right to access holidays what measures have been taken?

New laws have been issued.

(f) Translate ‘

由於周末和節假日本來就是中國老百姓消費的黃金時段，

七天的長假更是將旅游、交通和商業有效地結合在一起，成為商家

賺錢的大好時機，因此被媒體稱為 ’ 黃金周 ’ 。 ’ into English.

Weekends and holidays have always been the golden times for Chinese people to do shopping. The 7-day long holiday has brought trade companies a golden opportunity for making money because it has effectively brought tourism, transport and business together. Therefore, it is called ‘golden week’ by the media.





After you’ve read the article, answer the following questions.

(a) What does Xiao Zhang tell you about his work life?

He has a lot of pressure from work and has to work at weekends.

(b) What does he normally do during the New Year holidays?

Go back home and join his family.

(c) Xiao Zhang does not travel during National Day holidays . Why?

The weather is not great for travel. It rains a lot in many places in China.

(d) Where does Lao Ma work?

At a private company.

(e) Why did employers agree to give employees days off over the ‘golden week’, even though they were reluctant?

Because financial sectors were having holidays.

(f) What is Lao Ma’s opinion on cancelling ‘golden week’? Why?

He is against it because he doesn’t think all people can benefit from the new holiday system that the government is introducing, especially workers working in private companies like him.

(g) What did A Niu do during the first Labour Day Golden Week?

He went to Lijiang with three good friends.

(h) How did he describe how crowded it was? Give three details.

Lijiang town was like Beijing’s food markets with loads of people.

People had to queue for a long time when needing the toilet.

The tour guides could hardly be heard even though they were almost shouting through a loudspeaker.

When taking photos, there were people all over the place in the photos.

(i) What decision has he made about next Labour Day holidays?

Not going on a trip again.





Dongdong, a young boy, is talking to you about his experience over the Labour

Day holidays last year.


小朋友東東：

去年五一，媽媽帶我去動物園玩。那天我很高興，起床起得非常早。一路

上人多車多，公共汽車開得非常慢，我們花了很長的時間才趕到動物園。

盡管門票比平時貴了不少，可是來玩的小朋友還是很多！那天，可愛的小

動物們好像被這麼多人嚇壞了，全都躲起來了。中午，媽媽排了很長的

隊，好不容易才給我買來快餐盒飯，還一直報怨服務員阿姨態度不好。真

可惜，那天，很多動物我都沒有看到，玩得一點兒也不高興。媽媽說，只

要是黃金周出來玩，動物園都會是這麼多人的。那多沒意思啊！什麼時

候，別的叔叔阿姨上班的時候，媽媽能休假帶我去玩就好了。我一點也不

喜歡黃金周。

After you’ve listened to Dongdong’s talk, answer the following questions .

(a) Where did Dongdong go during the Labour Day holidays last year?

To the zoo.

(b) It took them a long time to get to the destination. Why?

Too crowded on the roads, too much traffic, the bus moved very slowly.

(c) What did Dongdong tell you about the admission tickets?

Much more expensive than usual.

(d) What did his mother complain about during lunch time?

The waitress served her very badly.

(e) How did he feel about this trip?

Didn’t enjoy it, didn’t have a great time.

(f) When would he like to go back to have a second visit?

During his mum’s paid holidays.

(g) How did he feel about the ‘golden week’?

He doesn’t like it.



Chinese Languages The Wider World – Travel, Holiday and Tourism Traditional Mandarin

Chinese Languages

The Wider World – Travel,

Holiday and Tourism

Traditional Mandarin

Teacher’s Guide

[HIGHER]

Contents

Introduction

Articulation with Curriculum for Excellence

Answers to activities

Unit 1 旅游景點介紹 — 蘇州園林

Unit 2

自助游

,

自駕游還是跟團游

Unit 3

國內游和國外游

Unit 4

黃金周，去還是留

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Traditional Mandarin

Teacher’s Guide

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Contents

Introduction

Articulation with Curriculum for Excellence

Answers to activities

Unit 1 旅游景點介紹 — 蘇州園林

Unit 2

自助游

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自駕游還是跟團游

Unit 3

國內游和國外游

Unit 4

黃金周，去還是留

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