the "wine songs" are meant for wedding feasts or funerals.The Shui people are good dancers.The Lusheng Dance and the Copper Drum Dance are the most popular dances, enjoyed by all on festive occasions.
Section_ⅠIntroduction & Reading - Prereading
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Simon Wakefield's Yunnan Diary
Simon Wakefield travelled round Yunnan after leaving university①. Below are extracts② from the diary that he kept③.
April 20th
I've been in Yunnan for two months now and I'm still astonished by④ how varied⑤ the landscape is. Down in the south, in Xishuangbanna, it's very tropical⑥, but here I am in Lijiang, in northwest Yunnan. Lijiang is half new town and half old town. The old town is on the side of⑦ a mountain and opposite⑧ it is the 5,500 metre Yulong Xueshan Mountain, its peak covered with snow⑨. The sky is clear blue and I don't think I've ever seen anything else so beautiful in my life.
Early this morning I walked up to a beautiful park on the slopes of⑩ the mountain, and sat and watched as the town slowly woke up⑪ to the day. Seen from above⑫, the old town is a maze⑬ of canals, little bridges and tiny cobbled⑭ streets ⑮that tourists get lost in⑯. Three rivers run through⑰ the city and wherever you go⑱, you hear the sound of rushing water⑲. Cars are not allowed⑳ in the old town. As you walk past\s\up1(21(21) the ancient wooden and stone houses\s\up1(22(22), you feel you are walking back into the past\s\up1(23(23). ①leave university 大学毕业 ②extract n.摘录
③Below are extracts ...是全部倒装结构; that he kept是定语从句。
④be astonished by是被动语态。
be astonished at是系表结构。
⑤varied/'veərId/adj.各种各样的;形形色色的(=various)
⑥tropical adj.热带的 ⑦on the side of在......的一侧
⑧opposite prep.在......的对面
⑨its peak covered with snow为独立主格结构,作状语。它的构成是:名词+过去分词。
⑩on the slopes of在......的斜坡上
⑪wake up醒来
⑫seen from above为过去分词短语作条件状语。
⑬maze/meIz/n.迷宫;曲径
⑭cobbled/'kɒbld/adj.铺鹅卵石的
⑮that tourists get lost in是that引导的定语从句,修饰先行词a maze。
⑯get lost in在......里迷路,迷失于......中
⑰run through穿过
⑱wherever you go是wherever引导的让步状语从句。
⑲rushing water流水 ⑳be allowed (to do) 被允许(做)
\s\up1(21(21)past prep.到另一侧
\s\up1(22(22)As you walk past ...是时间状语从句。
\s\up1(23(23)the past过去