PASSAGE 3
(Professor) Our topic for today is Iroquois villages, and I’m going to have a rather unusual assignment for you based on this topic, so you need to listen carefully to the information. First of all, I’ll be describing an Iroquois village, and then, for your assignment, I want you to draw a village.
(Student) Excuse me, Dr.Thomas. You want us to draw an Iroquois village?
(Professor) Yes, that’s exactly what I want you to do. I think this will help you to understand the efficient simplicity of the design of an Iroquois village.
Now, let me describe an Iroquois village and what makes it so special. An Iropuois village consisted of a number of longhouses. Iroquois longhouses were long, single-story houses with U-shaped roofs, and they were very elegant in their simplicity. Iroquois village were also well defended. Around an Iroquois village, there was usually a stockade, which is a defensive wall or barrier made of wooden posts. The stockade around an Iroquois village was typically hexagonal in shape, which means that it was six-sided. It had vertical wood posts around the outside of the stockade, and these posts had sharpened ends pointing upward for further protection.
Now, for the assignment … your assignment is to create a pencil drawing of an Iroquois village. You can use the information I just provided, and you can find more information in Chapter22 of the text.
(Student) But, Dr.Thomas, what if I can’t draw? I’m not very good at drawing.
(Professor) Well, just try your best. I want you to make a good effort.
(Student) Are you expecting just a simple drawing, or does the drawing need to be complicated?
(Professor) I’d like you to do the best you can do.
(Student) Well, for me, my best might not be what you’re expecting.
我知道这不是幻觉
希望后人觉得可能是自己出幻觉的时候
能看到我的帖子
强烈要Horse有空赶紧修正一些错误
建立一个纠错专版或专帖
并禁止灌水...
我知道这不是幻觉
希望后人觉得可能是自己出幻觉的时候
能看到我的帖子
强烈要Horse有空赶紧修正一些错误
建立一个纠错专版或专帖
并禁止灌水...
