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III. READING
Teenagers' ideas for preserving heritage
1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the question.
Why is it important to protect our heritage?
2. Read the article and circle the correct meanings of the highlighted words and phrase.
PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE: IDEAS FROM TEENAGERS
To encourage young people to learn about and appreciate our cultural heritage, we organised an ideas competition. We invited students from across the country to send us their ideas for protecting and promoting our heritage. We have received many interesting entries. Below are the winners.
A. _____
The idea of promoting heritage sites through social media came from a group of 11th grade students. They suggested using social media activities, such as photo competitions, to encourage young people to learn about our heritage sites and local traditions on important festivals. They also suggested creating trending topics or challenges on social media. For example, a postcard challenge will invite people to create and share unusual and exciting postcards about the heritage sites that they have visited.
B. _____
Two 10th grade students suggested forming historical societies or local groups who have a keen interest in their history and heritage. These groups will provide information about local heritage sites, organise special events to celebrate local festivals, and invite young people to discuss issues related to preserving the heritage. This way, they will be able to give voice to suggestions and solutions to problems they care about. They will feel that their voices are heard, and they can contribute to society.
C. _____
To preserve heritage, such as traditional music and stories, a group of secondary school students proposed setting up folk clubs. The clubs will hold events for young people to experience and learn about traditional performing arts. The artists will not only perform, but also introduce their arts and talk about how students can help promote folk culture. The clubs will organise training for students who want to learn folk songs, a traditional musical instrument, or folk dancing.
1. appreciate
A. to recognise the good qualities of something
B. to realise that something is dangerous
C. to discuss a new idea
2. trending
A. being discussed a lot on social media
B. being forgotten by the public
C. creating and sharing information
3. give voice to
A. to take action about something
B. to listen to someone's advice
C. to express opinions about something
4. proposed
A. asked someone for information
B. suggested something as a plan or course of action
C. invited guests for an event
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3. Read the article again. Match the following headings (1-4) with the appropriate paragraphs (A-C). There is ONE extra heading.
1. Organising photo competitions of performing artists
2. Promoting and developing the folk arts
3. Making use of social media to promote heritage
4. Opportunities to learn about heritage and be involved in problem-solving
4. Read the article again and decide which paragraph includes the following information.
| Paragraph | |
| 1. Creating popular topics on the Internet such as sharing postcards | Α |
| 2. Raising awareness of preserving our heritage through discussions | |
| 3. Organising photo competitions on social media | |
| 4. Setting up local historical societies to organise festivals and other events | |
| 5. Inviting artists to perform and teach folk singing, dancing, and music |
5. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
Which of the ideas in the text do you like most? How will it help preserve heritage?
