课件21张PPT。Unit 1On Page 41Discuss with your partner the
advantages and disadvantages of
building a dam.Pre-listening to make electricity for everyone
to encourage industry
to make the country less
dependent on outside oil suppliesAdvantagesloss of local villages and communities under the waters of the reservoirs
loss of some cultural relics
loss of beautiful scenery
Commercialisation of the areaDisadvantagesRead the exercises and look at the picture. Predict what the listening will be about. Then listen to the Part A and Part B, see if you are right.ListeningAbu Simbel is a set of two temples near the border of Egypt with Sudan. It was constructed for the pharaoh Ramesses II (拉美西斯二世 ) who reigned for 67 years during the 13th century BC (19th Dynasty). The temples were cut from the rock and shifted to higher ground in the 1960s as the waters of Lake Nasser began to rise following completion of the Aswan High Dam. □ Aswan High Dam□ Abu Simbel□ covered by water□ engineers□ River Nile□ electricity□ floods□ UNESCO7642531Listen to Part A again and find out what happened when a dam was built in Egypt. Number the key words as you hear them.□ move the temple□ stone by stone□ worth□ in 1966□ 1,900 workers□ more than
$70,000,000□ rebuild□ four years4576231Now listen to Part B again and number the key words as you hear them.8Why did Abu Simbel need to be moved and rebuilt?
Abu Simbel needed to be moved and rebuilt because otherwise it would have been covered by the water when the dam was completed.Listen to Part A and Part B again and then answer the questions.2. How did the engineers solve the problem? Was it successful? How do you know?
They solved this problem by moving the statues. They marked every stone with a number and took the statues apart. Then they reassembled them in another site. It was very successful because many tourists come to visit Abu Simbel which looks as impressive as it did in its original site.On Page 44 1. What do you know about the Forbidden City in Beijing?
2. When was it built? What was it used for?The Forbidden City has a history of about 600 years. The large scale construction of the palace extended from 1406 to 1420. It’s totally 24 emperors of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty rule here, and was off-limits for the common people. Listen to the dialogue and summarize the main idea in one sentence.
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_________________________________The listening text is a discussion/talk/ conversation about the Forbidden City. Listen to Part A and Part B, then fill in the chart with details.It was because ordinary people were never allowed into the palace while the emperors ruled China.9, 9991. Nine is a special number in Chinese culture.Nearly 600 years old.A national museum.Fourteen Emperors from the Ming Dynasty and ten from the Qing Dynasty.课件11张PPT。Unit 1On page 45He is a famous writer.
He has written many novels and essays about the experience as a young man during the Cultural Revolution, such as ten years of madness《一百个人的十年》 , pearl birds《珍珠鸟》 and so on.Read the text quickly and decide which summary describes it best. Then explain why the others are wrong.A. It tells us about Big Feng and his interests.
B. It tells us that Big Feng put his career on hold to save the old buildings of his hometown.
C. It tells us that Big Feng has saved all the old buildings in Tianjin.Read the text again carefully and discuss the following questions in groups.He thinks that saving cultural relics is more important than writing his novels.1. What does Big Feng think about
cultural relics?2. What does he do to protect the cultural relics of his hometown?He asks the local government to protect things of cultural interest. He works very hard to save all the old buildings of his hometown, Tianjin.His two successful projects are: 1) protecting the oldest street in Tianjin; 2) persuading the city government to buy
some land in the centre of the city so it
could not be sold for business. 3. What are his two successful projects?4. Why does he think it is more important to do
this than to write novels?He thinks that people will forget their great past if they do not preserve it. 5. It is very time-consuming and expensive for Feng Jicai to take care of cultural relics. Try to think of two other ways to help him with his projects.put up posters announcing his latest campaign;make speeches to support Feng Jicai;go with him when he goes to meet with the local government.What should we do to protect our cultural relics?
