Module 6 Old and New
Reading and Vocabulary
The Three Gorges Dam
By Xie Xingbin
Teaching Goals:
1. To improve the Ss’ reading ability.
2. To let Ss know the details about The Three Gorges Dam and the effects it causes.
3. To enable them to master some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Methods：
Five steps method.
Teaching Aids:
A computer, a blackboard and a television
Teaching Procedures:
StepⅠ. Leading-in
Show Ss some pictures to point out the necessity and importance of hydro-power stations.
StepⅡ.Listening
Listen to the tape. While listening, pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words.
StepⅢ.While-reading
1. Fast reading
Ask Ss to read the text quickly and match the paragraphs to the main ideas of them.
2. Intensive reading
(1) Ask Ss to read paragraph 1&2 carefully answer three questions.
(2) Ask Ss to read paragraph 3 carefully and answer three questions.
(3) Ask Ss to read paragraph 4&5 carefully and fill in the blanks.
StepⅣ.Discussion
Do you want to visit the Three Gorges Dam and why
StepⅤ. Homework
Ask Ss to read the text carefully and find out the words and sentences that they don’t quite understand.(共19张PPT)
Module 6 Old and New
Reading and Vocabulary
The Three Gorges Dam
Teacher: Xie Xingbin
The Three Gorges
Baidi City
Flooding
Control flooding
Generate electricity
A hydro-electric power station is under construction .
Listening
Listen to the tape. While listening, pay
attention to the pronunciation of the new words.
Match ideas with each part
part1
(Para1-2)
part2
(Para3)
Part3
(Para4-5)
Advantages of the Dam
Disadvantages of the Dam
Brief introduction to the
Dam
Fast reading
1.What’s the dream of Mao Zedong
2.What is the purpose of building the
Three Gorges Dam
3.What is the size of the Three Gorges
Dam
Read para1-2 and answer the following three questions:
Intensive reading
1.What’s the dream of Mao Zedong
Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.
更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖。
——毛泽东
2.What is the purpose of building the
Three Gorges Dam
To control flooding and provide hydro-electric power for the central region of China.
3.What is the size of the Three Gorges
Dam
It is 200 metres high and 1.5 kilometres wide.
Read para3 and answer the following three questions:
1.Who first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River and when
2.How much coal did China use for heating and generating electricity
3. How much electricity will the dam generate
Sun Yat-sen in 1919.
The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal.
1.2 billion tons of coal
Read para.4 and 5 and then Fill in the blanks :
The reservoir has flooded 2 _____, 11 _______, 140 ______ and more than 4000 _______. And it has flooded some of China’s most famous _____________, including the Qu Yuan Temple, the Han Watch-tower and ____________________.
cities
counties
towns
villages
historical sites
the Moya Cliff carvings
Discussion
Do you want to visit the Three Gorges Dam and why
Homework.
Read the text carefully again and find out the words and sentences that you don’t quite understand.
