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必修二
unit1 CULTURAL HERITAGE
Reading and Thinking
1.Grasp the general idea of the passage.
2.Learn to use reading skills.
Learning Aims(学习目标)
From problems to solutions
Understand how a problem was solved
What do you know about it
Abu Simbel Temple
Aswan Dam
removing
rebuilt
Lead-in
Abu Simbel and the Aswan High Dam
Read the title and look at the photos. What do you think the text is about (Page 4 Ex. 1)
The text is probably about how people found the solutions to the problems of protecting the cultural heritage.
Pre-reading
Summary: Match the paragraphs with the main idea.
( ) A. The inspiration from the protection project
( ) B. Bring up a general problem
( ) C. Solve the specific problem
( ) D. The result and significance
of solving the project
( ) E. Analyze (分析) the problem
Para. 6
Para. 1
Para. 3/4
Para. 5
Para. 2
Skim the text and find out:
What do “problems”refer to and what
do“solutions”refer to
The Egyption government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile, but water from the dam would likely damage many temples and destroy important cultural relics.
Problems
Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece, and then moved and put back together again in a place where they were safe from the water.
Solutions
Activity1
Scan the text for numbers;
Circle them and guess what they mean .
timeline
amount
1950s
1959
1960
1961
1980
Activity2
From Problems to Solutions
Problems between economic
development and the
1.__________of cultural sites.
Find the
2.________.
The spirit of the Aswan
Dam project: the global
3.___________.
The Egyptian
government
turned to the
United Nations
4._____ help.
A 5.__________
was established.
Thousands of
people from
many countries
worked together.
The project
6.______ in
1980.
protection
solutions
community
for
committee
ended
Fill in the blanks.
1.Which word can replace the underlined one in the sentence “it is not possible to preserve everything from our past”？
A.Reserve. B.Deserve.
C.Protect. D.Protest.
√
2.Which is not the purpose of building the dam
A.To take control of floods.
B.To generate electricity.
C.To supply water to farmers.
D.To create a scenic spot.
√
3.What did the experts NOT do after the committee was established
A.To investigate the issue.
B.To compromise with the local people.
C.To carry out several tests.
D.To make a suggestion for how to save the buildings.
√
4.How were the temples saved
A.By rebuilding them in a new place using the original materials.
B.By destroying and rebuilding them.
C.By moving them to a new place without changing them.
D.By building new temples to replace the old ones.
√
Ⅰ.After reading the passage，please fill in the following blanks.
In the course of economic development，there comes a time 1.______ the old must give way to the new.2. (keep) balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a great challenge.In the 1950s，the Egyptian government wanted 3._______
(build) a dam.However，the project led 4. protests，because the water from the dam would likely damage a number of cultural relics.
when
Keeping
to build
to
Summary
So the government turned to the UN for help.A committee 5._______
__________(establish) to deal with the challenge and the experts investigated the issue，conducted tests and made a 6._____________
(propose) to save the cultural relics.7. (final)，the work began in 1960.Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece and then moved and put back together again in a new place.Over the next 20 years,8. (thousand) of engineers and workers rescued countless cultural relics.In 1980，the project ended,
was
established
proposal
Finally
thousands
9. was considered 10. great success.It shows that if a problem seems too difficult for a single nation，the global community can sometimes provide a solution.
a
which
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