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(共21张PPT)
Unit 1
Reading and thinking
Cultural Heritage
From Problems to Solutions
Lead in
Let’s guess!
It is an African country;
It boasts one of the most ancient and greatest civilizations
It has the longest river in the world and the Pyramids;/ p r m d/
Egypt
Lead in
what do you know about Egypt
The Sphinx
（狮身人面像）
The Nile River
（尼罗河）
Abu Simbel Temples
（阿布辛贝神庙）
The Aswan Dam
（阿斯旺水坝）
The Sphinx is a colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh.
狮身人面像是一尊巨大的石灰岩雕像，身体像狮子，头部像法老。
The longest river in the world and it is the cradle of the most fascinating and mysterious Egyptian civilization.
尼罗河是世界上最长的河流，也是最迷人、最神秘的埃及文明的摇篮。
Built by Ramses Ⅱ, they are known for colossal statues and impressive archaeological significance.
由拉美西斯二世建造，以巨大的雕像和令人印象深刻的考古意义而闻名。
It is a major engineering feat which provides irrigation, flood control and electricity.
这是一项重大的工程壮举，提供灌溉、防洪和电力。
Prediction
Look at the photos and the title. What do you think the text is about
Probably the text is about
A.The government turned to the UN for help.
B.The project of Aswan Dam damaged relics.
C.It introduces cultural relics in Egypt.
D.How the Egyptian government successfully
solved the problem of building Aswan project.
Careful reading: Listen to the text and match the topic sentence.
A. How to balance progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
C. The proposal leads to protests.
B. A committee was established to limit damage.
D. The project brought governments and environmentalists together.
E. The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today.
F. The project was completed and successful.
para1
para2
para3
para4
para5
para6
Problems
(para.1-2)
Solutions
(para.3-4)
Inspiration
(para.5-6)
Para 1-2: Raise a problem
How to ________________ between
__________development and
the _________ of cultural sites.
economic
protection
Careful reading
keep the balance
The Egyptian government wanted to...
Read para 2 and find out the questions.
Part one
1. Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam
2. Why did the Egyptian people protest the government’s decision
To control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area.
Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypt’s heritage.
3. What did the government do
The government turned to the United Nations for help in 1959.
Read para 3 and find out the answers.
Part two
How did the UN deal with problems of building Aswan Dam
Committee established
asked for __________ from different ___________.
_____________ within the international community.
____________ the issue.
___________ several tests
made a ____________.
signed a ______________.
Governments & environmentalists
contributions
departments
raised funds
investigated
conducted
proposal
document
Careful reading
Read para 4 and find out the answers.
How were the temples and other cultural sites saved
Part two
__________
piece by piece
_______to other places
________
together
taken down
moved
put back
Circle the numbers in para 5 and find out the answers.
Inferring from these numbers, what words can we use to describe the working process
Time-consuming
tough
expensive
complicated
backbreaking 费力的
Part three
Read para 5 and find out the answers.
Why is the Aswan Dam a great success
The countries found a new way to balance _________________ and protection of _______________, which could be possibly done through _____________________.
Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow.
Part three
economic development
cultural relics
international cooperation
Read for the spirit
How do you understand “The spirit of the Aswan Dam project” is still alive today What is the spirit
Read para 6 and find out the answers.
Part three
persistence
cooperation
determination
creation
Reading
1950s
1959
1960
1961
20years
22temples
50countries
＄80 million
1980
time period
year
year
year
time period
number
number
year
The amount of money
Complete the timeline with the information from the text.
1959
1961
over the next 20 years
1980
The government asks the UN for help
The first temple is moved
The temples and cultural relics are being rescued.
The project is completed.
Summary
Complete the timeline with the information from the text.
Problems
Solutions
Spirit
hard to keep balance
build a new dam vs. damage temples & cultural relics
turn to UN help
cooperate with other countries
take down piece by piece, then move and put back together
Global community
Team spirit
Post-reading
Complete the news report with the correct forms of the words in the box. Then suggest a suitable title.
development progress proposal preserve
temple damage heritage establish prevent
Cario, 17 March, 1956
In a speech today, a scientist gave her view on the new ________. She said that ________ is important and our areas needs economic ____________ as well. But she added, “We should not accept the project if it puts our cultural _________ in danger. We must protect the ________ and make sure that no ________ is done.” Before she ended her speech, the scientist suggested that we need to _________a committee of experts to __________the cultural heritage and __________ it from being harmed.
proposal
progress
development
heritage
temples
damage
establish
preserve
prevent
Scientist Says Progress Shouldn’t Damage Cultural Heritage
标题是报道内容的浓缩， 一般需要包含who和what等信息。
Work in groups
A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was worthwhile
They are priceless and unique treasures.
They attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, which boosts the country’s tourism industry.
They are irreplaceable pieces of world history.
They witnessed the development of the world.
The high costs cause huge economic pressure to the Egyptians.
The priority must be placed on the development of economy instead of preserving something relatively useless from ancient times.
Homework
Required: Write a passage about protecting the Great Wall by using what you have learned in this lesson.
Optional: Make a poster calling on people to protect cultural relics.
Thank
You

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