英语必修ⅲ外研版module6period1教案

Period 1 Reading—The Three Gorges Dam■Goals●To learn to read passages with defining relative clauses about philosophers of ancient China●To learn to read with strategies【Focus】Words structure, date, accommodate, harness, submerge, remove, crashExpressions structure my days, ate precisely …, accommodate 250 guests, generate a lot of problems, harness natural forces and resources,submerge your head completely, remove his children to thecountryside, the car crashedPatterns 1. Sun Yat- sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919.2. Unfortunately, burning coal causes serious air pollution andincreases global warming.3. The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tonsof coal without causing so much air pollution.4. About 800 historical relics have been submerged.5. Some of them are being removed and some are being put into museums.■ProceduresStep 1: Warming up by defining damsA dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. Most dams have a section called a spillway, over which or through which it is intended that water will flow.Warming up by tell about C hina Yangtze Three Gorges ProjectC hina Yangtze Three Gorges Project (TGP), as one of the biggest hydropower-complex project in the world, ranks as the key project for improvement and development of Yangtze River. The dam is located in the areas of Xilingxia gorge, one of the three gorges of the river, which will control a drainage area of 1 million km 2, with an average annual runoff of 451 billion m3. The open valley at the dam site, with hard and complete granite as the bedrock, has provided the favorable topographical and geological conditions for dam construction.(To get more information, please go this website /index.php)Step 2: Before you readPlease go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.Step 3: While you read1. Type of writing and summary of The Three Gorges Dam2. Draw a diagram of The Three Gorges Dam3. Complete the article with one word in each blank.The Three Gorged Dam has made Mao Zedong’s _1_come true. The power of the Yangtze River has now been controlled by the Three _2_ Dam. The Three Gorged Dam has been built to control flooding and provide hydro- electric _3_ for the central region of China. Sun Yat- sen, the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first _4_ the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919. The dam will generate electricity _5_ to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution. More than a million people _6_ in the region have moved to other places. Now they’re living a happy new life in different _7_. About 800 historical relics have been submerged. Some of them are being removed and some _8_ being put into1. The power of the Yangtze River, which is _____, has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam.A. the world’s third longest riverB. the world’s second longest riverC. the world’s fifth longest riverD. the world’s sixth longest river2. The Three Gorged Dam, which is the biggest construction project in China since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, has been built _____.A. to hold back clouds and control floodingB. to heat and generate electricityC. to control flooding and provide hydro- electric powerD. to increases global warming and generate electricity3. The dam is nearly _____ metres high and _____ kilometres wide.A. 20, 1.5B. 25, 2,5C. 30, 3D. 40, 3.54. The dam will generate electricity equal to about ____ million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution.Step 4: After you read1. Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. If possible, make your own sentences with these expressions.Useful expressions from The Three Gorges Damdream of…, rise in the narrow gorges, come true, the world’s third longest river, be harnessed by… , the biggest construction project in China, since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, control flooding, provide hydro- electric power for the central region of China, nearly 200 meters high/wide, the largest hydro- electric power station, cost more than…, in history, the leader of the 1911 Revolution, suggest the idea of a dam, across the Yangtze River, three quarters of China’s ener gy, be produced by burning coal, used 1.2 billion tons of coal for heating and generating electricity, burn coal, cause serious air pollution, increase global warming, generate electricity, equal to about 40 million tons of coal, flood 2 cities,11 counties, 140 towns and more than 4,000 villages, live a happy new life, flood some of China’s most famous historical sites, historical relics, put… into museumsSentences made from expressions from Module 61.I dream of living on a tropical island.2. A huge dam is rising in the narrow gorges.3.I'd always dreamt of owning my own house, but I never thought it would come true.4.The Yangtze River is the world’s third longest river.5.The river is being harnessed by the newly-built dam, the biggest construction project in China.6.Since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, Chinese have been trying hard to control flooding.7.His dream is to provide hydro- electric power for the central region of China.8.The building is nearly 200 meters high, 1.5kilometres wide.9.We shall set up the largest hydro- electric power station here.10.The project costs more than two billion yuan.11.No construction project is more important than this one in history.12.It is the leader of the 1911 Revolution who suggests the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River.13.I guess three quarters of China’s energy is produced by burning coal.14.We used 1.2 billion tons of coal for heating and generating electricity last year.15.Burning coal may cause serious air pollution,increasing global warming.16.Generating electricity by pumping air is possible.17.The new technology saves energy equal to about 40 million tons of coal.18.The sudden rain flooded 2 cities, 11 counties, 140 towns and more than 4,000 villages.19.By moving from their homes, the farmers are expected to live a happy new life in different areas.20.The rising sea flooded some of China’s most famous historical sites.21.Historical relics will be submerged if they are not put into museums soon.。