2019新教材必修二Book2 Unit 1 阅读课 cultural heritage
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The solutions to the problems of building the Aswan Dam were to ask for contributions from different departments and for experts to investigate and conduct tests leading to a proposal to save the ancient buildings.
＄80 million amount of money
Read the text again and answer:
1. Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam? They wanted to control floods and bring electricity and water to more farmers in the area to help economic development.
Scan the text for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean.
1950s time period
1959
year
1960
year
1
year
20 22 50 1980
time period amount of sth. amount of sth. year
3. How long did it take to complete the project? The project took 20 years to complete.
Make a timeline
Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.
The first temple
is moved.
The temples
and cultural relics are being rescued.
The project
is comple-
ted.
After-reading
Fill in the blanks to better understand the structure and content of the text.
Complete the timeline with the information from the text.
Over the next
1959 1960 1961 20 years 1980
The govern-
ment asks the UN for
help.
The project starts.
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.
move and put back together
Inspiration
global community team spirit
Discuss the questions in groups.
1. What were the solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam?
Unit 1 Cultural Heritage
Abu Simbel Temple Aswan Dam
removing
rebuilt
Watch the video: Abu Simbel and the
Aswan High Dam
Pre-reading
Read the title and look at the photos. What do you think the text is about?
Answer: The title suggests the text is about how people have solved problems, because they are going“from” the problems“to” solutions. The pictures show some ancient statues. They might be from Egypt. The large faces look as though they have been moved from where they first were. Perhaps the problem is related to
While-reading
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.
hard to keep balance
Problems build a new dam vs. damage
temples and cultural heritage
Solutions
turn to UN for help cooperate with other countries take down piece by piece, then
2. How were the temples and other cultural sites saved? They were taken down piece by piece and moved to other places where they would be safe from the water.
＄80 million amount of money
Read the text again and answer:
1. Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam? They wanted to control floods and bring electricity and water to more farmers in the area to help economic development.
Scan the text for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean.
1950s time period
1959
year
1960
year
1
year
20 22 50 1980
time period amount of sth. amount of sth. year
3. How long did it take to complete the project? The project took 20 years to complete.
Make a timeline
Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.
The first temple
is moved.
The temples
and cultural relics are being rescued.
The project
is comple-
ted.
After-reading
Fill in the blanks to better understand the structure and content of the text.
Complete the timeline with the information from the text.
Over the next
1959 1960 1961 20 years 1980
The govern-
ment asks the UN for
help.
The project starts.
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.
move and put back together
Inspiration
global community team spirit
Discuss the questions in groups.
1. What were the solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam?
Unit 1 Cultural Heritage
Abu Simbel Temple Aswan Dam
removing
rebuilt
Watch the video: Abu Simbel and the
Aswan High Dam
Pre-reading
Read the title and look at the photos. What do you think the text is about?
Answer: The title suggests the text is about how people have solved problems, because they are going“from” the problems“to” solutions. The pictures show some ancient statues. They might be from Egypt. The large faces look as though they have been moved from where they first were. Perhaps the problem is related to
While-reading
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.
hard to keep balance
Problems build a new dam vs. damage
temples and cultural heritage
Solutions
turn to UN for help cooperate with other countries take down piece by piece, then
2. How were the temples and other cultural sites saved? They were taken down piece by piece and moved to other places where they would be safe from the water.