1、Unit 1 Cultural HeritagePeriod 2 Reading and Thinking It is an African country.It has one of the most ancient and greatest civilisations.The longest river in the world flows through this country.Millions of people around the world have been fascinated by the mystery of the emperors tombs.Pre-reading
2、Do you know other tourist attractions in Egypt?Pre-readingIs there any link between the two pictures?TemplesAswan DamPrediction:read the title and look at the pictures.What do you think the text is about?From Problems to SolutionsThe title suggests that the text is about how people solved problems.N
3、ow,lets read the text to explore the answers!Step1.Read the passage quickly and figure out the structure of the passage.2.What is the topic sentence in each paragraph?What are the key words in each paragraph?To protect the temples and the cultural relics To build a new dam to develop its economyStep
4、2Step2、Skim for the answer to the question ProblemWhat problem did Egyptians meet?Task of the second fast reading1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?2.Why did the building of the dam lead to protests?3.How did the government save the cultural relics?4.Which one can
5、 describe the project?A.Successful.B.Negative.C.Useless.D.Doubtful1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?To benefit the area by control floods,producing electricity,and supplying water to more farmers in the area.2.Why did the building of the dam lead to protests?3.Ho
6、w did the government save the cultural relics?4.Which one can describe the project?A.Successful.B.Negative.C.Useless.D.Doubtful.1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?2.Why did the building of the dam lead to protests?It will damage the cultural relics.3.How did the g
7、overnment save the cultural relics?4.Which one can describe the project?A.Successful.B.Negative.C.Useless.D.Doubtful.1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?2.Why did the building of the dam lead to protests?3.How did the government save the cultural relics?By moving t
8、hem to a safe place.4.Which one can describe the project?A.Successful.B.Negative.C.Useless.D.Doubtful.1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?2.Why did the building of the dam lead to protests?3.How did the government save the cultural relics?4.Which one can describe t
9、he project?A.Successful.B.Negative.C.Useless.D.Doubtful.Complete the timeline with the information from the text.The project starts.The temples and cultural relics are being rescued.The project is completed.The first temple is moved.The government asks the UN for help.19591961Over the next 20 years1
10、9801960Read more carefully and answer the following questions.1、What can you infer from“Over the next 20 years,thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics”?The project is so hard that it takes 20 years to finish it.Step 3:Careful reading tasks2、What can you in
11、fer from“Fifty countries donated nearly 80 million to the project”?The project cost a lot of money.Many countries participated in the rescue and it is their team work that has saved the temples.Discussion1、How to understand“The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today”?What is the spirit?The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is cooperative,creative,determined as well as persistent.2、Pay attention to the circled words of para.4.What can we know from these numbers?Why does the author use exact numbers instead of expressions like“a lot of”?To make the writing more vivid and convincing.
