1、讲师：刘涛讲师：刘涛 Cultural heritageReading and Thinking $80 million experts; engineers; workers 163文库原创 Reading Do you think it worthwhile to spend so much money protecting the temples? Why did so many countries contribute funds and offer help to the Egyptian project? priceless value in terms of cultural h
2、eritage highly valued around the world as part of our shared cultural history 50 countries; $80 million Reading Read the last 2 paragraphs of the text. How meaningful is the Aswan Project? a path to future that did not run over the relics of the past countries working together to build a better tomo
3、rrow a UNESCO program that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing Complete the news report with the correct forms of the words in the box. Then suggest a suitable title. Vocabulary development progress proposal preserve temple damage heritage establish prevent Cair
4、o, 16 March, 1956 In a speech today, a scientist gave her view on the new _. She said that _ is important and our area 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 en
5、ded 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 Shouldnt Damage Cultural Heritage Nowadays, both the Aswan
6、Dam and the Abu Simbel Temple, one of the many temples that were moved and rebuilt, are popular tourists destinations. Listening If you were a tour guide, how would you introduce the history and culture of them? 1. Where are the speakers? A. On a street. B. On a plane. C. On a bus. 2. What are they
7、doing? A. Drawing a map. B. Sightseeing. C. Studying culture. Listen to a conversation as an example. Listen and choose the correct answers. Listen again and take notes about the information on Kremlin and Red Square. Listening Complete the fact sheet with your notes: World Cultural Heritage Site Fa
8、ct Sheet THE KREMLIN AND RED SQUARE, MOSCOW Built between the _ and _ centuries The palace where _ lives The Saint Basils Cathedral looks like _. The _ part of Moscow Place for parades, concerts and even _ 14th 17th the Russian president a flame/fire central ice hockey games Make a conversation betw
9、een some tourists and a tour guide, who is introducing the history of Abu Simbel. Talking Example: Tourist A: I beg your pardon, but is this the Xuanyuan Mirror? Could you please tell me about it? Tour guide: Yes, it is. It is said that its a mirror that can tell right from wrong! I see that youre l
10、ooking at that carving on the roof. Did you know that its called chiwen one of the nine sons of the Chinese dragon? Tourist B: No, I didnt. Thats so interesting! A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. Language focus To prevent s
11、omething means to ensure that it does not happen. v. 阻止，阻碍，阻挠 To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it. v. 阻止做 联合国教科文组织的这一项目旨在防止全世界各地文化遗产的消失。 This program of the UNESCO is to prevent world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing. The gr
12、oup asked for contributions from different departments and A contribution is a sum of money that you give in order to help pay for something. n. 捐款 If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it. . n. 贡献 contribute v. - contribution n. If you co
13、ntribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful. v. 捐献，捐助 If something contributes to an event or situation, it is one of the causes of it. v. 导致 Language focus Experts investigated the issue, conducted several tests, and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be
14、saved. If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. v. 调查，研究 When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out. v. 组织，安排 该委员会的职责是组织调查。 The responsibility of the committee is to conduct in
15、vestigations. investigate v. - investigation n. Someones conduct is the way they behave in particular situations. n. 行为，举止 Language focus Summary 经济发展可能会导致某些文化遗迹的消失。调查委员会的建立能够防止这种破坏事件的发生。 Economic development may _ the disappearance of some cultural relics. An _ has been founded so that such destructions can _ happening. investigation committee be prevented from contribute to
