1、Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and ThinkingFrom Problems to SolutionsAswan DamPre-readingPre-readingLook at the title and the pictures to predict the content of the text.What will the text talk about?From Problems to SolutionsPara 1-2Para 2-5It talks about how to solve the problems when protecting
2、 cultural relics.Task 2 Organization of the passage.How many parts can it be divided into?2.Scan the text again and figure out the structure SolutionsInspirationParagraphs _Paragraphs 6ProblemsParagraphs _1-23-5When scanning,pay more attention to key words and topic sentences.Fast-readingLocate the
3、topic sentences key words.Para.1 Finding and keeping can be a big challenge.Para.2 A new dam or the preservation of cultural heritages?Para.4 The project brought together around the world.Para.3 A committee was established to Para.5 When the project ended a great success.Para.6 The spirit of the Asw
4、an Dam project is still alive today.challengeproposal led to protestscommittee establishedbrought togethersuccessspirit the problems 3.Whats the problem the Egyptian government had when it had a proposal of building a dam?1.Whats the problem in Para 1?2.Why did the Egyptian government want to build
5、a dam in the 1950s?Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.2.Because it wanted to control floods,produce electricity,and supply water to more farmers in the area.3.It led to protests because water from the dam would likely da
6、mage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics.4.It listened to the scientists and citizens and then turned to the UN for help.4.What did the Egyptian government do to solve the problem?When Who(country/community)What it/they did1959Egyptian government UN the committee/the group /expertsgovern
7、ments and environmentalists German engineersthousands of engineers and workers50 countrieslisten to scientists&citizens,turn to UNestablish a committee;sign a documentask for contributions from;raise fundsinvestigate issue,conduct tests,make proposaltake down,move,put back togethermove the first tem
8、plerescue 22 temples&countless cultural relicsdonate$80 million1959-196019601961over next 20 years1980the project endedWhy so many countries,communities and people spent so much time and money to protect Egyptian temples and cultural relics?Because they are world cultural heritage,not only belonging
9、 to Egypt.And they are valuable.They have a long history of 3000 years and stand for the achievements of art and architecture of that time.If they were gone,they would not come back again.Besides,they are important in the research of Egyptian ancient civilization.1.Scan the text for numbers.Circle t
10、he numbers and guess what they mean.1950s19591960196120years22temples50countries80 million1980time periodyearyearyeartime period时段numbernumberyearThe amount of moneyComplete the timeline with the information from the text.The project startsThe temples and cultural relics are being rescuedThe project
11、 is completedThe first temple is movedThe government asks the UN for help195919611961-198019801960While-readingWhile-reading03hard to keep balanceProblems：Solutions：InspirationThe spirit:global community&team work.build a new dam VS.protect cultural heritage Egyptian government listen to the scienti
12、sts and citizens turn to the UN for helpthe UNestablish a committeeask for contributions from different departmentsraise funds within the international community1.Complete the news report with the correct forms of the words in the box.Then suggest a suitable title.Cairo,16 March,1956 In a speech tod
13、ay,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.development progress proposal preservetemple damage heritage establish preventproposalprogressdevelopmentheritage
14、While-readingWhile-reading03We 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.development progress proposal preservetemple damage heritage establish preventte
15、mplesdamageestablishpreservepreventWhile-readingWhile-reading03It is a big challenge to _ between progress and the protection of _.However,_ can sometimes lead to great solutions.In the 1950s,the _wanted to build a new dam across the Nile,but the proposal _ _.Thus,the government turned to _ for help
16、 in 1959.A committee _ rescue the temples and cultural relics.In 1961,German _ moved the first temple.Over the next 20 years,thousands of engineers and workers from all over the world _ 22 temples and _.When the project ended in 1980,it was _.It shows that the _ can sometimes provide_ that seems too difficult for a single nation.keep the balancecultural sitesbig challengesEgyptian governmentled to the United Nationswas established to helpengineersrescuedcountless cultural relicsconsidered a great successglobal communitya solution to a problemprotests Fill in the blanks and retell the passage
