1、 Cultural heritage is our legacy from the past,what we live with today,and what we pass on to future generations.World Heritage Centre文化遗产是过去人类所创造，有现代人类继承并传之后世。世界遗产中心Unit1 Cultural HeritagePeriod 2 Reading and Thinking Pre-readingActivity1 Watching a video and fill in the blanks1.Build a_across the
2、Nile River.2.There was a_,though and it was a big one.3.The Abu Simbel were priceless ancient _.4.Keep its ancient_.damproblem temples treasuresPre-readingActivity2 Prediction Read the title and look at the pictures.What do you think the text is about?From Problems to SolutionsThe title suggests tha
3、t the text is about how people solved problems.While-readingActivity3 Scan the text for numbers,1.what do the numbers mean?2.Why does the author use exact numbers instead of expressions like“a lot”?The work is very hard to be done,but countries can work together to solve problems that seem too diffi
4、cult for a single nation.While-readingActivity4 Read the text and answer the questions.1.Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam?2.How were the temples and other cultural sites saved?3.How long did it take to complete the project?4.What words can you think of to descr
5、ibe the working process of the project?While-readingActivity5 Read for structureFind the topic sentence of each para and the divide the text into three parts Problems Inspiration Solutions Activity6 Complete the timeline with the information from the text.The project starts.The temples and cultural
6、relics are being rescued.The project is completed.The first temple is moved.The government asks the UN for help.19591961Over the next 20 years19801960Post-readingActivity7 Complete a news report with the correct forms of the words in the box.Then suggest a suitable title.proposalprogressdevelopmenth
7、eritagetemplesdamageestablishreservepreventScientist Says Progress Shouldnt Damage Cultural Heritage Post-readingActivity8 Discussion1、How to understand“The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today”?What is the spirit?2.What can we learn from the project?3.A lot of money was spent to pro
8、tect the temples.Do you think it was worthwhile?Why or why not?4.Why do you think so many countries contributed funds and offered help to the Egyptian project?Summary How to balance economic development and cultural heritage p_ can be a complex problem.In Egypt the p_ of building the Aswan Dam met w
9、ith p_ for fear of d_ the temples and cultural relics.The government t_ to the UN for help and e_ a committee to prevent the l_ of cultural heritage and raise f_ internationally.Thanks to the hard work of the g_ community,the project was completed successfully with the countrys cultural heritage preserved.rotectionrojecturnundslobalstablishedossroblemsestroyingHomeworkWrite a passage to introduce the problems of the old village of Yi people and the solutions within 80 words.
