Unit1CulturalHeritage

Period2ReadingandThinking

Teachingobjectives

1.Studentscanmakeatimeline.

2.Studentscanunderstandhowaproblemwassolved.

3.Studentscanunderstandtheimportanceoftheprotectionoftheculturalheritage.

Step1:LeadIn

Playavideoandask2questions.:

Q1:Whathappenstotheoldbuildings?

Q2:Howwouldyoufeelafteryouwatchit?

Step2:Prereading

1.Showthetopic:FROMPROBLEMSTOSOLUTIONS

2.Wordsteaching:

dam/d?m/n.

mittee/k?'miti/n.

establish/??st?bl??/v.

investigate/?n?vest?ɡeit/v.

conduct/k?n?d?kt/v.

Step3:Whilereading

Task1:Fastreading:

(1)．What'sthemainideaofthepassage?

A．Amitteewasneeded．

B．Theproposalleadstoprotests．

C．Abigchallengecansometimesleadtoagreatsolution．

D．Theprojectofanewdamwassuccessful

(2)Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph

Para．1A．Thespiritoftheprojectisstillalive．

Para．2B．Difficulttokeepthebalancebetweenprogressandtheprotection

Para．3C．Challengesleadtosolutions．

Para．4D．Howwastheprojectpleted?

Para．5E．Whatdidthemitteedo?

Para．6F．Successoftheprojectstrengthenedconfidence

ReadingforStructure

IntroductionPara1Raiseaproblem.

ProblemsAnalyzetheproblem:

SolutionPara3&4Theprocessofsolvingtheproblem.

ConclusionPara5ofthesolutionoftheproblem

Thespiritandlessons.

Task2:Carefulreading:1.Finishthetimeline

pletethetimelinewiththeinformationfromthetext.

Theprojectstarts.

Thetemplesandculturalrelicsarebeingrescued.

Theprojectispleted.

Thefirsttempleismoved.

TheEgyptiangovernmentwantedtobuildanewdam.

ThegovernmentaskstheUNforhelp.

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1960

2.Findoutthebigchallenge.(para.12)

3.Whathadthemitteedone?(Para.3)

Themittee

4.Howdidtheydotheproject?(para.4)

5.Readfortheresult

Q1:WhydidtheauthorsaytheAswanDamprojectwasagreatsuccess?(para.5)

Q2:WhatcanwelearnfromtheAswanDamproject?(para.6)

Step4:Postreading

1.WorkingroupsandchoosewhatcanwedofortheprotectionofculturalrelicsinPuNing?

Step5Homework

Recitethenewwordsandexpressions.

Summarizethepassagein60words.

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FROMPROBLEMSTOSOLUTIONS

①Economicdevelopmentisnecessaryifwewanttoimprovesociety.Thereesatimewhentheoldmustgivewaytothenew，anditisnotpossibletopreserveeverythingfromourpastaswemovetowardsthefuture.Findingandkeepingtherightbalancebetweenprogressandtheprotectionofculturalsitescanbeabigchallenge.

②Bigchallenges，however，cansometimesleadtogreatsolutions.Inthe1950s，theEgyptiangovernmentwantedtobuildanewdamacrosstheNileinordertocontrolfloods，produceelectricity，andsupplywatertomorefarmersinthearea.Buttheproposalledtoprotests.WaterfromthedamwouldlikelydamageanumberoftemplesanddestroyculturalrelicsthatwereanimportantpartofEgypt’sculturalheritage.Afterlisteningtothescientistswhohadstudiedtheproblem,andcitizenswholivednearthedam，thegovernmentturnedtotheUnitedNationsforhelpin1959.

③AmitteewasestablishedtolimitdamagetotheEgyptianbuildingsandpreventthelossofculturalrelics.Thegroupaskedforcontributionsfromdifferentdepartmentsandraisedfundswithintheinternationalmunity.Expertsinvestigatedtheissue，conductedseveraltests，andthenmadeaproposalforhowthebuildingscouldbesaved.Finally,adocumentwassigned，andtheworkbeganin1960.

④Theprojectbroughttogethergovernmentsandenvironmentalistsfromaroundtheworld.Templesandotherculturalsitesweretakendownpiecebypiece，andthenmovedandputbacktogetheragaininaplacewheretheyweresafefromthewater.In1961，Germanengineersmovedthefirsttemple.Overthenext20years,thousandsofengineersandworkersrescued22templesandcountlessculturalrelics.Fiftycountriesdonatednearly$80milliontotheproject.

⑤Whentheprojectendedin1980，itwasconsideredagreatsuccess.Notonlyhadthecountriesfoundapathtothefuturethatdidnotrunovertherelicsofthepast,buttheyhadalsolearntthatitwaspossibleforcountriestoworktogethertobuildabettertomorrow.

⑥ThespiritoftheAswanDamprojectisstillalivetoday.P