（新教材）人教版2019 book 2 Unit1 Cultural heritage Reading and Thinking 课件.pptx

1、Cultural Heritage Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations. 遗产是过去人类所创造，由现代人类继承并传之后世。 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

2、 of people around the world have been fascinated by the mystery of the emperors tombs. Pre-reading Do you know other tourist attractions in Egypt? Pre-reading Is there any link between the two pictures? Temples Aswan Dam Prediction: read the title and look at the pictures. What do you think the text

3、 is about? From Problems to Solutions The title suggests that the text is about how people solved problems. Now, lets read the text to explore the answers! To protect the temples and the cultural relics To build a new dam to develop its economy Skim for the answer to the question Problem What proble

4、m did Egyptians meet? Scan for the topic sentence for each paragraph Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge. Big challenge, however, can sometimes lead to great solutions. A committee wa

5、s established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. How the cultural relics were protected. When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great success. The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today. Read for details: complete the timelin

6、e with the information from the text. 1959 1960 1961 Over the next 20 years 1980 The government asks the UN for help. What help did the UN offer? A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for contributions from diff

7、erent departments and raised funds within the international community. Experts investigated the issue, conducted several tests, and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved. Finally, a document was signed, and the work began in 1960. The project starts. The first temple is moved. Th

8、e temple and cultural relics are being rescued. The project is completed. Read for details 1959 1960 1961 Over the next 20 years 1980 The government asks the UN for help. The project starts. The first temple is moved. The temple and cultural relics are being rescued. The project is completed. 1. How

9、 were the temples and other cultural sites saved? 2. How long did it take to complete the project? 3. Circle the numbers in Para.4. What do these numbers mean? They were taken down piece by piece and moved to other places where they would be safe from the water. It took 20 years. Countries can work

10、together to solve problems that seem too difficult for a single nation. It is their team work that has saved the temples. Why does the author use exact numbers instead of expressions like “a lot of”? To make the writing more vivid and convincing. Read for details: complete the timeline with the info

11、rmation from the text. 1959 1960 1961 Over the next 20 years 1980 The project is completed. 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. Introduction P

12、roblems Solutions Conclusion Body Because Egyptian history and relics are world-famous and are highly valued around the world as part of our shared cultural history. Discussion Why do you think so many countries contributed funds and offered help to the Egyptian project? Do you think it was worthwhi

13、le? FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS It is a big challenge to keep the right balance between _ and _. in the 1950s in 1959 in 1960 in 1961 over the next 20 years in 1980 The project _ _. The temples and cultural relics were _ _. _ _ moved the first temple. The project _. The govern- ment asked _ for help.

14、 A committee was established. The _ _ wanted to build a new dam. The proposal led to _. reasons: to control _; _; to supply water to _ reasons: would likely damage_; and destroy _ progress the protection of cultural sites Egyptian government floods to produce electricity farmers protests temples cul

15、tural relics the UN started German engineers being rescued was completed The project was considered a great _. Countries can _ to solve problems that seems too difficult for a single nation. success work together Problems Solutions Complete the mind map and then retell the text according to it. 1.让步

16、，屈服 2.保持和的平衡 3.导致，带来 4.为了，目的是 5.向提供 6.向寻求帮助 7.限制对的损坏 8.筹集资金 9.提出建议 10.拆卸，拆解 11.向捐赠 12.找到通向的道路 13.阻止，不准 Language appreciation 1.(Para.1) There comes a time when the old must give way to the new, and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future. 2.(Para.5) Not

17、only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow. 3.(Para.2) After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem, and citizens who lived ne

18、ar the dam, the government turned to the UN for help in 1959. 4.(Para.3) Experts investigated the issue, conducted several tests, and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved. Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. On Wednesday morning at a quarter past five came the earthquake.