Unit 1 Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading & Thinking Abu Simbel Temple （阿布辛贝神庙） Where is it？ What's this? Egypt Pyramid 金字塔 3000多年前的神庙设计者和建筑师们，精确地运用天文学、星象学、地理学等知识，按照要求把神庙设计成为只有在拉美西斯二世的生日（2月21日）和奠基日（10月21日），旭日的霞光金辉才能从神庙大门射入，穿过60米深的庙廊，披洒在神庙尽头的拉美西斯二世石雕巨像的全身上下，而左右的其他巨型石雕都享受不到太阳神赐予的这种厚爱，人们把这一奇观发生的时日称作“太阳节”。 太阳节 cultural heratige BUT The Aswan Dam (阿斯旺大坝) the Nile Abu simbel Temple （阿布辛贝神庙） Big Project Because of the huge increase in population in the 20th century, the Egyptian government decided to build a dam, the Aswan Dam. The Aswan Dam controls the flow (泛滥) of the Nile River and protects people living near the banks of the Nile from both floods and drought. It also provides electricity used in homes, schools, businesses, and hospitals throughout Egypt.  Nasser Lake (纳赛尔湖 ) Behind the dam will build a large lake called Nassar Lake. As a result, the people who live there would lose their homes and farmland, as well as many important ancient buildings and sites, including the temple of Abu Simbel. If you were an Egyptian government official, how would you solve this problem? ? Prediction: read the title and look at the pictures. What do you think the text is about? From Problems to Solutions The title suggests that the text is about how people solved problems. prediction What happened to the Abu Simble Temple? Why was the temple taken down? How was the temple rebuilt? Now, let's read the text to explore the answers! While-reading What’s the problem? How to solve the problem? Now, let's read the text to explore the answers! Scanning Scan the text for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean. Number Meaning Number Meaning 1950s 1959 1960 1961 20 years $80 million 22 temples fifty countries 1980 time period year year year time period number the amount of money number year 11 Skim the text quickly and underline the topic sentences and circle the key words. 1 2 3 Fast Reading: reading