Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading & Thinking What comes first in your mind when talking about Egypt? pyramid sphinx Lead in What happened to this river? Aswan Dam Do you know which river it is in Egypt? the Nile 阿斯旺水坝（Aswan High Dam）位于埃及开罗以南900公里的尼罗河畔，尼罗河美丽的自然景观，舒适的热带气候，丰富的文物古迹和世界上首屈一指的高坝，使阿斯旺的旅游业特别发达。水坝的建设自1960开始，历时10年，耗资9亿美元，站在111米的阿斯旺水坝上，脚下波涛翻滚的世界第一长河尼罗河被拦腰截断，放眼南望是宽15公里长500多公里的纳赛尔湖，这座世界第二大人工湖吞下尼罗河的全年径流，实现河水多年调节，使1964年的洪水，1972年的干旱，1975年的特大洪峰和1982年以来的持续低水位都化险为夷。在几乎全非洲都在闹饥荒的时候，埃及的粮食基本自给自足。  阿斯旺水坝由主坝、溢洪道和发电站三部分组成。大坝所使用的建筑材料约4300万立方米，其体积相当于开罗西郊胡夫大金字塔的17倍，堪称世界七大水坝之一。 unit 1. From problems to solutions Do you know the name of site? Abu Simbel Temples 阿布辛贝神庙（阿拉伯语：أبو سنبل‎或أبو سمبل‎），位于埃及阿斯旺以南290千米处，建于公元前1300-前1233年，据说名字来源于最早带西方人去到现场的向导（一个小男孩）的名字。它坐落于纳赛尔湖（Lake Nasser）西岸，由依崖凿建的牌楼门、巨型拉美西斯二世（Ramses Ⅱ）摩崖雕像、前后柱厅及神堂等组成。阿布辛贝勒和它下游至菲莱岛的许多遗迹一起作为努比亚遗址，被联合国教科文组织指定为世界遗产。 两座神庙于1964 年到1968 年间成功迁移。 Activity 1: Prediction 1.What happened to the statues? They were cut and taken away piece by piece 2.What is the text about? Prediction FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS Q1: How are the title and the pictures connected? Q2: What do you think the text is about? Based on the title and pictures, predict what the text will be about. The title suggests the text is about how people have solved problems, because they are going “from” the problems “to” solutions. The pictures show some ancient statues. They might be from Egypt. The large faces look like they have been moved from where they first were. Perhaps the problem is related to this. pre-reading Skimming What’s the problem? How to solve the problem? Skim the text quickly and underline the topic sentences and circle the key words. 1 2 3 Fast Reading: reading for main ideas 4 5 6 Fast Reading: reading for main ideas Skim the text quickly and underline the topic sentences and circle the key words. Para1. Para2. Para3. Para4. Para5. Para6. Finding and keeping the right ... But the proposal led to protests. A committe was esab