内容正文:
Reading and thinking
prediction
1 What are two pictures telling us?
2 How are the title and pictures connected?
3 What do you think the text is about?
While-reading
Why was the temple taken down?
What did the temple give way to?
The government decided to build a dam.
The Aswan Dam.
How?
Why?
Locate the topic sentences in each paragraph.
Tip
The topic sentence always lies in the beginning or at the end of a paragraph
Para 1. challenge
Para 2. proposal leading to protests
Para 5. success
Para 6. spirit
Para 3. committee established
Para 4. being brought together
While-reading
Para 1. challenge
Para 5. Result
Para 6. spirit
Para 3. Preparations
Para 2. Problem
Para 4. Process
Introduction
Example
Conclusion
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2
3
4
5
6
While-reading
1 What is the balance?
FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS
Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society. 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. Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
While-reading
para1
1.What was the problem of Egypt?
2.What did people do to solve the problem?
3.What was the result of these solutions ?
balance
The progress of society
The protection of cultural sites
1 Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam?
build a new dam (proposal)
in order to
problem
control floods
supply water
damage temples
destroy cultural relics
turned to the United Nations for help
While-reading
para2
produce electricity
protest(didn’t agree)
A committee was established to ask for contributions and .
The United Nations
1 What did the UN do to help Egypt?
raised funds
Experts
the issue
several tests
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