Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

P4 Reading and Thinking: From Problems to Solutions Wangjiaba Sluice王家坝闸， China Aswan Dam 阿斯旺大坝, Egypt Why do governments want to attempt the building of dams? control floods防洪, produce electricity发电, irrigate the lands灌溉土地 Understand how a problem was solved Look at the title and pictures below. Predict what the problems will be when building Aswan Dam in Egypt. From Problems to Solutions Probably, the problem is about how to protect cultural heritage文化遗产 in Egypt. Pre-reading Prediction Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 While reading Read for main ideas（topic sentence) Problems Solutions Results Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge. A committee was established to limit damage. The proposal led to protests. The project brought governments and environmentalists together. The project was completed and successful. The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today. 1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam? To control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area. 2. Why did the Egyptian people protest the government’s decision? Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypt’s heritage. While reading Read for details Part. 1 Read para 1-2 and find out the answers. 3. What did the government do then? The government turned to the United Nations for help in 1959. How did UN deal with this problem of building Aswan Dam? While reading Read for details Part 2 asked for contributions from different departments raised funds within the international community investigated the issue conducted several tests made a proposal signed a document Read para 3 and fill in the blanks. How were the temples and other cultural sites saved? ____________ piece by piece to other places taken down moved ___________ to