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

Reading and Thinking Unit 1 Cultural Heritage From Problems to Solutions Understand how a problem was solved 1 Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: 1. learn and practise some new words in the context, such as protest, establish, and conduct; 2. practise scanning to find numbers and predict their meanings from their particular formats; 3. identify the problem mentioned in the text and explain how the problem was solved; 4. discuss the significance of solving the problem. 2 Lead-in Three Gorges Dam 1. What do you know about the Three Gorges Dam? the largest power station and dam in the world on the Yangtze River in Hubei Province 2. Why people build these dams? control flood generate electricity navigate /ˈnævɪɡeɪt/ (航运) store and regulate water resource travelling destination The Aswan Dam irrigate /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/ 灌溉 multipurpose(多功能的；多用途的) avoid floods and droughts 3 Lead-in 3. Do you know what problems people were facing when they built the Aswan Dam? Aswan Dam (阿斯旺大坝) Abu Simbel Temple (阿布辛贝神庙) 4 Pre-reading What is the title of this text? Aswan Dam (阿斯旺大坝) Abu Simbel Temple (阿布辛贝神庙) What is this text probably about? This text is maybe about how the Egyptian government successfully solved the problem of building Aswan project. 5 Locate the topic sentences in each paragraph. Tip The topic sentence always lies in the beginning or at the end of a paragraph Read for main idea 1. Read the text and match the topic sentences. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 How to balance progress and the protection of cultural heritage can be a big challenge. C. The proposal leads to protests. B. A committee was established to limit damage. D. The project brought governments and environmentalists together. E. The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today. F. The project was completed and successful. How many parts can this passage be divided into? While-reading (Read for main idea of each paragraph) Read for structure Para 1. challenge Para 5.success Para 6.spirit Para 3. committee established Para 2. proposal leading to protests Para 4. being brought together Problems Solutions Significance 1 2 3 4 5 6 Q1: What does the phrase “ big challenge” refer to？ Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of culturalp sites. Part 1: (para1-2) problems Progress Protect cultural sites Read for details Q3: Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam? Q4: Why did the Egyptian people protest the government’s decision? To control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area. Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypt’s heritage. Read for details Q2: What is Egyptian government’s proposal? The government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile. Q5: What did the Egyptian government do to deal with the protest? Turned to the UN for help. Read for details Part 2: (para3-4) solutions  1960   The project starts. . . 1959 1961 1980 The government asks the UN for help. The first temple is moved. The temples and cultural relics are being rescued. The project is completed. Complete the timeline with the information from the text. Over the next 20 years The project starts. The project is completed. The first temple is moved. The government asks the UN for help. The temples and cultural relics are being rescued. 11 Read for details To ensure the success of the project，what help did the UN offer? A committee was established. Experts investigated the issue and made a proposal. The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds. Finally, a document was signed. To ensure the success of the project Part 2: (para3-4) solutions Read for details A committee The group Experts A document proposal Memorize the help the UN offered. Part 2: (para3-4) solutions Read for details What was the proposal given by the experts? piece by piece to other places together again taken down moved put back Part 2: (para3-4) solutions Pay attention to the numbers in paragraph 4 Read for details Why use these numbers? To show this is a huge project. What words will you use to describe the working process? amazing effort -consuming complicated Read for details time -consuming unbelievable money -consuming 18 When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great success. Not 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. The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today. Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO, which runs a programme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing. If a problem seems too difficult for a single nation, the global community can sometimes provide a solution. 1. Why was it considered a great success? 2. What can we learn from the the Aswan Dam project ? Read for details Part 3: (para 5-6) significance development 　 progress　 proposal　 preserve　 temple damage heritage　 establish　 prevent Cairo, 16 March, 1956 In a speech today, a scientist gave her view on the new___________. She said that ___________ is important and our area needs economic ______________ as well. But she added, “We should not accept the project if it puts our cultural _________ in danger. We must protect the _________ and make sure that no __________ is done.”Before she ended her speech, the scientist suggested that we need to ____________ a committee of experts to ___________ the cultural heritage and _________ it from being harmed. proposal progress development heritage temples damage establish preserve prevent Complete the news report with the correct forms of the words in the box. Post-reading Post-reading Discuss one or more of the questions below in groups. 1. What were the solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam? Removing the relics to safer places; other countries donating money; UN establishing a committee for experts to create a project. 2. Why do you think so many countries contributed funds and offered help to the Egyptian project? Because this project is about part of human culture. African people are our friends and brothers. On the other hand, we are preserving a treasure of all human beings. 3. A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was worthwhile? Why or why not? 1. They are priceless and unique treasures which carry our history and life source. Without them we can’t well understand what our beginning life was like and what lay along our history road. 2. They attract thoudsands of visitors every year, which leads to a rise in national income. Not worthwhile Worthwhile Post-reading 1. It’s a big burden/pressure to the Egyptians. 2. The old must give way to the new with economic development. Problems Solutions Inspiration Para 1 & 2 Para 3 & 4 Para 5 & 6 ♦hard to keep balance ♦build a new dam vs. damage temple & cultural heritage ♦turn to UN for help ♦cooperate with other countries ♦take them down piece by piece, then move and put them back together ♦global community ♦team spirit Summary Thank You! 22 $$