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Unit 1 Cultural Heritage
Cultural heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations.
—— World Heritage Centre
文化遗产是过去人类所创造,有现代人类继承并传之后世。
——世界遗产中心
Reading and Thinking
By the end of this lesson, you are able to:
1. predict the content of the passage.
预测课文内容
2.understand the structure of the passage.
理解课文结构
3.memorize the spirit of Aswan Dam.
牢记阿斯旺大坝精神
4.have the awareness of protecting heritage.
具备保护遗产的意识。
Learning objectives
Can you name these building in English?
Pyramids
Temple
The Nile
Aswan Dam
Egypt
Activity 1. Lead-in
Aswan Dam
(阿斯旺大坝)
Is there any link(联系) between the two pictures?
the Abu Simbel Temple
(阿布辛贝神庙)
It might be about how to solve ___________ related to the statues(雕像)in Egypt.
What do you think the text is about?
Title: From Problems to Solutions
Activity 2. Predict
problems
Activity 3.Fast-reading
1.What's the main idea of the text?
A. The new spirit of Aswan Dam.
B. The rebuild of some old temples.
C. The establishment of a committee.
D. The process of solving a challenging problem.
Scan the text for numbers.Circle the numbers and guess what they mean.
1950s
20 years
Many hands make light work.
1959
1960
1961
1980
22temples
thousands of ...
fifty countries
$80 million
time period
year
year
year
time period
amount of something
amount of people
amount of something
amount of money
year
The work is very hard to be done, but countries can work together to solve problems that seem too difficult for a single nation.
Activity 4:
C.Keeping the balance between progress and heritage protection is a challenge.
A.Challenges can lead to solutions.
B.The project is considered a great success.
Para.1
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.5
D.A committee was established to limit the damage.
E.The project brought together governments from the whole world.
Para.6
F.The spirit of the project is still alive.
Activity5. Match the main ideas
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
Problems
Solutions
Inspiration
Find the topic sentence of each para and the divide the text into three parts
Activity 6
Read for structure
for
against
The Egyptian government wanted to __________ but the dam would likely _______________.
Activity6. Read for more details
How to solve the problem?
Part1 Read and fill in the blanks
build a dam
damage cultural relics
Part 2: How was the problem solved?
The group asked for contributions and ③_______________within the international community.
Expert④________________, conducted several tests, and made a proposal.
A ___________ was signed, and the work began.
1959
The Egyptian government turned to ①________ for help.
_____
UN established a ②________.
UN
committee
raised funds
investigated the issue
1960
document
Part2:How was the problem solved ?
Temples and other cultural relics were taken down piece by piece and then moved and ⑥__________________________ in a place where they were safe from the water.
1960
⑦_________________ was moved.
Temples and cultural relics were rescued
The project was completed.
1961
____
put back together again
The first temple
Over the next ___ years
20
1980
Part3
Creative thinking(创造性思维)
1. What is “the spirit of the Aswan Dam project”?
Sometimes, global community can help it out.
Face the difficulty positively.
Cooperate/work with others.
Find and keep a balance between important things.
The spirit of cooperation, creation, determination and persistence.
2. What can we learn from the project?
A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was worthwhile?Why or why not?
I think it was worthwhile to spend money on protecting the temples because their value is priceless in terms of cultural heritage.
Activity 7:Discussion
In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted _________ (build) a new dam across the Nile. But it would likely damage a number of temples and destroy _________(culture) relics. So the government turned _____ the united nations for help. A committee ________________(establish). People from the international community raised funds _____ contributed to the project. Temples and other cultural relics were taken down piece____ piece, moved and put back together again in a safe place. ________ (end) in 1980, the Aswan Dam project was considered ___ great success. The project shows that ____ is possible for countries to work together to build a _______(good) tomorrow.
to build
cultural
to
was established
and
by
Ending
a
it
better
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Activity 8:Critical thinking(批判性思维)
Why do you think so many countries contributed funds and offered help to the Egyptian project?
Cultural heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations.
—— World Heritage Centre
文化遗产是过去人类所创造,有现代人类继承并传之后世。
——世界遗产中心
Let’s enjoy a video of the Abu Simbel temples again to appreciate its large value.
Thank you
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