Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

This unit, we will talk about: Heritage Cultural_________________ is cultural heritage ? What Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations. --World Heritage Centre As we can see, cultural heritage plays an important role in everyone's life. It connects the past, the present and the future. However, with the development of the economy and society , many cultural sites are facing big challenges. 连接 It is a question how to keep the right balance between the both. UNIT 1 Cultural Heritage From Problems To Solutions Read for the main idea and structure. Tips for you: Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Circle the numbers in each paragraph. Para.1____________________________________________________ Para.2 ___________________________________________________ Para.3 ___________________________________________________ Para.4 ___________________________________________________ Para.5 ___________________________________________________ Para.6 ___________________________________________________ Check Finding and keeping the balance between ...is a challenge. Big challenges can sometimes lead to great solutions. A committee was established to limit the damage...... The project brought together governments and ...... When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great... . The spirit of Aswan Dam project is still alive today. topic sentence Introduce the topic Introduce the topic Problems Solutions Significance/ Inspiration Structure result How is the text organized? The text is organized in time order. 1959 1960 1961 1961-1980 1980 Complete the timeline Read for detailed information 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. Para. 1 Transitional sentence Q ：Why is it a big challenge ? Para. 2 Big challenges, however, can sometimes lead to great solutions. In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area. But the proposal led to protests. Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypt’s cultural heritage. After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem, and citizens who lived near the dam, the government turned to the United Nations for help in 1959. Q1. Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam? Q2. What were the problems? Q3. Which sentences are the transitional sentences? A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community. Experts investigated the issue, conducted several tests, and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved. Finally, a document was signed, and the work began in 1960. Para. 3 Q ：What did the UN do to help protect the cultural relics? A committee was established. The group experts The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world. Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece, and then moved and put back together again in a place where they were safe from the water. In 1961, German engineers moved the first temple. Over the next 20 years, thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics. Fifty countries donated nearly $80 million to the project. Para. 4 Q1 . How were the temples and other cultural sites saved? Q2. How long did it take to complete the project? Para. 5 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. Q. Why was the project regarded a great success ? Countries had found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past. It proved 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. Para. 6 Q. What does the "spirit of the Aswan Dam" mean? Think A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was worthwhile?Why or why not? Why do you think so many countries contributed funds and offered help the Egyptian project? I think it was worthwhile to spend money on protecting the temples because their value is priceless and they are unique to the whole world. I think that many countries helped because Egyptian history and relics are world-famous and are highly valued around the world as part of our shared cultural history. Summarize the main idea of the whole text The passage mainly talks about: how people from all over the world worked together and solved the problem -- protecting the temples and cultural relics while building the Aswan Dam. Introduce the topic Problems Solutions Significance/ Inspiration Structure result topic example conclusion Read the text again and draw a mind map of the text. Then try to retell the text according to your mind map. Homework Thank you ! $$