Unit1 Cultural Heritage Reading and thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第二册

Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and Thinking: Understand how a problem was solved Learning Objectives Understand how a problem is solved, taking Aswan Dam as an example; Apply different reading strategies: predicting the content, reading for structure or detailed information, making a timeline and summarizing; Think about the value of the protection of cultural heritage and team spirit. You must heard of Three Gorges Dam of China. However, have you heard about the Aswan Dam of Egypt? Three Gorges Dam Aswan Dam Title: the text is about how people have solved problems Read the title and look at the photos. What do you think the text is about? The pictures show some ancient statues Scan the text for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean. In the 1950s in 1959 in 1960 In 1961 20 years 22 50 80 1980 Scan the text for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean. Numbers 1950s 1959 1960 1961 20 years 22 temples 50 ＄80 million 1980 (amount of money) year (time period) (time period, decade) (amount of something) (amount of something) Scan the text for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean. Fast Reading Task 1.:skim the whole text and match each paragraph with its topic sentence. Para.1 A. A committee was established to limit the damage. B. The project brought together governments from the whole world. C. Keeping the balance between progress and heritage protection is a challenge. D. The project is considered a great success. E. The spirit of the project is still alive. F. Challenges can lead to solutions. Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 What is the topic sentence in each paragraph? And what are the key words? What is the topic sentence in each paragraph? And what are the key words? Passage Structure Analysis Introduction Problems Solutions Conclusion/ Inspiration Body Reading for structure Problem Solution Significance /value Para 1 Para 2 Para 3&4 Para 5 Para 6 Analyze the problem : big challenges. Raise a problem. The process of solving the problem. The results of the solution of the problem. The spirit and lessons. Introduction Complete the timeline with the information from the text A. The project starts. B. The temples and cultural relics are being rescued. C. The project is completed. D. The first temple is moved. E. The government asks the UN for help.      1960 The project starts.   1959 E 1961 D 1961-1980 B 1980 C Fill in the blanks according to the text. electricity temples Solution funds tests document safe future possibility global Complete the news report with the correct forms of the words in the box.Then suggest a suitable title. _____________________________________ 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 as 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 heritage temples damage establish preserve prevent Development: Economic Development development 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 Summary $$