Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第二册

Unit t Cultural Heritage From Problems To Solutions Learning Objectives After class,students will be able to 1.Understand how things develop and relate to each other based on time order; 2.Know the history of the Aswan Dam and how the problems faced by cultural heritage were solved; 3.Realize the importance of protecting cultural heritage. Lead in Guess:Which country will be talked about ISRAEL El-Alamein JORDAN 1.It is in Africa. Cairo 62a 开罗 2.The Nile flows through this area. Egypt (Whale SAUDI ARABIA 日Shk 3.There are many famous cultural Farafra Oasis Hurghada White Great Desert 公 relics in this country,such as the Desert Circuit Ancient Theb话 口Lor卢克索 d 众 wh店 号 Dakhta Necropolis Esna Pyramid and Sphinx. Kharga Oasis ◆Ed而 0asis Kom0mba● Aswan 阿斯旺 Nobian Menuments 。历Ab相Sm合e DRIVE直线型 Hala'ib 驾地理标 te Philae GEOGRAPHY Triangle 100 200 SUDAN 注 Lead in What comes first in your mind when talking about Egypt? sphinx /sfinks/ 狮身人面像 pyramid 金字塔 Abu Simbel Temple 阿布辛贝神庙 mummy木乃伊 Lead in Is there any link between the two pictures? Watch the video:Abu Simbel Temple and the Aswan Dam Pre-reading:prediction FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS Economic development is necessary if we want to improve socety There comes a time From problems to solutions when the old must give way to the new,and it is not possble to presarve everything from our past as we move towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cutural sites can be a big chalenge. 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