内容正文:
Section Ⅱ “Reading and Thinking”的课文习读环节
泛读课文,完成以下学习任务
(一)理清文脉结构
(二)把握主旨大意
1.What's the main idea of the text?
A.A needed committee.
B.A proposal leads to protests.
C.Big challenges lead to solutions.
D.A successful project of a new dam.
答案:C
2.Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para.1 A.How to balance progress and the
protection of cultural sites can be a
big challenge.
Para.2 B.A committee was established to
limit damage.
Para.3 C.The proposal leads to protests.
Para.4 D.The project brought governments
and environmentalists together.
Para.5 E.The spirit of the Aswan Dam
project is still alive today.
Para.6 F.The project was completed and
successful.
答案:Paras.1~6 ACBDFE
精读课文,完成以下学习任务
(一)阅读理解
1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?
A.To improve the economy.
B.To improve transportation.
C.To build a tourist attraction.
D.To benefit the area.
2.Why did the building of the dam lead to protests?
A.Because it would damage the fields.
B.Because it would cost a lot of money.
C.Because it would damage the cultural relics.
D.Because it would damage natural environment.
3.How did the government save the cultural relics?
A.By stopping the project.
B.By moving them to a safe place.
C.By repairing cultural relics.
D.By calling for donation.
4.What can we know from the fourth paragraph?
A.Doing is better than saying.
B.Many hands make light work.
C.There is no royal way to success.
D.Experience is the mother of wisdom.
答案:1~4 DCBB
[Tip]
用俗语或俚语概括主旨法
英语中有许多短小精悍的俗语或俚语能形象地反映段落或全文的主旨大意,牢记一些常用的俗语或俚语有助于轻松概括出段落或全文的主旨。如第4题各选项都是俚语。Doing is better than saying.意为“行动胜过语言”。Many hands make light work.意为“众人拾柴火焰高”。There is no royal way to success.意为“成功无坦途”。Experience is the mother of wisdom.意为“经验是智慧之母”。通读第四段可判断答案。
(二)阅读表达
1.Why did the government ask the UN for help?
Because 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.
2.What words can you think of to describe the working process of the project?
It_was_really_hard,_complicated_and_amazing.
3.Why does the author use exact numbers instead of expressions like “a lot of”?
Because these numbers can make the information of the article more realistic, much richer and more convincing.
4. A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it is worthwhile? Why or why not?
Yes._It's_worthwhile,_because_it_helps_and_allows_the_Egyptian_people_to_enjoy_economic_benefits_and_protect_cultural_relics_at_the_same_time.
5.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._Cultural_heritage_belongs_to_the_whole_humankind_and_we_should_have_the_sense_of_“A_Community_of_Shared_Future_for_Mankind”.
|阅|读|技|能|提|升| 抓住时间线索,厘清文章脉络
本文是一篇记叙事件发展过程的叙事文本。作者按照时间顺序记述了问题的产生和解决过程:问题提出(第一段)——问题分析(第二段)——问题的解决过程(第三、四段)——问题解决的结果(第五段)——意义与启示(第六段)。阅读本文时可根据第二段至第五段中的“In the 1950s, in 1959, in 1960, In 1961, Over the next 20 years, in 1980”这些时间线索词和相应的事件,在脑海中绘制“时间轴线”图,从而快速理解问题的解决过程。用时间线索将问题的产生、解决过程及结果清晰地展现出来,既能帮助学生厘清文章的脉络,又有助于学生了解文化遗产保护的意义,进而思考在生活中如何付诸行动。
(一)赏用词之妙
1.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.
赏析:句中使用了动词短语give way to,意为“让位于或更替为”。该短语的使用既揭示了新旧事物不断更替发展的客观规律和必然性,还为引出下文话题提供了理论依据。
2.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.
赏析:likely用作副词,说明了建设大坝会对当地许多寺庙和文化遗产造成损坏的可能性。likely用作副词的情况不多,但此处使用简洁,准确恰当。
3.Fifty countries donated nearly $80 million to the project.
赏析:句中使用了动词donate,意为“捐赠”,说明了世界上众多国家拯救埃及的文化遗产的无私奉献精神和道义担当,以及他们的命运共同体意识。
提能训练/完成句子
①I believe old farming methods should give_way_to improved modern ones.
我认为旧的耕作方式应给改良了的现代化的耕作方式让路。
②Many charities donate_money_to the remote areas to buy computer equipment and Internet facilities.
许多慈善机构给偏远地区捐款购买计算机设备和互联网设施。
③We will likely_see_him_later.
我们可能晚些时候会见到他。
(二)赏句式之高
1.Experts investigated the issue, conducted several tests, and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved.
赏析:本句是连动式结构。句中“investigated, conducted, made”这三个动作是先后发生的,表明了专家们为保护文化遗产所做的不懈努力。
2.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.
赏析:本句是由“not only ... but also ...”连接的两个分句,并且not only位于句首,所在分句使用了部分倒装语序。该句式的使用既丰富了文章的语言表达,又总结并严谨地表达了阿斯旺大坝工程中的国际合作精神。
提能训练
①(完成句子)I quarrelled (争吵) with Tom, walked_away (走开) and climbed (爬) to the high place.
②(句式升级)We can not only finish the job on time, but we will also do it best.(用倒装句升级)
→Not_only_can_we_finish_the_job_on_time,_but_we_will_also_do_it_best.
(三)赏标题之靓
一个好的标题应该简洁明了、有吸引力、能够概括文章的主要内容。本文标题FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS使用了“from ...to ...”把课文的两个关键信息词连接起来,既能反映文章的主要内容——提出问题和解决问题,又能体现文章的行文结构,使文章脉络清晰,还能设置悬念,引起读者的阅读兴趣。
(四)赏文笔之美
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.
赏析:本段中使用了较多的数字,形象直观地说明了当时人们为拯救阿斯旺大坝地区的文化遗产所付出的艰辛和巨大努力。用列数字的方法进行说明,既能准确客观地反映事实情况,又有较强的说服力。
阅读下面语段,体会数字在文中的作用:
Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it! A huge crack, eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins. Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.
赏析:上面语段中的数字使事件描述得更加直观、具体、形象,使读者更加体会到这次灾难的破坏力之大,一幅惨不忍睹的画面跃然纸上。
穿越千年,丝绸之路如同一条神秘而耀眼的金色飘带,一颗串联起东西方文明的璀璨明珠。在这条古老的商路上,丝绸、瓷器与香料交织成一幅绚丽的画卷。商队们踏着驼铃声,跨越沙海雪山,探寻着未知的宝藏。而今,我们虽已无需跋涉万里,但那段传奇般的旅程,依然让人心驰神往,仿佛在每一缕轻风中,都能听到那遥远的驼铃声。
Covering vast distances and an astonishing variety of landscapes, the Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes that extended from East Asia all the way to the Mediterranean. A key section of the extensive Silk Road network is the Chang'an Tianshan Corridor, which stretches over a distance of around 5,000 kilometres through China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,
covering a total of 8,700 kilometres of trade routes.
The starting point of the corridor and the entire Silk Road network is Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), in Shaanxi Province of north-west China. It was famous as the capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Further west on the Silk Road, the geography gradually changes from wild deserts to high, snow-capped mountains to vast grasslands as the routes pass through the splendid Tianshan Mountains and emerge in the rolling valleys of Central Asia. Although the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor ends here, the network continues westwards until it reaches the Mediterranean.
The Silk Road began to develop in the 2nd century BCE. Assigned by the emperor, the ambassador Zhang Qian journeyed from Chang'an to Central Asia, seeking to build bridges
between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions. Following Zhang's efforts, trade routes took shape and relationships were strengthened between the major powers of the time, with the routes network reaching as far as the Roman Empire. The network expanded gradually, playing an important role in world history between the 6th and 14th centuries, and remained in use until the 16th century.
[阅读理解]
1.What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?
A.The Silk Road's geography.
B.The Silk Road's history.
C.The Silk Road's overall introduction.
D.The Silk Road's trade and cultural exchanges.
2.Where are the starting point and destination of the Silk Road?
A.Chang'an→Xi'an.
B.Xi'an→Chang'an.
C.Chang'an→Tianshan.
D.Xi'an→the Mediterranean.
3.Who is recorded in history when it comes to the Silk Road?
A.Zheng He.
B.The Roman Empire.
C.Li Guang.
D.Zhang Qian.
答案:1~3 CDD
[素养积累]
1.由文积词汇
vast adj. 巨大的;广大的
extend v. 延伸
extensive adj. 广阔的
corridor n. 走廊
stretch v. 延伸
snow-capped adj. 顶部被雪覆盖的
emerge v. 出现
assign v. 委派;派遣
ambassador n. 大使
journey v. 旅行
2.据文悟句式
①句是主从复合句,which引导的是定语从句,其中含有现在分词短语作状语。
②句中Assigned ...是过去分词短语作状语,表示原因;seeking ...是现在分词短语作状语,表示伴随。
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