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Book2 Unit 1
Cultural Heritage
Reading and Thinking
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 and summarizing;
Raise the awareness of cultural heritage protection.
Learning Objectives:
What’s the problem?
How to solve the problem?
Scan for the topic sentence and key words for each paragraph(2mins)
Scanning
A.The spirit of the project is still alive.
B.Difficult to keep the balance
between progress and the protection.
C.Challenges lead to solutions.
D.How was the project completed?
E.What did the committee do?
F.Success of the project strengthened confidence.
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Structure
Difficult to keep the balance.
Challenges lead to solutions.
What did the committee do?
How was the project completed?
Success of the project
The spirit of the project
Part 1 :_________
Part 2 :_________
Part 3 :_________
Para 1
Paras 2-4
Paras 5-6
Solutions
Problem
How to divide the text into three parts?
Conclusion
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FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS
①Economic 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.
Read Para.1
What is the “challenge” ?
How to _________________ between
_________development and the ____________of cultural sites.
keep the balance
Reading
economic
protection
progress of society
protection of cultural heritage
How to keep the balance?
progress of society
protection of cultural heritage
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Read Para.2
What is the specific problem in Egypt ?
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.
1.Why did the Egyptian government want to build a new dam in the 1950s?
A.To improve the area. B.To improve transportation.
C.To build a tourist attraction. D.To improve the environment.
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To protect the
temples and the
cultural relics
To build a new dam to develop its economy
Problem
Why?
How?
So what's the problems with the Nile?
The water level will rise so that the cultural heritage will be damaged. Right?
Ok, today we will learn a passage to know more about the problem. Pls turn to page 4.
③A 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.
④The 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.
Read Paras.3-4
How were the temples and other cultural sites saved?
1959
The government
turned to the UN for help.
The project started.
The first temple was moved.
The temples and cultural relics were being rescued.
The project was completed.
1960
1961
Over the next 20 years
1980
Solutions
time -consuming
Make a timeline
Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.
⑤When 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.
⑥The 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.
Read Paras.5-6
What is the result?
⑤When 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.
⑥The 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.
Read Para.5-6
What lesson can we learn?
3.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A. Easier said than done.
B. Well begun,half done.
C. Many hands make light work.
D. Actions speak louder than words.
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team spirit
In the 1950s,the Egyptian government wanted 1.________(build) a new dam across the Nile,2._____ led to protests.3._____(face) with the big challenge,the government had to turn to the United Nations for help.
A committee 4._______________(establish) to prevent the loss of cultural relics.They asked for contributions from different 5.___________(department) and raised funds within the international community.After investigating the issue and 6.__________(conduct) several tests,they made a proposal that temples and other cultural sites 7._________________(take) down piece by piece,and then moved and put back together in a place where they were safe from the water.
Over the next 20 years,thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 temples and 8._________(count) cultural relics and fifty countries donated nearly $80 million to the project.The project was 9._ great success and proved that big challenges can sometimes lead to great solutions.The countries learnt that 10.__ was possible for them to work together to build a better tomorrow
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to build
which
Faced
was established
departments
conducting
(should) be taken
Summary
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A lot of time and money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was worthwhile?
Why or why not?
Possible answer:
I think it was worthwhile to spend money in protecting the temples because their value is priceless in terms of cultural heritage.
Thinking
Thank You!
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