M9U2Period1Reading.doc

M9U2 Period 1 Reading (语言感知课)【Teaching aims and demands:】1. To get students to know the general history of Acropolis, the damage done to the Acropolis and the ways undertaken to preserve this historic site.2. To improve students ability of reading comprehension.Activity 1 .Step 1: Lead-inLets enjoy some pictures, which country or city can you think of when seeing the pictures?Have you ever been there? Then do you know what the greatest symbol of Athens is?Step 2: Fast reading for general ideasGo through the passage as quickly as possible and find answers to the three questions in Part A. Step 4. Scan the text and complete the task-based reading（任务型阅读）The (1)_ the ancient Greek made to Western CivilizationThey made many (2)_ in various fields.The (3)_of Athens- Acropolis(4)_ of its constructionTo (5)_ Athens, the goddess of Athens(6)_ of damage done to itNatural forcesManPollutionBad (7)_(8)_ taken to protect it(9)_ poor repair workProtecting the marble from air pollutionRemoving statues from the open air and (10)_ them in a protected museumUndertaking important educational workStep 5. Read the text carefully and finish the following task-based readingEducational work is being (10) _ to prevent the Acropolis being damaged.ProtectionIn 1458, the Turks (2) _ the Greeks and used the Parthenon to store gunpowder.An attack from Italy destroyed a large part of the building in 1687, and the damage was mainly caused by a huge (3) _.In 1816, many of the best sculpture were (4) _ to the British Museum.The Greek government started to make (5) _ to repair the Acropolis in 1835 and unsuccessful construction (6) _ over 100 years.Millions of people visiting the Acropolis caused damages unintentionally and intentionally, (7) _ industrial pollution.By (8) _ _a committee , the Greek government began to help repair the Acropolis in 1975.The Acropolis was (9) _ as a World Heritage site in 1987.Historical eventsThe Acropolis was built at a high (1) _ above Athens in honor of Athena 26 centuries ago.General informationActivity 2 Reading Comprehension（09 安徽，C） Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. For example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, you need large, flat, black surfaces. One way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings. But why go to all that trouble when cities are rub of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt (柏油) roads? Ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of Arian de Bondt, a Dutch engineer. He finally persuaded his boss to follow it up. The result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside. The heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes. Most of them ran from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt road. Some, however, dive deep into the ground. When the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes. At a depth of 100 metres lies a natural aquifer (蓄水层) into which several heat exchangers (交换器) have been built. The hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warning the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe. The aquifer is thus used as a heat store. In winter, the working system is changed slightly. Water is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer. This water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up. After performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice.1. Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs? A. Arian de Bondt got his idea from his boss. B. Large, flat, black surfaces need to be built in cities.C. The Dutch engineers system has been widely used.D. Heat can also be collected from asphalt roads.2. For what purpose are the diving pipes used? A. To absorb heat from the sun. B. To store heat for future use.C. To turn solar energy into heat energy. D. To carry heat down below the surface.3. From the last paragraph we can learn that _. A. some pipes have to be re-arranged in winter B. the system can do more than warming up the building C. the exchangers will pick up heat from the street surface D. less heat may be collected in winter than in summer Keep these paraphrases in mind1.have an impact on: have an effect / influence on2.be responsible for: to be in chare of, to be cause of3.associate with to link with4.in honour of in memory of, showing respect5.occur to take place or happen, to come into mind6.on display on show7.carry out to put into practice10.defeat win against sb in a war11. in a gesture to in order to Step II Important phrases1. make advances in 2. be aware of3. have an impact / influence / effect on 4. be responsible for5. in particular 6. associate with.: 7. in honor of 8 a 13-metre-high gold- covered statue9. It is convenient for sb. to do sth. 10. throughout history11. be no different 12. seiz