高中英语必修二 1.2 Reading and Thinking -2021-2022学年高一英语单元同步优质课件

1、READING AND THINKINGTeaching key points1 23Read quickly to grasp the main idea and the structure of this passage;Guide students to learn to use the reading strategy-making a timeline; Understand the importance and necessity of the protectionoftheculturalheritage;warming upwarming upThe Pyramid Egypt

2、 warming upMogao Caveswarming upthe Terracotta Army warming up the Great Wallwarming up the Great WallHeritage includes the traditional beliefs, values, costumes, etc. of our family, country or society, Something existing from the past, or has been passed down from previous generations, it continues

3、 to be important.You must heard of Three GorgesDam of China. However, have you heard about the Aswan Dam of Egypt?Three GorgesDamAswan Damwarming up On July 21, 1970, engineers completed theAswanDamin southernEgypt. TheAswanDamwas an extremely large project, lasting more than 10 years and costing mo

4、re than a billion dollars.Cultural corner The AswanDamcontrols the flow (泛滥) of the Nile River. Thedamprotects people living near the banks of theNilefrom both floods and drought. It also provides electricity used in homes, schools, businesses, and hospitalsthroughoutEgypt.Watch the videoWhat do you

5、 learn from the video?Pre-readingLook at the two pictures.What are they telling us? Read the title and look at the photos. What do you think the text is about?The title suggests the text is about how people have solved problems, because they are going “from” the problems “to” solutions. The pictures

6、 show some ancient statues. They might be from Egypt. The large faces look as though they have been moved from where they first were. Perhaps the problem is related to this. Scan the text for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean. While readingIn the 1950sin 1959in 1960 Scan the text

7、for numbers. Circle the numbers and guess what they mean. While readingIn 196120 years2250801980What are the key words in each paragraph?While readingParagraph 1 :Paragraph 2 :Paragraph 3 :Paragraph 4 :Paragraph 5:Paragraph 6 :challengeproposal led to protestscommittee establishedbrought togethersuc

8、cessspirit1. Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam?2. How were the temples and other cultural sites saved? 3. How long did it take to complete the project?They wanted to control floods and bring electricity and water to more farmers in the area to help economic deve

9、lopment.They were taken down piece by piece and moved to other places where they would be safe from the water. The project took 20 years to complete.While readingRead the text again and answer the questions.Complete the timeline with the information from the text. While-reading1950The government ask

10、s the UN for help1960The project starts.1961The first temple is moved20 .The temples and cultural relics are being rescued.1980The project is completed.electricitytemplesSolutionfundstestsdocument向求助n.贡献,捐款n.基金;专款v.调查Fill in the blanks according to the text.Fill in the blanks according to the text.s

11、afefuturepossibilityglobalMatch the following events with their purposes.Events1.The government asked the United Nations for help.2.The experts investigated the issue and conducted tests.3.The temples were taken down piece by piece.4.The UNESCO runs a programme.PurposesA.To make a proposal for how t

12、o save the buildings.B.To prevent world cultural heritage sites from disappearing.C.To build a new dam without destroying cultural relics.D.To move the temples to a safe place.CADBComplete the news report with the correct forms of the words in the box.Then suggest a suitable title. Post-reading _Cai

13、ro, 16 March, 1956In 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 ende

14、d her speech, the scientist suggested that we need to _ a committee of experts to _ the cultural heritage and _ it from being harmed. proposalprogressheritage templesdamageestablishpreservepreventDevelopment: Economic DevelopmentdevelopmentHow to balance economic development and cultural heritage p_

15、 can be a complex problem.In Egypt the p_ of building the Aswan Dam met with p_ for fear of d_ the temples and cultural relics. The government t_ to the UN for help and e_ a committee to prevent the l_ of cultural heritage and raise f_ internationally. Thanks to the hard work of the g_ community, th

16、e project was completed successfully with the countrys cultural heritage tectionproposalprotestsdamagingturnedestablishedlossfundsglobalSummary让步；屈服 _保持平衡 _导致 _提出建议 _向求助 _阻止；不要 _向捐赠 _确保；设法保证 _give way to keep balance lead to make a proposal turn to preventfrom donateto make sureSummary根

17、据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子。1. We must not _ _ _ _ _ (对他们的要求让步).2. Try to _ _ _ (保持平衡) between work and play.3. This kind of discussion will certainly _ _ (导致) greater differences between the two parties.4. The committee has _ _ _ (提出建议) to reduce the loss. give way to theirdemandskeep a balancelead tomade a pr

18、oposalExercises5. Jenny couldnt solve the problem, so she had to _ _ _ _ _ (向她的数学老师求助).6. Visitors _ _ _ _ (不准触碰) the cultural relics.7. The businessman _ _ _ _ _ (捐赠很多钱) to the reserve last year.8. My brother _ _ (确保) that all the lights are off before he goes to bed.9. _ _ _ (是值得做的) protect cultur

19、al heritages.turnare prevented from touchingdonated a lot ofmakes sureIts worthwhile toto her maths teachermoneyDiscuss one or more of the questions below in groups.What were the solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam?A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was w

20、orthwhile? Why or why not?Why do you think so many countries contributed funds and offered help to the Egyptian project?DiscussionDiscussion1. What were the solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam? The solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam were to ask for contributions from different departments and for experts to investigate