Unit3Wordpower.ppt

1、,Word power,UNIT 3 BACK TO THE PAST,UNESCO World Heritage,Read the passage in the textbook and answer the questions.,1. What does UNESCO stand for?,It stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.,2. What are the three types of World Heritage Sites?,These sites are div

2、ided into three types: cultural heritage sites, natural heritage sites and mixed cultural and natural heritage sites.,Do you know about UNESCO? It is a United Nations organization. One of its functions is to protect important heritage sites all over the word. On the World Heritage List put ouy by UN

3、ESCO,alogether there are about 900 World Heritage sites,which are considered to have extraordinary value to human civilizations.,A,These sites are divided into three types:cultural heritage sites,natural heritage sites and mixed cultural and natural heritage sites. Take the ancient Roman city Pompei

4、i as an example. It is a cultural heritage site on the List. In China, Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province is a natural heritage site. Mount Tai and Mount Huang are mixed cultural and natural heritage sites. I visited these last three places when I was travelling in China last summer.,Do you know some Wo

5、rld Heritage sites in the world? If so, what are they?,Pompeii,The Great Wall,Yellowstone National Park,Mount Huang,Wulingyuan,The Classical Gardens of Suzhou,Xidi and Hongcun,Mount Tai,Cultural heritage sites: Pompeii, the Great wall, Ancient Villages in South Anhui Xidi and Hongcun Natural heritag

6、e sites: Yellowstone National Park, Jiuzhaigou Cultural heritage sites: Mount Huang, Mount Tai,Words related to archaeology,Archaeology is the study of a civilization by looking at things that remain from the time the civilization existed. This means that the things have to be carefully examined and

7、 studied, as they are often very old. The person who studies archaeology is an archaeologist. The area that is being studied is called an archaeological site.,A,Some words that can be used to describe what you do when you are studying a site include: brush dig discover explore remove record,B,Below

8、is an excerpt from an interview with Professor Zhang. Use the blue words from above to fill in the blanks. Do not forget to change the verbs to the correct form.,Archaeology is important to China. I became interested in this subject when I was a small child. I studied at Peking University and I have

9、 been an _ for thirty years. During these years I have had the chance to explore many different places in China and throughout the world. As you know, China has achieved a lot in archaeology in the past sixty years.,archaeologist,One of the great _discoveries over the last few years is the area of L

10、oulan. In 1980, I took part in _ the prserved body of a woman. We called her the Loulan Beauty. She had died more than 3,800 years before. Then in1998 we _ several other tombs.,archaeological,discovering,explored,You have to be very careful not to destroy anything you find, so you always need to remember to _ carefully and to_ away the dirt. You must_everything you find and never _ anything