the three gorges

the Three Gorges

the Three Gorges Dam

A developing country builds a big dam toprovide electricity for its people and control a great river .Unless something is done, acultural relic will be lost. The government must decide whether or not to save the relic.

Pre—listening taskBackground knowledge about the Aswan Dam

the Aswan High Dam

the Nile River

the Aswan High Dam

Abu Simbel

While--listening

Listen for more information about

the Aswan Dam

while--listening

Listening for main ideas

Listen for the general idea without having to catch every word of the passage

Listening strategy

1.The Aswan Dam is the largest dam in the world. A. True B. False C. Not mentioned2. Abu Simbel is the most popular place for tourists who visit Egypt. A. True B. False C. Not mentioned3.The engineers decided to move the whole temple all together

and rebuilt above the water of the new lake. A. True B. False C. Not mentioned

While--listening

Listening for some details

Listen more carefully and try to take some notes while listening

Listening strategy

1.The Aswan Dam was completed in __________.2.After the dam was completed , the water in the lake behind the dam rose by ______ meters.3.It became necessary to move ________people from their villages.4.It took __________workers __________years to rebuild the temple, and the project was finished in __________.

Task 1: Numbers

1970

63

53,0001,900 4

1966

1.Why was the Aswan Dam built?

Reason 1.The dam was built to stop floods on the Nile River.Reason 2. It was built to give people more electricity.

2.What problem were there during the building of the dam?1).The water in the lake behind the dam rose.

2). 53,000people had to move from their villages.

3). Some temples were in danger for they would be covered by water.3. What problems did the engineers need to solve?

The engineers needed to find a way to move the relic to safety.

Task2: Questions

Post---listening

Discussion: Do you think it was worth spending so much money to move Abu Simbel?

Give a reason!

Read the letter of Ex. 2 on Page 7, pay attention to the patterns about giving opinions, and make sure if you agree with the writer.

Write a reply to Johann’s letter according to the requests in Part 1 on Page 7.

Model A:

Dear Johann,

I must say that I agree with you. If you find

, it should belong to you because ____________________________ .

Even if I lost something, I wouldn’t expect

______________ .Once I lost a _____ .I decided not to __________________ .

you are the person who found itsomething

to get it back ringlook for it too much

People need to understand that ______________________________________ .

Your letter helps me to remember that people

need to be careful with _____________ . Then they won’t need to worry about ____________ .So you see,Johann, I got two rewards: one I could ________________ and one I could _______________ .

Yours,

Hu Xiaomin

when they lose something they lose the right to own it.

their thingslosing them

give to otherslearn from

Dear Johann,

I must say that I don’t agree with you. Though you find __________,it does n’t mean it belongs to you.If you can find out who it belongs to,you should ____________. I am sure you would want someone to __________.Once I found a beautiful ___________. I wanted to ________.Then I remembered seeing one just like it in ________.I went to the __________ and found the __________to whom it belonged.__________was very _________to get it back and gave me some delicious apples.So you see,Johann,I got two rewards:one I could eat and one I could keep in my heart.

Dear Johann,

I must say that I don’t agree with you. Though you find something,it does n’t mean it belongs to you.If you can find out who it belongs to,you should try to return it. I am sure you would want someone to do the same for you.Once I found a beautiful picture. I wanted to keep it.Then I remembered seeing one just like it in an office.I went to the office and found the person to whom it belonged. The lady was very happy to get it back and gave me some delicious apples.So you see,Johann,I got two rewards:one I could eat and one I could keep in my heart.