Unit-1-Cultural-Heritage-Period-2-Reading-and-Thin

Unit1CulturalHeritagePeriod2ReadingandThinkingFromProblemstoSolutionsLookatthetwophotosandthetitle,guesswhatthetextismainlyabout.Title:FromproblemstosolutionsKeys:Thetextisaboutsomeproblemsaboutsomeculturalrelicsandthesolutionstotackletheproblems.Readquicklyandfigureoutthekeywordsofeachparagraph.Paragraph1:challengeParagraph2:proposalledtoprotestsParagraph3:committeeestablishedParagraph4:broughttogetherParagraph5:successParagraph6:spiritReadagainandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.WhydidtheEgyptiangovernmentwanttobuildanewdaminthe1950s?Tobenefittheareabycontrolfloods,producingelectricity,andsupplyingwatertomorefarmersinthearea.2.Whydidthebuildingofthedamleadtoprotests?Itwilldamagetheculturalrelics.3.Howdidthegovernmentsavetheculturalrelics?Bymovingthemtoasafeplace.4.Whichonecandescribetheproject?A.Successful.B.Negative.C.Useless.D.Doubtful.5.WhatcanbelearnedfromtheAswanDamproject?Thecooperationcansolvedifficultproblems.Readmorecarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatdo“problems”refertoandwhatdo“solutions”referto?Problems:locals’protestsagainstbuildinganewdamacrosstheNile.Solutions:limitdamagetotheEgyptianbuildingsandpreventthelossofculturalrelics.2.Findoutthenumbersinparagraphfourandexplainwhytheauthorusedexactnumbersinsteadofexpressionslikemany.Numbers:1961;20;22;fifty;80Purpose:tomaketheinformationmoreconcrete,andricher,andmoreimportantly,tomakeitmorepersuasiveandconcise.3.Whatcanyouinferfrom“Overthenext20years,thousandsofengineersandworkersrescued22templesandcountlessculturalrelics”?Theprojectissohardthatittakes20yearstofinishit.4.Whatcanyouinferfrom“Fiftycountriesdonatednearly80milliontotheproject”?Theprojectcostalotofmoney.Marycountriesparticipatedintherescueanditistheirteamworkthathassavedthetemples.5.Beforethebuildingofthedam,whatproblemsdidtheNileriverbringtotheEgyptians?Floodsanddroughts;notenoughelectricity.6.Whatwordscanyouthinkoftodescribetheworkingprocessoftheproject?Hard,tough,complicated,amazing,excellent.Title:FromproblemstosolutionsPart1(paragraph1)TheintroductionofthetopicKeepingtherightbalancebetweenprogressandthe(1)_________ofculturalsitesisabigchallenge.protectionDividethepassageintothreepartsandthenfillintheblanks.Title:FromproblemstosolutionsPart2(paragraphs2-5)Theprocessof(1)______culturalrelics·Bigchallengescansometimesleadtogreat(2)________.·TheEgyptiangovernmentwantedtobuildanewdam,whichwould(3)_______manyculturalrelics.·Thegovernment(4)________theUNforhelp.·Expertsmadea(5)________forhowtosaveculturalrelicsafteralotofeffortsandtheworkbegan.·Culturalrelicswere(6)__________andmovedtoasafeplace.·Countlessculturalrelicswererescued.·Theprojectwasa(7)_______.Part3(paragraph6)ThesummaryofthetextTheglobalcommunitycansometimes(8)_______asolutiontoadifficultproblemforasingle(9)______.savingsolutionsdamageturnedtoproposaltakendownsuccessprovidenationIthinkalthoughtheconstructionisimportant,thegovernmentshouldalsomakeanefforttoprotecttheculturalrelics.Whentheydisappear,theywon’tcomebackandwilllosetheirvalue.Thegovernmentshouldkeeptherightbalancebetweentheconstructionandtheprotectionofthem.1.Howtodealwiththeconstructionandtheprotectionofculturalrelics?2.Asstudents,whatshouldwedotoprotectourculturalrelics?Weshouldknowmoreaboutculturalrelicsinourcountryanddosomethingwecantoprotecttheculturalrelics.Forexample,wecanspreadtheknowledgeofculturalrelicsandpromotetheawarenessoftheprotectionofthem.Abigchallenge—thebalancebetweenprogressandtheprotectionofculturalsites.TheoutlineofthepassageIntroducethetopic：Listtheevidence：ConclusionInthe1950sthegovernmentwantedtobuildanewdam.In1959,thegovernmentaskedtheUNforhelp.In1960,theprojectstarted/began.In1961thefirsttemplewasmoved.Overthenexttwentyyears,thetemplesandculturalrelicswerebeingrescued.In1980,theprojectwascompleted/ended.ThespiritoftheAswanDamprojectisstillalivetoday.