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Unit1CulturalrelicsPeriod5Listeningandtalking````I.Warmingup1.WhereistheAswanHighDam?ItisinEgypt.2.WhatproblemsdidpeopleknowaboutbeforetheystartedtobuildtheAswanHighDam?53,000peoplewouldhavetobemovedfromtheirvillages.ManyimportantoldtemplesaroundtheAswanareawereindanger,andtheywouldbecoveredbythewaterofthenewlake.3.HowdidtheysolvetheproblemofAbuSimbel?Thewholetemplewasmovedstonebystoneandrebuiltabovethenewlake.````Lookatthefollowingkeywords.ThenlistentoPartAandfindoutwhathappenedwhenadamwasbuiltinEgypt.Numberthekeywordsasyouhearthem.AswanHighDamRiverNileAbuSimbelElectricitycoveredbywaterFloodsengineersUNESCOII.Listening12345671.What’sthetopicofthelisteningtext?A.AswanHighDamandRiverNile.B.AswanHighDamandAbuSimbel.C.RiverNileandAbuSimbel.2.HowmuchelectricitydoestheAswanHighDamprovideforEgypt?A.Half.B.Aquarter.C.Two-thirds.ListeningListentoPartAagainandchoosethebestanswerstothefollowingquestions.3.WhatwasoneofthemostseriousproblemswhiletheAswanHighDamwasbeingbuilt?A.ThereweremanytemplesalongtheRiverNile.B.Thegovernmentwasshortofmoney.C.Thebuilderswerelackofbuildingskills.4.WhenwasAbuSimbelbuilt?A.Inthe3rdcenturyBC.B.Inthe30thcenturyBC.C.Inthe13thcenturyBC.ListeningListeningListentoPartAagain.Thenanswerthefollowingquestioninpairs.WhydidAbuSimbelneedtobemovedandrebuilt?AbuSimbelneededtobemovedandrebuiltbecauseotherwiseitwouldhavebeencoveredbythewaterwhenthedamwascompleted.Lookatthefollowingkeywords.ThenlistentoPartBandnumberthekeywordsasyouhearthem.movethetemple1,900workersstonebystonemorethan$70,000,000worthrebuildin1966fouryearsListening123456781.TheengineersagreedtomoveAbuSimbelstonebystoneandbuiltitagain.2.Ittook1960workersfouryearstorebuildthetemple.3.RebuildingAbuSimbelcostmorethanseventeenmillionUSdollars.4.TheAswanHighDamwascompletedin1960.TFFF1,900seventy1966ListeningListentoPartBagain.Saywhichsentenceistrueandwhichoneisfalse.ListentoPartBagain.Thenanswerthefollowingquestioninpairs.ListeningHowdidtheengineerssolvetheproblemofAbuSimbel?Wasitsuccessful?Howdoyouknow?Theysolvedtheproblembymovingitstonebystoneandrebuildingitinanothersite.ItwasverysuccessfulbecausemanytouristscometovisittheAbuSimbelinitsnewsite.ThecostofmovingAbuSimbelwasmorethanseventymillionUSdollars,andittook1,900workersfouryearstorebuildthetemple.WasitworthrebuildingAbuSimbel?Workingroupsoffour.Discusswhetheryouagreewiththisactionandgiveyourreasons.III.DiscussingThereasonslistedheremayhelpyouinyourdiscussion.ReasonstoagreeIthinkitworthrebuildingtheAbuSimbelbecause•itbelongstoeverybody.•ithelpsustounderstandEgyptianhistory.…DiscussingReasonstodisagreeIdon’tthinkitworthrebuildingtheAbuSimbelbecause•itbelongstothepast.•itismoreimportanttobuildadamtoprovideelectricity.…DiscussingWritedownyourpointofviewinthediscussionandthereasonsyouprovided.IV.Homework