Aswan Dam.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * Lesson 90 Aswan Dam Questions about water: What is the use of water? 2. Where can you find water? Some information about a dam: A dam is a wall or a bank built to keep back water. 63 metres dam water level the Nasser Lake: Question : Why was the temple in danger ? Because when the dam was finished ,the temple would be covered by the new lake . problems size reasons to build Aswan High Dam 1. The Nile River used to flood. 2. Electricity can now be made. 3830 metres long 980 metres wide at the base 40 metres wide at the top 1. About 53,000 people would leave this area. 2. Some temples were in danger. Grammar points: Around the area of Aswan there are a lot of important old temples, which date from about 1250 BC. * date from : from a period of time in the past Our school dates from ... Guangzhou dates from ... e.g: The High dam dates from ... 2. These temples were in danger because most of them would be covered by water. If … the dam will be in danger. If … the coal mines will be in danger. If … we will be in danger. ?