吉林省东辽县第一高级中学高三英语复习课件：lesson 90 ASWAN DAM.pptVIP

* Lesson 90 ASWAN DAM 东辽一中 程玉娟 ASWAN DAM Lesson 90 东辽一中 程玉娟 Questions What are the three of the biggest man-made projects in the world? z xxk The Great Wall The pyramid The Aswan Dam The Aswan Dam The Pyramid and the Aswan Dam are both in Egypt. T The Aswan Dam was completed in___. A.1790 B.1970 C.1070 The Aswan Dam is the biggest in the world.It is about 5000 kilometres long. z xxk F Were there any questions after people built the dam ? Yes,there were. The River Nile used to flood the Pyramids. F The Aswan Dam formed by itself. F Now the waters of the Nile can run regularly the whole year. About 20-50% of the electricity which Egypt needs is made from coal. F T The base of the Aswan High Dam is wider than its top. z xxk T The old temples are very important,which has a long history. T Because Abu Simbel was difficult to rescue,the engineers decide to give up the rescue of Abu Simbel. T P1 Three of the biggest _____projects in the world are _____of China,the Pyramids of ____ and ______Dam,___ is also in Egypt. Man-made The great wall Egypt The Aswan High which P2 Reasons 1 The Nile used to flood, destroyed. The new dam control,so that,they run regularly. 2 electricity, made from the water.20-50% ,produced from this dam. Why was the Aswan High Dam built? Before they began___the dam.There __ __ __several problems.___the dam ,the water level of the lake was going to rise__ metres.__ would be necessary __ ___53000 people ___their village. Also,__ the Aswan Dam,there are important old z xxk___,which__from 1250 BC.They were __ __.__the dam was finished,many of them would be___by the ___ of the new lake. One__ __important temples__ __was the one__Abu Simbel.It was__in the rock and had four large__ __,each of __ was __metres high.___studied the problem and __several different plans __ __the temple. reasons to build size problems 1. The Nile River used to flood. 2. Electricity can now be made. 3830 metres long 980 metres wide at the base 40 metr