b3m6 b3 the_three_gorges_dam.ppt

Module 6 Old and New The Three Gorges Dam The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure ever built. The original wall was 6,300 kilometers long. Most of the Great Wall dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Today, the eastern end of the wall is at Shanhaiguan. In the west, the wall ends near the town of Jiayuguan. Hong Kong International Airport At the time it was built, Chek Lap Kok (Chi Lajiao) Airport in Hong Kong was the biggest civil engineering project of all time. It took six years to build and cost US ＄20 billion. The terminal building is the largest covered space in the world. The airport is within five hours’ flying time of half the world’s population and is designed to accommodate 80 million passengers a year. The Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydro-electric dam in the world, more than 1.5 kilometers wide across the Yangtze River, the world’s third longest river. Its reservoir is more than 500 kilometers long. 才饮长沙水 又食武昌鱼 万里长江横渡 极目楚天舒 不管风吹浪打 胜似闲庭信步 今日得宽余 子在川上曰：逝者如斯夫 　　 风樯动 龟蛇静 起宏图 一桥飞架南北 天堑变通途 更立西江石壁 截断巫山云雨 高峡出平湖 神女应无恙 当惊世界殊 《水调歌头·游泳》 lead-in: Dreams come true!!!! “walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges” -- Mao Zedong Information about the Three Gorges Dam : Reading The Moya cliff carvings Read para.4 and 5 and then Fill in the blanks The reservoir has flooded 2 _____, 11 ______, 140 ______ and more than 4000 _______. And it has flooded some of China’s most famous _____________ and __________ about 800 historical relics . Some of them are being _________ and some are being put into museum . First one to suggest the idea Reason Benefit ___________, the _______ of the 1911 __________. _______ of China’s ________ is produced by ____________, which causes serious____________ and increases __