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;A developing country builds a big dam to provide electricity for its people and control a great river. Unless something is done, a cultural relic will be lost. The government must decide whether or not to save the relic.;Background knowledge about the Aswan Dam;the Aswan High Dam;滴谗督邵嫁建晒卡侠夫孔蹄亨条削烧劳潦挂厚聪烫丛加汛曹竟浦瘟氏儒雅WorkbookWorkbook;Abu Simbel;the Aswan High Dam;Before you listen to the tape discuss with your partner the advantages and disadvantages of building a dam. ;Now Listen to Part A and find out what happened when a dam was built in Egypt. Number the key words as you hear them.;Part A The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is one of the biggest dams in the world. It provides half of Egypt’s electricity. However. It caused problems while it was being built. There were many temples along the River Nile. It was clear that when the dam was finished many of them would be covered by water. One of the most important of these temples is Abu Simbel, which was built in the 13th century BC. It is made of rock and at the entrance there are four large stone persons, each twenty metres high. Nobody wanted the beautiful temple of Abu Simbel to disappear but they needed the dam. Finally, the engineers of UNESCO studied the problem and found a way to rescue the temple.;Listen to Part B and number the key words as you hear them.;Part B The engineers agreed to move Abu Simbel temple stone by stone and build it again above the waters of the dam. It took 1900 workers four years to rebuild the temple in the 1960s. It cost more than seventy million US dollars. However, It was worth it. The Aswan High Dam was finished in 1966. Ever since then Abu Simbel has been one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. It is still in a quiet and beautiful place which visitors are glad to visit.;Why did Abu Simbel need to be moved and rebuilt?;How did the engineers solve the problem? Was it successful? How do you know?;Discussion: Do you think it was worth spending so much money to move Abu Simbel? Give a re