2013-2014英语课件：Module6《OldandNew》Pre-reading（外研版必修3）.ppt

1．Could you tell us some historical sites? Which one have you visited? 2．Is it dangerous when water rose to the maximum level at China‘s Three Gorges Dam?; Water rose to the maximum (最高的) level at Chinas Three Gorges Dam, driving electricity output to full capacity (生产量) at the worlds largest hydropower plant for the first time since it began operating. The dam is a ＄ 23 billion project on the upper reaches of China‘s longest river, the Yangtze River. It was built to end centuries of floods and to provide energy to fuel the country’s economic growth.; Construction of the 410-mile-long(660-kilometer-long) reservoir began in 1993 and it began storing water in 2003. Its water level hit its peak height of 175 meters at 9 am on Tuesday, according to project operator, the China Three Gorges Project Corp. The previous record was 172.8 meters (567 feet) set in 2008, the year when the generators began operating.; Company chairman Cao Guangjing called it a “historic milestone”. He said annual powergeneration would reach 84.7 billion kilowatt hours, which would enable the project to realize its function of power generation to the full. To reach that level, dam officials had begun holding back water in September. The water level will be kept at the current height for about two months and then be allowed to drop. In the future, the water level will be kept between 145 meters (476 feet) and 175 meters (574 feet), depending on flood control needs.; But that could carry risks. Last year, a Chinese magazine Caijing mentioned a government report that warned that rising water levels were increasing landslide risks as the soil around the dam became more unsettled. But expert Yan Echuan, part of an expert team hired by the government to assess(评估) geological risks of the project, said he didn‘t believe that keeping the water at the maximum level caused an increased danger since water levels had been as high as 172 meters (564