Module6OldandNewReadingandVocabularyTheThreeGorgesDam.ppt

Old and New;The airport is situated in Hong Kong. It was the biggest civil engineering project of all time.;the longest man-made structure ever built;;The Three Gorges;Baidi City;;;Generate electricity;A hydro-electric power station is under construction .;The Three Gorges Dam; Match ideas with each part;1.What’s the dream of Mao Zedong? 2.What is the purpose of building the Three Gorges Dam ? 3.What is the size of the Three Gorges Dam ? ;;;Decide if the sentences are true or false.;4. Site is another word for location. 5. A temple is a place of great importance to Buddhists. ;Careful-reading;Read Para. 1 and 2 and finish the chart.;Mao Zedong wrote a poem _______ he dreamed of “walls of stone to _________ clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges”. Now his dream has _________. The Three Gorges Dam, _____ is the biggest construction project in China ____ the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, has been completed now. The dam is nearly 200 meters ____ and 1.5 kilometers ____.;Read para3 and then choose the best answers.;2. How many tons of coal was used for heating and generating electricity in 1993? A. 1.2 billion B. 20 billion C. 40 billion D. About 800 billion ;3. What problem does burning coal cause? Air pollution. Increasing global warming. Destroying the balance of nature. Both A and B.;4. Which of the following famous historical sites is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. The Qu Yuan Temple. B. The Han Watchtower. C. The Grand Canal. D. The Moya Cliff carving.;Sun Yat-sen, ____ was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first ________ the idea of a dam ______ the Yangtze River in 1919. Three quarters of China’s energy is produced by _______ coal. _____________ burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases ______ warming.;Read Para. 4 / 5 and judge T or F.;Discussion;Homework. Read the text carefully again and find out the words and sentences that you don’t quite understand.;Thank you for your a