Unit 1 Period 5 Listening and talking 课件.pptVIP

Unit 1 Cultural relics Period 5 Listening and talking ```` I. Warming up Where is the Aswan High Dam? It is in Egypt. 2. What problems did people know about before they started to build the Aswan High Dam? 53,000 people would have to be moved from their villages. Many important old temples around the Aswan area were in danger, and they would be covered by the water of the new lake. 3. How did they solve the problem of Abu Simbel? The whole temple was moved stone by stone and rebuilt above the new lake. ```` Look at the following key words. Then listen to Part A and find out what happened when a dam was built in Egypt. Number the key words as you hear them. Aswan High Dam River Nile Abu Simbel Electricity covered by water Floods engineers UNESCO II. Listening 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 What’s the topic of the listening text? A. Aswan High Dam and River Nile. B. Aswan High Dam and Abu Simbel. C. River Nile and Abu Simbel. 2. How much electricity does the Aswan High Dam provide for Egypt? A. Half. B. A quarter. C. Two-thirds. Listening Listen to Part A again and choose the best answers to the following questions. 3. What was one of the most serious problems while the Aswan High Dam was being built? A. There were many temples along the River Nile. B. The government was short of money. C. The builders were lack of building skills. 4. When was Abu Simbel built? A. In the 3rd century BC. B. In the 30th century BC. C. In the 13th century BC. Listening Listening Listen to Part A again. Then answer the following question in pairs. Why did Abu Simbel need to be moved and rebuilt? Abu Simbel needed to be moved and rebuilt because otherwise it would have been covered by the water when the dam was completed. Look at the following key words. Then listen to Part B and number the key words as you hear them. move the temple 1,900 workers stone by stone more than $70,000,000 worth rebuild in 1