2017_2018学年高中英语Module6OldandNewSectionⅠIntroductionamp;ReadingPre_reading教学案外研版必修.docVIP

Module 6 Old and New Section Ⅰ Introduction amp; Reading Pre-reading China is celebrating the completion of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest project that has been a dream of Chinese leaders since the early 20th century. It is 185 meters high and able to produce enough electricity. People have called it an engineering wonder of the world. The Three Gorges Dam, which stretches across the Yangtze River in Central China?s Hubei Province, has been completed nine months ahead of schedule, after 13 years of work, and an expenditure (支出) of $25 billion. It was the Chinese Nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen who, in 1919, first conceived (构想) the idea of a giant dam to control the Yangtzes devastating (毁灭性的) annual floods. In recent years, the push to build a dam has been driven by more modern economic considerations. With Chinas rapidly growing economy, China badly needs more power. The government says the dam will go some way toward solving the country?s energy shortage. Environmentalists, however, have suggested that the reservoir that will be created could become a giant cesspool (污水坑), as untreated waste from nearby cities or chemicals from factories build up. Section_ⅠIntroduction Reading — Pre-reading [原文呈现] The Three Gorges① Dam② “Walls of stone to hold back③ clouds and rain” Mao Zedong wrote a poem ④in which he dreamed of⑤“walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises⑥ in the narrow⑦ gorges”. Now his dream has come true⑧. The power of the Yangtze River, which is the world’s third longest river⑨，has been harnessed⑩ by the Three Gorges Dam. The Three Gorges Dam, which is the biggest construction project in China since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal?， has been built to control flooding and provide hydro-electric power for the central region? of China. The dam is nearly 200 metres high and 1.5 kilometres wide. It is the largest hydro-electric power station and dam in the world and has cost more than any