高中英语_The Three Gorges Dam教学课件设计.ppt

Teaching aims: 1. To improve the students’ reading skills. 2. To learn important words, phrases and sentences 3. To know the advantages and disadvantages of building The Three Gorges Dam Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges. 更立西江石壁, 截断巫山云雨, 高峡出平湖。 Match the paragraphs with their general ideas. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 advantages disadvantages introduction (介绍，简介) Fast reading Careful reading: Part 1(Para1-2) Aim(目的) size cost to control flooding and provide hydro-electric power 200 metres high, 1.5 kilometres wide It has cost more than any other construction project in history. Read para3 and answer the following three questions: 1.Who first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River and when? 2.How much coal did China use for heating and generating electricity in 1993? 3. Which is a better way to generate electricity, burning coal or using the Three Gorges Dam? Sun Yat-sen in 1919. Using the Three Gorges Dam 1.2 billion tons of coal The reservoir has flooded many places. More than a million people who moved from their homes live an unhappy life now. 3.The Three Gorges project has flooded some famous historical sites. 4.About 800 historical relics which have been submerged disappeared forever. True or False. a happy new life Some of them have been removed and some have been put into museums. The Three Gorges dam, the biggest 1___________ (construct) project, has been built 2___________ (control) flooding and provide hydro-electric power for the central region of China. The dam is the 3___________(large) hydro-electric power station and dam in the world, and 4_______ has cost more than any other construction project in history. The dam will generate electricity equal 5______ about 40 million tons of coal without 6______(cause) so much air 7________ (pollute). T