高中英语 Unit1《Cultural relics》Listening and speaking 新人教版必修2.ppt

;Going to hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room.;;Hello, I’m Hans Braun, an old German sailor. During the war my ship was at Konigsberg. One night I was told to help our soldiers put some big wooden boxes onto my ship. They were very heavy and the soldiers said they were full of treasure. The ship went out to sea. On our voyage, our ship was attacked and sank. Almost everyone died. I had to swim three kilometers before I was saved by a German ship. Nobody had time to save the boxes. They must still be buried in the sand. Now a group of people who are searching for the Amber Room have asked me to help them find the ship. ;;Part B: Anna Petorv’s story;Speaking;;I think / don’t think that… Sorry, I agree / don’t agree with you. In my opinion… It can be proved. That can’t be true. I don’t believe…because… I think…is telling the truth because…;A developing country builds a big dam to provide electricity for its people and control a great river. Unless something is done, a cultural relic will be lost. The government must decide whether or not to save the relic.;Background knowledge about the Aswan Dam;the Aswan High Dam;;Abu Simbel;the Aswan High Dam;Before you listen to the tape discuss with your partner the advantages and disadvantages of building a dam. ;Answer key to Exercise 2:;Part A The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is one of the biggest dams in the world. It provides half of Egypt’s electricity. However. It caused problems while it was being built. There were many temples along the River Nile. It was clear that when the dam was finished many of them would be covered by water. One of the most important of these temples is Abu Simbel, which was built in the 13th century BC. It is made of rock and at the entrance there are four large stone persons, each twenty metres high. Nobody wanted the beautiful temple of Abu Simbel to disappear but they needed the dam. Finally, the engineers of UNESCO studied the problem and found a way to rescue the t