高中英语Module 6 Old and New 英语教学课件设计.pptVIP

7. Which of the following is NOT true about the Three Gorges Dam? A. It’s walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain. B. It is the third largest dam in the world. C. It’s nearly 200 meters high and 1.5 kilometers wide. D. It has cost more than any other construction project in history. 8. We can conclude from the passage that _______. A. generating electricity by water causes little pollution B. no towns and villages in the Three Gorges area were flooded C. all historical sites in the Three Gorges area are well protected D. many people living in the Three Gorges area didn’t like to leave 1. Why ______________________________? To control flooding and provide hydro- electric power. 2. How high __________________________? Two hundred metres. 3. How ______________________________? One and a half kilometres. 4. Who ______________________________? Sun Yat-sen. 5. How much _________________________? Three quarters. 6. How many _________________________? Four thousand. was the Three Gorges Dam built is the dam wide is the dam first suggested the idea (of a dam across the Yangtze River) of China’s energy is produced by burning coal villages were flooded when the dam was built Read the passage again and write questions for the answers. P53 ③ Every coin has two sides. Advantages Disadvantages 1) control flooding; 2) generate electricity; 3) improve navigation; 4) cleaner and cheaper energy 5) develop tourism; 1) cost lots of money; 2) flood towns villages; 3) make people move from their homes; 4) submerge historical relics Possible answers: Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he ___________ “walls of stone to __________ clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges”. Sun Yat-sen also suggested the idea of a dam _______ the Yangtze River in 1919.