【課件】Unit 1 Reading and Thinking 課件2022-2023學(xué)年高中英語人教版必修第二冊

1、Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and Thinking1. How did the cities change?Lead-inThey become more modern.There are more buildings and constructions, even skyscrapers.2. While cities are getting more modern, do you think government should protect history buildings?Lead-inRead the title and look at th

2、e photos. What do you think the text is about?Read and predict 1The title suggests the text is about and the pictures show some Egyptian culturesculpturetourist attractionhuge constructionHow?Scan the text for numbers and circle the numbers. 1950s, 1959, 1960, 1961, 20, thousands of, fifty, 22, 80,

3、1980Guess what these numbers mean. 2Read and thinkRead and thinkWords of timeAmount 1950sthe year of 1959the year of 1960the year of 1961over the next 20 yearsThe year of 1980today22 templesthousands of engineers and workersfifty countries$80 millionWhy does the author use exact numbers instead of e

4、xpressions like “a lot of”?Read the text again and answer the questions. 3Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam?How were the temples and other cultural sites saved?How long did it take to complete the project? Read and answerKey words for locating answerAnswers clue

5、 wordsbecause for doing, to do, sincemovement or activities people donumber + yearsWhy did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam?They want to control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area to help economic development. Read and answer2. Ho

6、w were the temples and other cultural sites saved?They were taken down piece by piece and moved to other places where they would be safe from the water.Read and answer3. How long did it take to complete the project? The project took 20 years to complete.Scripts:In 1961, German engineers moved the fi

7、rst temple. Over the next 20 years, thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics.Read and answerWhat is a timeline?Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.2. time3. event1. A

8、 line and arrows indicating developmentReading strategyComplete the timeline with the information from the text.Make a timeline 4Tips: read verbs and sequence words carefully.1959The government asks the UN for help.The first temple is moved.The temples and cultural relics are being rescued.The proje

9、ct is completed.1961Over the next 20 years1980Make a timelineP1: challengeP2: proposal led to protestsP3: committee establishedP4: brought together P4: brought together P5: successP6: spirit According to the timeline, think about key words in each paragraphWhat should we exactly do to implement a pr

10、oject after reading the passage?Discuss in pairsWhat should we exactly do to implement a project?InvestigationsTestsProposalsImplementationsScripts: Experts investigated the issue, conducted several tests and then made a proposal for how to save the buildings. Discuss in pairsproposal n. 提議，建議 make

11、a proposal 提出建議 proposal of marriage 求婚e.g. a proposal for/of uniting the two companies Various proposals were put forward for increasing sales. Key wordslikely adj. 可能的 adv.可能地 be likely to do sth. unlikely; possibly/ probably/ expectedlye.g. Shes very likely to ring me tonight. investigate v. 調(diào)查，研

12、究 investigation n.調(diào)查，研究e.g. Scientists are investigating to find out the cause of the crash/are investigating how the crash occurred.The murder case is under investigation at the moment.Key wordsissue n. 重要問題，爭論的問題 v. 宣布，公布e.g. raise a new issue Whats at issue here is the whole future of the industr

13、y. The minister issued a statement to the press.Key wordsconduct/kndkt/ n. 行為，舉止；管理辦法 /kndkt/ v. 組織；安排；帶領(lǐng)conduction (n.)- conductive (adj.)- conductor (n.)e.g. the rules of conduct I asked the attendant to conduct him to the door/conduct him out.Key wordsComplete the report 5Cairo, 16 March, 1956In

14、a speech today, a scientist gave her view on the new _. She said that _ is important and our area needs economic _ as well. But she added, “We should not accept the project if it puts our cultural _ in danger. We must protect the _ and make sure that no _ is done.” Before she ended her speech, the s

15、cientist suggested that we need to _ a committee of experts to _ the cultural heritage and _ it from being harmed.Complete the news report with the correct forms of the words in the box. Then suggest a suitable title.Titlen.n.n.n.n.n.v.v.v.Cairo, 16 March, 1956In a speech today, a scientist gave her

16、 view on the new _. She said that _ is important and our area needs economic _ as well. But she added, “We should not accept the project if it puts our cultural _ in danger. We must protect the _ and make sure that no _ is done.” Before she ended her speech, the scientist suggested that we need to _

17、 a committee of experts to _ the cultural heritage and _ it from being posalprogressdevelopmentheritagetemplesdamageestablishpreservepreventScientist Says Progress Shouldnt Damage Cultural HeritageComplete the reportKey wordswhowhatopinionWhat: topic wordsConflictsA right balanceGiving in

18、or compromising Detailed proposals and plansProblems Solutions e.g.The new VS The oldSeeking for helpCooperating with othersSummaryDiscuss in groupsWhat were the solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam?A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was worthwhile? Why or

19、 why not?Why do you think so many countries contributed funds and offered help to the Egyptian project?Discuss one or more of the questions below in groups. 6Objective questionsubjective questionreason + exampleWhat were the solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam?The solutions to the problem of building the Aswan Dam were to ask for contributions from different departments and for experts to investigate and conduct tests leading to a proposal to save the ancient buildings.Discuss in groups2. A lot of money was spent to protect