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课件网) Module 6 Old and New The Three Gorges Dam 必修三 Lead-in: Enjoy a video about the Yangtze River. Have you been to The Three Gorges Dam Reading and Vocabulary I. Listen to the recording of the text , and match the paragraphs with their general ideas. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 advantages disadvantages brief introduction 水调歌头·游泳 才饮长沙水，又食武昌鱼。万里长江横渡，极目楚天舒。不管风吹浪打，胜似闲庭信步，今日得宽余，子在川上曰：逝者如斯夫！ 风樯动，龟蛇静，起宏图。一桥飞架南北，天堑变通途。更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖。神女应无恙，当惊世界殊。 Great Grand Magnificent T F II. Read the passage aloud and decide the following statements are true or false. 1. Mao Zedong once dreamed that there would be a great dam to harness the power of the Yangtze River. 2. The three Gorges Dam will provide enough hydro-electric power for the whole country. the central region of China T F 3.The dam will generate a lot of electricity causing much less air pollution. 4. A large number of historical relics have been damaged because of the dam. About 800 III. Read the text and then choose the best answers. 1. Who dreamed of harnessing the power of the Yangtze River A. Sun Yat-sen B. Mao Zedong C. Deng Xiaoping D. A great designer B 2. How many tons of coal was used for heating and generating electricity in 1993 A. 1.2 billion B. 20 billion C. 40 billion D. About 800 billion A 3. What problem does burning coal cause Air pollution. Increasing global warming. Destroying the balance of nature. Both A and B. D 4. Which of the following famous historical sites is NOT mentioned in the passage A. The Qu Yuan Temple. B. The Han Watchtower. C. The Grand Canal. D. The Moya Cliff carving. C 1. Why_____ To control flooding and provide hydro- electric power. 2. How high_____ Two hundred meters. 3. How_____ One and a half kilometers. IV. Read the passage carefully and write questions for the answers. P53 was the Three Gorges Dam built is the dam wide is the dam 4. Who first_____ _____ Sun Yat-sen. 5. How_____ _____ Three quarters. 6. How_____ _____ Four thousand. suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River much of China’s energy is produced by burning coal many villages were flooded when the dam was built Mao Zedong wrote a poem _____ he dreamed of “walls of stone to _____ clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges”. Now his dream has _____. The Three Gorges Dam, _____ is the biggest construction project in China ____ the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, has been completed now. The dam is nearly 200 metres ____ and 1.5 kilometres ____. in which hold back come true which since high wide V. Retell and fill in blanks Sun Yat-sen, ____ was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first _____ the idea of a dam _____ the Yangtze River in 1919. Three quarters of China’s energy is produced by _____ coal. _____ burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases _____ warm ... ...
