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课件网) Module6 Old and New (Reading) The Three Gorges Dam Qutang Gorge Wu Gorge Xiling Gorge Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he dreamed of “walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.” 毛泽东 更立西江石壁 截断巫山云雨 高峡出平湖 -1956《水调歌头-游泳》 The Three Gorges Dam Now his dream has come true. Think and talk about the Three Gorges Dam 2. Practise our listening skills 3. Master the main words and expressions Teaching Aims words cliff dam gorge hydro-electric reservoir carving construction dream submerge canal relic(s) historical site generate harness energy poem watchtower 淹没 悬崖 大坝 峡谷 水力发电的 水库 雕刻 建筑 梦；梦想 运河 遗迹；遗物 历史的 场所；遗址 发（电） 利用 能源 诗 望台 Listening Mao Zedong wrote a _____in which he _____“walls of stone to _____ clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.” Now his dream has _____. The power of the Yangtze River, which is the world’s third longest river, has been _____ by the Three Gorges Dam. (Para1) dreamed of hold back come true poem harnessed Listening The Three Gorges Dam, which is the biggest _____ project in China since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, has been built to _____flooding and_____hydro-electric power ____the central region of China. The dam is nearly ____ meters high and ___ kilometers wide. It is the largest hydro-electric _____and dam in the world and has cost more than any other construction project in the world and has cost more than any other construction project in history. (Para2) construction control provide 200 1.5 power station for Sun Yat-sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea of a dam _____ the Yangtze River in 1919. _____of China’s energy is produced by burning coal. In 1993, China used 1.2 billion tons of coal for _____and generating electricity. Unfortunately, burning coal causes serious _____ and increases_____. The dam will generate electricity equal ___about 40 million tons of coal without _____so much air pollution. (Para3) across Three quarters heating air pollution global warming to causing Listening The reservoir has _____2 cities, 11 counties, 140 towns and more than 4,000 villages. More than a million people who lived in the region have _____ from their homes. Now they’re _____ a happy new life in different areas. (Para4) flooded moved living Listening The Three Gorges area is one of the most beautiful areas of China and the project has flooded some of China’s most famous _____, _____the QuYuan Temple, the Han Watchtower and the Moya Cliff carvings. About 800 historical relics have been_____. Some of them are being removed and some are _____into museums. (Para5) including historical sites being put submerged 屈原祠 汉代瞭望塔 摩崖 1,dream vt./vi.做梦，梦见；梦想，想象。n. 梦理想 dream of /about 梦想 渴望 2,hold back 阻止；抑制;隐瞒 3,“实现”， come true vi. ( no pass ... ...
