(
课件网) Unit1 Reading and Thinking Understand how a problem was solved 去理解 “问题是如何解决的” Read the title and look at the photos. What do you think the text is about Make prediction 做预测（根据标题和图片预测文章内容） Abu Simbel Temples 阿布辛贝神庙 Before being moved After being moved problems solutions how people have solved problems, because they are going “from” the problems “to” solutions. in the past the old at present the new give way to Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cutural sites can be a challenge. Read the passage and answer the questions. At the same time, circle the numbers that you meet and guess what they mean. 1. Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam What result did the attempt lead to How did the government solve the problem 2. Why did they establish a committee What did the committee do and what was the achievement 3. How were the temples and other cultural sites saved 4. How did people think of the project 5. What can people learn from the project 6. Why did the author use so many numbers Read the passage, find the main idea of each paragraph. From Problems to Solutions Para 1. _____ Para 2. _____ Para 3. _____ Para 4. _____ Para 5. _____ Para 6. _____ A big challenge between progress and protection of cultural relics. Egyptian government wanted to build a dam, but there’s problems. A committee was established and the work began. Governments and environmentalists came together. The project ended in 1980, which was a great success. The spirit(精神) of the project is still alive today. the Aswan Dam problems solutions inspiration Structure of the passage (文章结构) to build the Aswan Dam damage temples; destroy cultural relics problems turn to the UN to establish a committee solutions work together; solved the problems in the end Para 4 The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world. Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece, and then moved and put back together again in a place where they were safe from the water. In 1961, German engineers moved the first temple. Over the next 20 years, thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics. Fifty countries donated nearly $80 million to the project. Read the passage, circle(圈出) the numbers and guess their meanings. Specific 具体的 Rich 丰富的 Expressive 有表现力的 Para2 Big challenges, however, can sometimes lead to great solutions. In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more farmers in the area. But the proposal led to protests. Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypt’s cultural heritage. After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem ... ...
