Class 21,Senior 1 Unit 23 Rescuing the temple Teacher: Rong Miaojuan music
Mar 26, 2015
Reasons
Aswan Dam The size
1.control the waters of the Nile.
What are the problems?
2.produce the electricity.
980m
40m3830m
111m
Problems
This is the temple of King Rameses at Abu ⅡSimbel. It is about 3000 years old.Four large stone figures on the outside.
20m
Lesson 91 Rescuing the temple Put the following sentences in correct order
The workers rebuilt the temple according to the stones marked.
The pieces of stones were carried to a new place.
They decided to move the temple stone by stone.
The engineers discussed all the possible plans.
The project was successfully completed in 1966.
Each stone was marked with a number.
5.
4.
2.
1.
6.
3.
A
B
C
D
E
F
Visit Abu Simbel
Length of time
Cost of money
People of taking part in
Altogether 4 years
$1 billion
1900 people
Video
The UNESCO supported the project of rescuing Abu Simbel.
the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 联合国教科文组织 ).
The Three Gorges Project in China (长江三峡工程)
Qu Tang Gorges (瞿塘峡)
the importance of the cultural and historic relics (文化历史遗产)
Qu Tang Gorges Mo Ya Carved Stone(瞿塘峡摩崖石刻)
★ The Bamiyan Statue of Afghanistan( 阿富汗巴米扬大佛 ) was destroyed by The Taliban (塔利班) in 2001. It’s 53 meters tall and 1500 years old.
★ Many countries such as Germany, Switzerland and Japan would like to take part in rebuilding the statue.
Homework
1. Serf on internet to find some more information about places of interest in Wuyi Area
2. Write a passage about one place of the cultural and historic relics that your are interested in.