Listening
Revision
1. You should praise him __________ (介词短语) scold him.
2. A fact is anything that can be ______ (动词).
3. A lot of ________ (evident) show that he had stolen many things from the house.
rather than
proved
evidence
4. The answer __ the question is very easy to find.
5. ___________ (consider) his young age, he did a good job.
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Considering
Discuss with your partner the
advantages and disadvantages of
building a dam.
Listening (P41)
Task 1: Lead-in
1 to make electricity for everyone
2 to encourage industry
3 to make the country less dependent on outside oil supplies
advantages
1 to make electricity for everyone
2 to encourage industry
3 to make the country less dependent on outside oil supplies
disadvantages
Abu Simbel is a set of two temples near the border of Egypt with Sudan. It was constructed for the pharaoh Ramesses II (拉美西斯二世 )who reigned for 67 years during the 13th century BC (19th Dynasty).
The temples were cut from the rock and shifted to higher ground in the 1960s as the waters of Lake Nasser began to rise following completion of the Aswan High Dam.
□ Aswan High Dam
□ Abu Simbel
□ covered by water
□ engineers
□ River Nile
□ electricity
□ floods
□ UNESCO
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Now listen to Part A and find out what happened when a dam was built in Egypt. Number the key words as you hear them.
□ move the temple
□ stone by stone
□ worth
□ in 1966
□ 1,900 workers
□ more than $70,000,000
□ rebuild
□ four years
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Now listen to Part B and number the key words as you hear them.
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Why did Abu Simbel need to be moved and rebuilt?
Abu Simbel needed to be moved and rebuilt because otherwise it would have been covered by the water when the dam was completed.
Listen to Part A and Part B again and then answer the questions.
2. How did the engineers solve the problem? Was it successful? How do you know?
The solved this problem by moving the statues. They marked every stone with a number and took the statues apart. Then they reassembled them in another site. It was very successful because many tourists come to visit Abu Simbel which looks as impressive as it did in its original site.
Listening task
Task 1: Lead-in
What do you know about the Forbidden City in Beijing?
(2) When was it built? What was it used for?
The Forbidden City has a history of 600 years. The large scale construction of the palace extended from 1406 to 1420. It’s totally 24 emperors of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty rule here, and was off-limits for the common people.
Listen to the dialogue and summarize the main idea in one sentence.
The listening text is a discussion/ conversation about the forbidden city.
Answer key for Exercise 3:
It was because ordinary people were never allowed into the palace while the emperors ruled China.
9,999.
1. Nice is a special number in Chinese culture.
Nearly 600 years odl.
A national museum.
Fourteen Emperors from the Ming Dynasty and ten from the Qing Dynasty.
Prepare for next period.
Homework