课标人教实验版高一 Module 2

Unit 1

ListeningListening

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 tha

t 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

(1) Have you ever heard of Aswan Dam

in Egypt? What is it used for?

(2) Do you know there is a similar

project being carried out in China?

Listening (P41)

Task 1: Lead-in

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

□ UNESCO76

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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 years4

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Now listen to Part B and number the

key words as you hear them.

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1. Why did Abu Simbel need to be mov

ed and rebuilt?

Abu Simbel needed to be moved and

rebuilt because otherwise it would ha

ve been covered by the water when t

he dam was completed.

1. Why did Abu Simbel need to be mov

ed and rebuilt?

Abu Simbel needed to be moved and

rebuilt because otherwise it would ha

ve been covered by the water when t

he 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.

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.

Part A

The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is one

of the biggest dams in the world.

Listening text

It provides half of Egypt’s electricity. H

owever, it caused problems while it was

being built. There were many temples al

ong the River Nile. It was clear that whe

n the dam was finished many of them w

ould be covered by water. One of the m

ost important of these temples is Abu Si

mbel, which was

built in the 13th century BC. It was made of rock and at the entrance there are four large stone persons, each twenty metres high. Nobody wanted the beautiful temple of Abu Simbel to disappear but they needed the dam. Finally, the engineers of UNESCO studied the problem and found a way to rescue the temple.

Part BThe engineers agreed to move Abu Simbel temple stone by stone and build it again above the waters of the dam. It took 1,900 workers four years to rebuild the temple in the 1960s. It cost more than seventy million US dollars. However, it was worth it. The Aswan High Dam was finished in 1966.

Ever since then Abu Simbel has been one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. It is still in a quiet and beautiful place which visitors are glad to visit.

Listening taskListening task

Task 1: Lead-in

(1) 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 60

0 years. The large scale construction of

the palace extended from 1406 to 1420.

It’s totally 24 emperors of the Ming Dy

nasty 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 Forbidden City (Imperial Palace and now the Palace Museum) in the heart of Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial palace and ancient building complex in China, and the world at large. Its construction began in 1406 and was completed 14 years later, having a history so far of nearly 600 years.

24 emperors from the Ming and Qing(1644-1911) dynasties lived and ruled China from there. Most of the buildings in the Forbidden City were rebuilt many times, although they maintained the original architectural style…

Answer key for Exercise 3:

Information about the Forbidden City

Part A

Reasons for its name

Number of rooms

It was because ordinary people were never allowed into the palace while the emperors ruled China.

9,999.

Reasons for

the number2. It shows respect to the E

mperor of Heaven who h

as 10,000 rooms in his pl

ace.

1. Nice is a special number

in Chinese culture.

Part B

How old is it?

How many

Emperors

lived there?

What is it

used for now?

Nearly 600 years odl.

A national museum.

Fourteen Emperors from t

he Ming Dynasty and ten f

rom the Qing Dynasty.

Listening text

Visiting the Forbidden City

Wen Hui is going to take her friend, Sally J

ones, to visit the Forbidden City in Beijing.

(Sally Jones=S; Wen Hui=W)

Part A

S: Oh, Wen Hui, I’ve always wanted to see

the Forbidden City. It sounds so exciting.

I wonder why it’s called that?

W: It was because ordinary people like

us, were never allowed into the Palace

while the emperors ruled China.

S: So who was allowed in?

W: Well, the Emperor’s family, high

state officials, and servants of the

emperor.

S: Mmm, I’ve heard that it’s one of the largest palace in the world. How big is it?W: Well, there were 9,999 rooms when it was built. S: 9,999 rooms! That’s so strange! Why not 10,000? W: There are two reasons. First, nine is special number in Chinese culture.

Second, it’s said that the Emperor in

Heaven has 10,000 rooms so the

Emperor on Earth can not have so

many. It wouldn’t show respect.

S: Oh, I see…

Part B

S: How many Emperors lived there

altogether?

W: Fourteen Emperors from the Ming

Dynasty and ten from the Qing

Dynasty. They lived in it for about

500 years still the last Emperors left

it in 1924.

S: So I think it was built in the fifteen

century.

W: Oh yes. After it was finished, the

capital of China moved to Beijing.

S: Mmm, I read it in the newspaper that

the Palace is repaired and redecorated

very often.

W: Yes, there is now a programme of

repairs going on. It was will last

until 2020.

S: Goodness! Oh, it that because the

palace is made of wood? You know,

we also repair our castles in England,

but they don’t take so long because

the castles are made of stone.

W: Yes, I suppose so. Wooden structures need more work to protect them.S: But that’s one of the reasons why it’s so special I’ve heard that it’s made of wood without even one nail.W: Yes, it’s a great example of ancient Chinese architecture and it’s now a national museum. It is also called the Palace Museum…

Prepare for next period.

Homework