水调歌头 · 游泳 —— 毛泽东 才饮长沙水， 又食武昌鱼。 万里长江横渡， 极目楚天舒。 不管风吹浪打， 胜似闲庭信步。 今日得宽馀， 子在川上曰： 逝者如斯夫！ 风樯动， 龟蛇静， 起宏图。 一桥飞架南北， 天堑变通途。 神女应无恙， 当惊世界殊。 更立西江石璧， 截断巫山云雨， 高峡出平湖。

The Three Gorges Dam ----Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain. MODULE6 READING AND VOCABULARY By Yin Lihua

Qutang Gorge

Wu Gorge

Xiling Gorge

Learning aims: 1.To learn related new words, phrases and sentences; 2.To develope the abilities to get the main information; 3.To strengthen the sense of national pride by knowing more about China’s famous projects.

Mao’s dream has come ture. ________________________ ______ The Dam (para1) (para2) (para3) (para4) (para5) The advantages of the project. Bad effects on historical sites. The introduction ( 介绍 ) to the dam. Mao’s dream has come true. The disadvantages of the project. Fast-reading: structure Bad effects on local people.

“ to till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.” Walls of stonehold backclouds and rain The damstopthe flood Para1: Introduction to the passage. 1.Find out Mao Zedong’s poem. 更立西江石壁， 截断巫山云雨， 高峡出平湖。 Carefule-reading for more details: 2.Why was Mao’s poem quotated( 引用 )? A.Just because Mao was a great leader. B.To introduce the topic. C.Mao’s poem was wonderful

Aims ( 目的 ) Size Cost Status ( 地位 ) To control flooding and provide hydro- electric power for the central region of China The dam is nearly 200 metres high and 1.5 kilometres wide. It has cost more than any other construction project in history. It is the largest hydro-electric power station and dam in the world. Para.2 The introduction to the dam

1.What is the traditional ( 传统的 ) way to produce heating and electricity? 2.What are the disadvantages caused by the traditional way? 3.What are the advantages of the dam? It is burning coal. It causes serious air pollution and increases global warming. It generates electricity without causing so much air pollution. Part3:The advantage of the project.

Translation The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution. 大坝将能发相当于燃烧 4,000 万吨煤所产生的电量, 而 不会造成那么严重的空气污染. Twice three is equal to six. He is equal to (doing) this job. ① 等于，相当于 ②胜任的 二三得六。 ___________________________ 他能胜任这项工作 。 ______________________________________

Part4: Influences on and historical sites. people historical sites&relics influences

Effects on About 800 historical relics have been submerged. some of them are being removed and some are being put into museums. Some historical sites including the Qu Yuan Temple, the Han Watchtower and the Moya Cliff Carvings have been flooded. historical siteshistorical relicsand

Influences on local people: 2______ 11________ have been _______. 140_______ more than 4000_______ 1 million______________________________. Now______________________________ counties towns villages cities People have moved from their homes flooded they are living a happy new life.

Make up a dialogue and act it out by interviewing the migrants( 移民 )from theThree Gorges. what do you think of building the dam? Why? Happy now? What effect on you and your family and even the whole country ? Worth or not? And why? ……

We are proud of the famous construction projects in our country. And we love our country deeply.

Homework Imagine you are a tourist guide and write an essay to introduce the Three Gorges Dam to tourists according to the text.

generate: to produce or create Equal to sth :1 the same in size, quantity, value, ect, as sth else 2.Being able to deal with sth successfully

Who suggested the idea first? 链接结构图 carful reading and retell/role play We will invite three students to act as engineers from the three gorges dam designing company, and the other students act as reporters. They will ask some questions about the three gorges dam, but all the questions should come from the passage or the class. 语言点： come true; equal; suggest the idea of 定语从句， 课堂小结 10 分钟练习 随机解释用到的生词 单词图片