2. UNIT 7 Integrating Skills and Writing 1. Do you know any cultural relics? 2. Have you been to this place? 3. What is your feeling of this place?

3. an old temple Abu Simbel( 阿布辛贝神庙 ) in Egypt( 埃及 ) This cultural relic is in danger!

4. a dam( 水坝 ) the Aswan High Dam( 阿斯旺大坝 ) in Egypt near the temple of Abu Simbel

5. The rescue( 拯救 ) of Abu Simbel Integrating Skills in Workbook (P124) 1. When was the Aswan High Dam completed? 2. How did the engineers decide to move the whole temple? 3. When was the project successfully completed? Listen to the tape, and then try to answer the following questions.

6. 2. How did the engineers decide to move the whole temple? They decided to move the whole temple stone by stone and rebuild it above the water level of the new lake. 3. When was the project successfully completed? The project was successfully completed in 1966. 1. When was the Aswan High Dam completed? The Aswan High Dam was completed in 1970.

7. Do you know why the temple of Abu Simbel was in danger? How to rescue the temple?

8. The temple was in danger, because the would be built near the temple. Aswan High Dam The rescue of Abu Simbel

9. In order to build the dam, we also needed a new large beside the dam. lake

10. The water level of the new lake would go up, so the temple would be by the waters of the new lake. covered ( 水平面 )

11. The engineers decided to the whole temple by, move stone and it above the water level of the new lake. rebuild

12. The temple of Abu Simbel New lake The project was successfully completed!

13. The rescue of Abu Simbel The temple of Abu Simbel was in danger, because the Aswan High Dam would be built near the temple. In order to build the dam, we also needed a new large lake beside the dam. The water level of the new lake would go up, so the temple would be covered by the waters of the new lake. The engineers decided to move the whole temple stone by stone, and rebuild it above the water level of the new lake. At last, the project was successfully completed.

14. (France) a painting( 壁画 ) in Chauvet Caves 肖维岩洞

15. These paintings are in danger!! What can we do to rescue them? To make your voice heard, You can write a letter to a newspaper!

16. Integrating Skills (P48) ① Do you know the writer’s name? Where does the writer live? ② Why is the writer worried about the Chauvet Caves? ③ What is damaging the paintings? ④ In the writer’s opinion, what should be done to solve the problem? Read the letter, and then answer the following questions.

17. 1. Do you know the writer’s name? Where does the writer live? The writer’s name is Sophie, she lives in Paris, France. 2. Why is the writer worried about the Chauvet Caves? Because some of the cave paintings have been destroyed by air pollution.

18. 3. What is damaging the paintings? The carbon dioxide( 二氧化碳 ) from the tourists’ breath( 呼吸 ) is damaging the paintings. 4. In the writer’s opinion, What should be done to solve the problem? (1). Put glass walls in front of the paintings. (2). The number of visitors should be limited( 限制 ). (3). We should build a website( 网页 ) where people can look at the pictures and paintings. (3 points)

19. Do you know this cultural relic? Yangmei Old Town( 扬美古镇 ) It is in Nanning. This cultural relic is also in danger!

20. There are more and more modern( 现代化的 ) things in this old town!

21. Such a modern toilet (WC) in this old town is not very good!

22. In order to make more people know this problem, what can we do? The food in this town is so delicious! But this town is in danger! We can write a letter to a newspaper!

23. Let’s discuss the problems of Yangmei Old Town!

24. Who are you? What problem will you talk about? How do you feel about it? What is your opinion? I am a student/ teacher/ farmer/ worker/ scientist/ … I can see that so many modern things are in this old town. I can see that so much rubbish is thrown away on the roads here and there. I am worried about that the old town will lose its history. I think modern things should be less and less in this old town. I want to stop the visitors from throwing away the rubbish We can put more dustbins( 垃 圾箱 ) around the roads. cars, motorbikes, shops, houses, toilets, roads, factories, visitors, farmers, animals, water, history, food, business( 商 业 )….. be worried about be angry with be wrong to do ….. I think that…… I want to do I suggest … We should do We can do We may do ….. Please discuss the problems with your partner!

25. Dear editor, I live in ____. There is a famous site,________. I am very worried about because___________ and there is/ are ______________________. We must do something to protect it. I think one way to solve the problem is_________. Second, _____________________________. Finally, we should _____________________. Yours sincerely, _______ You can write like this!

26. We know from this lesson Homework 1. We should try our best to rescue cultural relics. 2. How to give our opinions with a letter. Use the information that you have already discussed to finish the letter in your home.

27. Thank you, goodbye!