Discussthefollowingquestions:•HowfaristheGreatWallofChinafromwhereyoulive?•Whichisthebiggestairportinthecountry?•Isthereadamnearyourtown?•Doyouknowthenameofthereservoirthatprovideswaterforyourtown?Checkthemeaningofthesewords.airportcanalcivilcliffdamdynastyengineeringgorgehydro-electriclakereservoirriverstructureterminalAcanalisanartificial/aman-maderiver.Acliffisthesteepsideofanareaofhighland.Adamisawallbuiltacrossarivertostopthewaterfromflowing.Agorgeisadeepvalleywithhighstraightsideswhereariverhadcutthroughrock.hydro-electricadj.水力发电的Areservoirisaman-madelakewherewaterisstored.terminaln.(机场的)集散站;终点站;侯机厅thelongestman-madestructure6,300kilometreslongdatesfromtheMingDynastyeasternend---westernend---ShanhaiguanJiayuguan香港国际机场获选为「二十世纪十大建筑成就奖」得主之一HongKongInternationalAirportthebiggestcivilengineeringprojectofalltimetooksixyearstobuild&costUS$20billionaccommodate80millionpassengersayearTheThreeGorgesDamthelargesthydro-electricdamintheworldmorethan1.5kilometreswideacrossreservoir---morethan500kilometreslongDoyouknowwhatthethreegorgesare?QutangGorgeisfamousforitshighcliffs.WuGorgeisknownforitsbeautifulscenery.XilingGorgeisadangerousgorge,andithasmanyancientrelics.Butsomeofthebeautifulscenerydisappeared.Why?TheYangtzeRiver瞿塘峡巫峡西陵峡Whatdoyouthinkwillbetalkedaboutinthispassagewhenlookingatthetitle?Learnthenewwordsandgivethedefinition.carvingsconstructionrelicsitetemple1.Anobjectortraditionthathassurvivedfromaperiodoftimethatnolongerexists.2.Somethingmadebycuttingawaymaterialfromwoodorstone.3.ItisaplaceofgreatimportancetoBuddhists.4.Itisanotherwordforbuilding.5.Itisanotherwordforlocation.1.Carvingsaremadebyanimals.2.Constructionisanotherwordforbuilding.Nowdecideifthesentencesaretrueorfalse.3.Relicsarethingsthatweremadeinthelast100years.4.Siteisanotherwordforlocation.5.AtempleisaplaceofgreatimportancetoBuddhists.Learnthewordsandtrytofinemorewordsrelatedtothem.energygeneratehistoricalnarrowpoemsubmergesuggestenergeticgenerationhistory,historicwidepoet,poetrymergesuggestion“Wallsofstonetoholdbackcloudsandraintillasmoothlakerisesinthenarrowgorges.”更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖。---毛泽东《水调歌头·游泳》Nowanswerthequestionsbeforereadingthepassage.1.MaoZedongwroteapoeminwhichhedreamedof“wallsofstone…”DidMaoZedongactuallyseethewallsofstone?No,hedidn’t.2.ThepoweroftheYangtzeRiverhasbeenharnessedbytheThreeGorgesDam.Doesthismeanthatthepowercanbeusedornot?Itmeansthepowercanbeused.3.SunYat-senfirstsuggestedtheideain1919.DidSunYat-senthinkoftheideahimselforhearitfromsomeoneelse?Hethoughtofithimself.4.About800historicalrelicshavebeensubmerged.Isitpossibletoseetherelicsnowthattheyhavebeensubmerged?No,itisn’t.ReadPara.1-2andfinishthechart.aimsheightwidthControllingfloodingandprovidinghydro-electricpowerforthecentralregionofChina200meters1.5kilometersSunYat-sen,____wastheleaderofthe1911Revolution,first________theideaofadam______theYangtzeRiverin1919.ThreequartersofChina’senergyisproducedby_______coal._____________burningcoalcausesseriousairpollutionandincreases______warming.whosuggestedacrossburningUnfortunatelyglobalReadPara.3andfillintheblanks.SunYat-sen(1866~1925)TheInternationalDevelopmentofChina《实业计划》1919年,孙中山首倡三峡建坝设想。ReadPara.4-5andfindthedisadvantagesofbuildingthedam.floodmovesubmerge2cities,11coun...
