TheThreeGorgesByZhaoYiqunⅠⅠ.Pre-reading.Pre-readingAnswerthefollowingquestions:1.Whichthreegorgesdoyouknow?2.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheThreeGorges?theQutangGorgetheWuGorgetheXilingGorgeⅡⅡ.While-reading.While-reading1.Readthetext,getthemainidea.WhatdoesthetexttellusabouttheThreeGorges?2.Readthefirstparagraph,andfillintheblanks.TheThreeGorgesstretchfrom__________inthewestto____________intheeast.ThissectionofYangtzetraverses_________counties.Theoveralllengthisabout________.WhiteKingCityinthewestNanjinPassintheeasthistoricalsitesassociatedwithlegends3.Fillinthefollowingtableaccordingtothesecondparagraph.theXilingGorgetheWuGorgetheQutangGorgemanyshoalsandrapidsdeepandmagnificentimposinganddangerouslysteep4.Readthethirdparagraph,andanswerthefollowingquestions.⒜WhereistheGezhouDam?⒝Howmuchkw-helectricitydoestheGezhouDamgenerateannually?⒞WhyistheGezhouProjectmade?⒟WhyistheThreeGorgesProjectlaunched?⒠What’stheThreeGorgesDam’sannualpowergeneration?ThefamousGezhouDam,whichstandsatthelowermouthoftheThreeGorges,nearNanjinPassaboveYichangCity,generatesanaverageof14.1billionkw-hofelectricityannually.ThemainreasonforbuildingtheThreeGorgesDamistoreducefloodinginthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiver,where15millionpeopleand1.53millionhectaresoftheJianghanPlainareunderconstantthreat.Thedam’sannualgenerationwillreach84.7billionkilowatthours.ⅢⅢ.Post-reading.Post-reading1.Pleasereadthetextagainquickly,seewhethertohaveanyotherquestions.2.Pleasemakesentenceswiththefollowingphrases.befamousfor/as…;bewell-knowntosb.notonly…butalso…;provide/supply…for/to…;provide/supply…with…;Thereasonforsth.istodo;ThereasonwhyclauseisthatclauseⅣⅣ.Activity.ActivityPleaseintroducetheThreeGorgesbrieflywithyourownwords.
