外研版必修3 module6 p1 warming up共

M6Old

andNewAppreciation

of

a

clip

ofThe

Great

Wall

of

ChinaairportWhat

is

it?canalcliffdamreservoirgorgeObjectivesTo

learn

about

the

Great

Wall

ofChina,

Hong

KongInternationalAirport

and

the

Three

Gorges

Dam.To

discuss

the

changes

that

havetaken

place

inyour

region.According

to

the

statements,

fill

in

theblanks.A

dam

is

abarrier(障碍物)built across

a

river

to

control

the

flow

or raise

thelevel

ofwater.A

reservoir

is

a

natural

or

artificial pond

or

lake

usedfor

storingand controlling

water.A

cliff

isahigh,steep,or overhangingfaceofamountain.A

canal

is

a

man-maderiver,made to

allow

water

to

flow

from

one

area toanother

area.A

gorge

is

a

deep,narrow

passage with

steep(陡峭的)rocky

sides.A

(An)

airport

is

a

wide

piece

offlat land

where

planes

can

take

off

and land.How

much

do

you

know

about

them?The

Great

WallHong

Kong

International

AirportThe

Three

Gorges

DamRead

the

passage

on

page51

and

find

the

key

wordsof

each

paragraph.The

longest

man-made

structure;6,300

kilometres

long;Dated

from

the

Ming

Dynasty;Eastern

end

---

shanhaiguan;Western

end

---

the

town

of

Jiayuguan.长城始建于春秋战国时期，历时达2000多年，总长度达532万米以上。我们今天所指的万里长城多指明代修建的长城，东起山海关，西到嘉峪关，全长约6,700公里，通称万里长城。The

Great

WallThe

biggest

civil

engineering

project

of

all

timeTook

six

years;

Cost

US$20

billion;Within

five

hours’

flying

time

of

half

theworld’s

population;Accommodate

80

million

passengers

a

year.新香港国际机场位于大屿山以北的赤腊角。于1998年7月6日正式启用。随着第二条跑道于1999年5月启用，机场已分阶段进行扩展，以满足日益增加的航空交通需求。在发展最后阶段，机场每年的客运量将达8700万人次，货物吞吐量达900万公吨。Hong

Kong

International

AirportThe

largest

hydro-electric

dam

in

the

world;More

than

1.5

kilometres

wide

acrossreservoir;More

than

500

kilometres

long.三峡水电站，又称三峡工程、三峡大

坝。位于中国重庆市市区到湖北省宜昌市之间的长江干流上。大坝位于宜昌市上游不远处的三斗坪，俯瞰三峡水电站并和下游的葛洲坝水电站构成梯级电站。它是世界上规模最大的水电站，也是中国有史以来建设最大型的工程项目。The

Three

Gorges

DamRetell

the

passage

and

discuss

thefollowing

questions.Have

you

ever

visited

any

of

the

placesin

the

passage?

What

other

things

doyou

know

about

them?What

is

the

most

famous

place

ofinterest

in

your

town/city?

How

muchdo

you

know

about

it?What

is

the

most

famous

place

ofinterest

that

you

have

ever

visited?

Tellthe

restof

the

class

as

much

as

you

can.The

Three

Gorges

Dam

is

theChina’sbiggest

construction

project.

What

doyou

want

to

knowabout

it?What

are

the

Three

Gorges?The

QutangGorgeThe

Wu

GorgeThe

XilingGorgeThe

Qutang

Gorge

瞿塘峡The

Wu

Gorge

巫峡The

Xiling

Gorge

西陵峡Mark

out

the

site

of

the

Three

Gorges

Dam.A

poem

about

the

Three

Gorges三峡两岸悬崖绝壁，江中滩峡相间，水流湍急，唐代大诗人李白经过这里留下了优美的诗句：早发白帝城李白朝辞白帝彩云间，千里江陵一日还。两岸猿声啼不住，轻舟已过万重山。三峡是万里长江一段山水壮丽的大峡谷，为中国十大风景名胜之一。它西起重庆

奉节县的白帝城，东至湖北宜昌市的南

津关，由瞿塘峡、巫峡、西陵峡组成，

全长191公里。它是长江风光的精华，神州山水的瑰宝，古往今来，闪烁着迷人的光彩。长江三段峡谷中的大宁河，香溪，神农溪的神奇与古朴，使这驰名世界的山水画廊气象万千。Let’swatch

a

video.to

generatehydro-electricity三峡工程形成一条长600余公里，平均

宽1.1公里的淹没区，淹没陆地面积达

633平方公里，涉及湖北省和重庆市的20个县市。淹没区居住的总人口为84.41万人（其中农业人口36.15万人）。考虑到建设期间内的人口增长和再次搬迁等其它因素，三峡水库移民安置的动态总人口将达到135万人。Area

to

be

floodedDiscussionWith

the

closure

of

the

Three

Gorges

Damacross

the

Changjiang

River,

what

did

thepeople

there

have

to

do?They

had

to

leave

their

hometown