【新教材精创】1.2 Reading and Thinking 教学设计（2）-人教版高中英语必修第二册

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Unit 1 Cultural HeritagePeriod 2 Reading and Thinking
From Problems to Solutions教学设计


The theme of the reading and thinking is about “Understanding how a problem was solved”.
The Listening & Speaking & Talking is about international co-work to protect the Mount Tai, in which the students from seven countries came up with many solutions even create the Mount Tai App. This section aims at showing how to solve a difficult and even tough problem about protecting the cultural heritage by the international co-work. So in this section, cultivating students’ international awareness is very clear and important.
Concretely, with the economic development, how to balance the protection of cultural relics and social development is a big challenge for human. In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build the Aswan Dam across the Nile to control floods, produce electricity and water farms. But the proposal led to protests because it would destroy a lot of cultural relics. The Egyptian had no choice but ask the UN for help. Therefore, a international cooperation about how to protect the cultural relics began, which involved the time length about 20 years and a large amount of fund. Then, the problems was solved.  

• Read quickly to get the main idea and the structure of the article; read careful to get detailed information.
  

• Learn to use the reading strategy---making a timeline
  

• Learn how to solve a tough problem by asking for help and cooperation
  

• Have the international awareness and understand the great strength of international cooperation.
  

• Read quickly to get the main idea and the structure of the article; read careful to get detailed information.
  

• Learn to use the reading strategy---making a timeline.
  

• Learn how to solve a tough problem by asking for help and cooperation.
  

Step 1 Leading-in
Look at the pictures below and answer the following questions:
      


          Picture 1                                        Picture 2
Q1: What are they ?
           Picture 1 is the statues of human face
Picture 2 is the statues of a temple.
Make a timeline:Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.They are cultural relics.
Q2: Which country may they be about ?
    They are about Egypt.
Step 2 Before reading--- analyze the title      Read the title, what information can you get ?
              From Problems to Solutions
From the title and the pictures, we can know that the article mainly talks about Egypt may have a problem about how to protect the cultural relics and finally the problem was solved successfully.
Step 3 While reading---Task 1

• Read the text and match the topic sentences.
  

Para.1          A. How to balance progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
Para.2                                                        B．A committee was established to limit damage.
Para.3                           C．The proposal leads to protests.
Para.4                           D.  The project brought governments and environmentalists
together.
Para.5        E．The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today.
Para.6        F．The project was completed and successful.

• The text mainly tells us sometimes a big challenge can lead to a great solution.
  

Step 4 While reading---Task 2
Read the text again and answer the following questions.
Q1: What did the Egyptian government want to do in the 1950s? And why ?
    build a new dam to control flood, produce electricity and supply water to more farmer in the area.
Q2: Why did the building of the dam lead to protests ?
     Because it would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics.
Q3: How were the temples and other cultural sites saved ?
     established a committee to limit the damage and raised money      Experts investigated, conducted some tests and made a proposal tests     Temples and cultural sites were taken down piece by piece     Move them in a safe place and put back together
Q4: How long did it take to complete the project ?
    20 years
Q5: Which word can describe the project ?
    Successful/amazing
Q6: What way was used to save the cultural heritages?
     The international cooperation
Step 5 While reading---Task 3
     Complete the timeline with the information from the text.
The project stars.                         The temples and cultural are being rescued.The project is completed        .        The first temple is moved.                The government asks the UN for help.
   19591960   1961 1961---1980     1980The government asks the UN for help.The project stars.The first temple is moved.The temples and cultural are being rescued.The project is completed.

Step 6 Post reading
       1. Complete the blanks with the correct forms
There comes a time when the old must give way to the new. 1.Keeping (keep) the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be 2._a_ big challenge.
In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile 3.to_benefit (benefit) more farmers, 4.which led to protests. The government turned 5.to the United Nations for help. Then a committee 6.was_established (establish) to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings. 7.Finally (final) a document was signed, and the work began in 1960.
When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great 8.success (succeed). The spirit of the Aswan Dam project 9._is_ (be) still alive today. If a problem seems too difficult for a single nation, the 10.global (globe) community can sometimes provide a solution.
2.Critical thinking
Q1: What is the “Problem” and hat is the “solution”?Problem: the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile for developing its economy and avoiding the floods and drought, but it can destroy the cultural heritage and led to the protests.
                Solution: asked for the UN, then cooperated internationally to save the relics by moving the cultural relics to a safe place piece by piece.
         Q2: How to deal with the construction and the protection of cultural relics?
I think although the construction is important, the government should also make an effort to protect the cultural relics. When they disappear, they won’t come back and will lose its value. The government should keep the right balance between the construction and the protection of them.
   Q3: As students, what should we do to protect our cultural relics?We should know more about cultural relics in our country and do something we can to protect the cultural relics. For example, we can spread the knowledge of cultural relics and promote the awareness of the protection of them.
Step 7 Summary
Summarize the structure of the text.

	overt plot(明线)	covert plot(暗线)	structure
Part 1 (Para.1)The introduction	keep balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites	hard	Problems
Part 2 (Para 2～5)The process of saving cultural relics	build a new dam across the Nile	challenged	Solutions
	protest, turn to UN, a committee, work together, success	helpful
Part 3 (Para.6)Summary	team spirit, best example, global  community, provide a solution	happy/satisfied	Inspiration

Step 8 Homework
Review what we have learned today.