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(障礙物)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.長城始建于春秋戰國時期，歷時達2000多年，總長度達532萬米以上。我們今天所指的萬里長城多指明代修建的長城，東起山海關，西到嘉峪關，全長約6,700公里，通稱萬里長城。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.新香港國際機場位于大嶼山以北的赤臘角。于1998年7月6日正式啟用。隨著第二條跑道于1999年5月啟用，機場已分階段進行擴展，以滿足日益增加的航空交通需求。在發展最后階段，機場每年的客運量將達8700萬人次，貨物吞吐量達900萬公噸。Hong

Kong

International

AirportThe

largest

hydro-electric

dam

in

the

world;More

than

1.5

kilometres

wide

acrossreservoir;More

than

500

kilometres

long.三峽水電站，又稱三峽工程、三峽大

壩。位于中國重慶市市區到湖北省宜昌市之間的長江干流上。大壩位于宜昌市上游不遠處的三斗坪，俯瞰三峽水電站并和下游的葛洲壩水電站構成梯級電站。它是世界上規模最大的水電站，也是中國有史以來建設最大型的工程項目。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

瞿塘峽The

Wu

Gorge

巫峽The

Xiling

Gorge

西陵峽Mark

out

the

site

of

the

Three

Gorges

Dam.A

poem

about

the

Three

Gorges三峽兩岸懸崖絕壁，江中灘峽相間，水流湍急，唐代大詩人李白經過這里留下了優美的詩句：早發白帝城李白朝辭白帝彩云間，千里江陵一日還。兩岸猿聲啼不住，輕舟已過萬重山。三峽是萬里長江一段山水壯麗的大峽谷，為中國十大風景名勝之一。它西起重慶

奉節縣的白帝城，東至湖北宜昌市的南

津關，由瞿塘峽、巫峽、西陵峽組成，

全長191公里。它是長江風光的精華，神州山水的瑰寶，古往今來，閃爍著迷人的光彩。長江三段峽谷中的大寧河，香溪，神農溪的神奇與古樸，使這馳名世界的山水畫廊氣象萬千。Let’swatch

a

video.to

generatehydro-electricity三峽工程形成一條長600余公里，平均

寬1.1公里的淹沒區，淹沒陸地面積達

633平方公里，涉及湖北省和重慶市的20個縣市。淹沒區居住的總人口為84.41萬人（其中農業人口36.15萬人）。考慮到建設期間內的人口增長和再次搬遷等其它因素，三峽水庫移民安置的動態總人口將達到135萬人。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