1 / 16

The Aswan Dam

The Aswan Dam. Presentation. Reading. Writing. Listening. The Changjiang River. The Great Wall. The Pyramids. The Aswan Dam. Say something about the High Dam. Questions:. 1. Why was the High Dam built?. ① control the waters of the Nile. ② make electricity from the water.

carol
Download Presentation

The Aswan Dam

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Aswan Dam Presentation Reading Writing Listening

  2. The Changjiang River

  3. The Great Wall

  4. The Pyramids

  5. The Aswan Dam

  6. Say something about the High Dam

  7. Questions: 1. Why was the High Dam built? ① control the waters of the Nile ② make electricity from the water 2. What were the bad results of building the High Dam?

  8. ① the water level of the lake was going to rise by 63 metres. ② move 53,000 people from their villages ③ many temples were covered by the waters.

  9. Fill in the table: a biggest man-made project The Aswan High Dam 3,830m 980m 40m Egypt 1970

  10. True or False: • The River Nile used to flood the Pyramids. F 2. The Aswan Dam formed by itself. F 3. Now the waters of the Nile can run regularly the whole year. T 4. About 20-50% of the electricity which Egypt needs is made from coal. F

  11. 5.Aswan Dam is the one of the three biggest man-made projects in the world. T 6.The base of the Aswan High Dam is wider than its top. T 7.Because of the dam, the water level of the lake was going to rise to 63 metres. F

  12. The High Dam (man-made project) size why it was built the bad results two reasons three ways 3830m 980m 40m

  13. www.dreams-travel.com

  14. Writing: Write a short passage about the Three Gorges Dam

  15. the biggest man-made projects • 2. The reasons for building: • 1) floods • 2) 50% of the electricity East China needs • 3. The size of the Three Gorges Dams • 175 metres high. 208 kilometres long • 4. Problems • 1) As a result of... rise by 50-60 metres • 2) move 330,000 people • 3) places of interest in danger • Example: birthplace of Quyuan

  16. Thank you ! Bye-bye!

More Related