Unit 2 Witnessing time Reading : The Acropolis now

1. Unit 2 Witnessing timeReading : The Acropolis now By Zhang Hongxiang From Xinghua Senior High School

2. Do you know what these historic sites are?

3. Do you know what these historic sites are?

4. Do you know what these historic sites are?

5. Activity I: Is it necessary to preserve them? Debate: Preserving the hostoric sites or not

6. Activity II: Background After an exciting debate, let’s enjoy a vedio of Olympics, since the olympics will be hosted in Beijing.

7. Where were the 2004 Olympic Games hosted? Yes, in Athen, Greece. Let’s enjoy some pictures of Greece and Athen.

10. What do you think of when you see the Acropolis in Greece? What are these pictures? Acropolis

11. Do you want to know more About the Acropolis? Let’s read an article about it. 2

12. Activity III: Fast reading

13. Read the article as quickly as you can and answer the following questions about it: 1 When was the Acropolis built? In the 5th century BC 2 What was the Acropolis made of ? It was made of marble. 3 Who gave the Acropolis its World Heritage listing? UNESCO

14. Activity IV: Analysis 1.Main ideas of each paragraph : Para1. The influnence of the Greek civilization in the world. Para2. The composition of the Acropolis. Para3-4. The destruction of the Acropolis. Para5-7. The complete, professional restoration of the Acropolis.

15. 2.According to the main ideas of each paragraph and the structure of the text, please try to form a flow chart of the text on the blackboard.

16. Activity V : Detailed reading

17. 1. C1. Read the passage again and answer the following questions: 1. In which fields did the Greeks make contributions to Western civilization? 2. Where was the Acropolis built? In philosophy, science, mathematics, art, architecture, theatre, politics and sport On the hill called the Sacred Rock in the centre of the city.

18. Why was the Acropolis built? It was built there so that it was convenient for everyone to get to. Also because it was on the hill, the Acropolis could be seen from every part of the city. 3. How have so many ancient monuments been damaged? They have been damaged partly by natural things like earthquakes. And partly by man.

19. 4. What was the last major destruction done to the Acropolis by man? The last major destruction occurred with the theft of many of the best sculptures in 1801, when an Englishman started to take them to London 5. What is the aim of the committee set up in 1975? Its aim is to undertake the complete, professional restoration of the Acropolis

20. 6. Why is the committee undertaking educational work? Because they believe that the prevention of damage from ignorance and from people not caring about protecting the monument is very important. 7. What would happen if people did not learn about damage prevention? More important historic buildings would be damaged.

21. C2.Scan the article again and fill in the form below: a steady cleaning programme a steady cleaning programme to be fixed to be fixed educational work educational work ask for return

22. 2. Language points and translation: • have an impact on: have an effect on • 那个故事对小孩子产生很大的影响. • That story has a great impact on children. • 2. be responsible for: to be in chare of, to be cause of • 坏天气是引起这场事故的原因。 • Bad weather was responsible for the accident.

23. 3. associate …with =to combine … with 我情不自禁地把她和我的妹妹联系到了一起。 I can’t help associating her with my younger sister. 4. in honour of: in memory of 人们建造了一座庙来纪念那条勇敢的龙。 A temple was built in honour of the brave dragon.

24. 5. occur: to take place or happen, to come into mind 1991年发生了什么重大的事件? What event occurred in1991? 6. damage/destroy: damage指部分损坏,可修复;destroy 指毁灭性的破坏,不可修复. 他的自行车在车祸中坏了,不能再修了。 His bike was destroyed in the accident, and can’t be repaired.

25. 7. defeat: win against sb in a war 中国队去年打败了日本队。 Chinese team defeated Japanese team last year. 8. in a gesture to : in order to 为了能减少污染,政府想尽了各种方法。 In a gesture to reduce pollution, the government tried all means.

26. acid rain: 酸雨 • 酸雨是由污染引起。 • Acid rain was caused by pollution.

27. 3. Complete Parts D and E Answers D: 1.d 2.e 3.j 4.c 5.b 6.f 7.e. 8.i 9.h 10.g E: 1. Athens 2. Athena 3. people 4. plant 5. government 6. undertake 7. ignorance 8. conservation 9. monument 10. sculptures

28. Activity VI: Reading strategy: Recognizing reference markers When you read a text, you can always find reference markers such as ‘it’, ‘she’ or ’they’ that refer to a previously mentioned object, person, group or idea. The use of reference markers is to avoid repetition of key

29. words because this is considered to be bad style, For example, instead of saying ‘the Acropolis’ all the time, the author will try to vary the expression by using the reference marker ‘it’ or words such as ‘the monument’. Recognizing Reference markers will help you read a difficult article. If you come across a

30. word that is difficult or something you don’t understand, do not worry. The author will often repeat the word in a different way. Read the third paragraph using the strategy

31. Activity VII : Group work Suppose you are members of the restoration committee of Greek. Work in groups and discuss and find as many ways to restore the Acropolis. discussion

32. Reports: Ways of Group 1: Group 2: Group 3: Group 4:

33. Activity VIII: Summary and homework 1. Retell the text according to the flow chart on the blackboard. 2. Do parts A1 and A2 on page 110 in Workbook.

34. Thank you