The Rescue of Abu Simbel ( 拯救阿布辛贝神殿 )

1. Cultural Relics UNIT 7 The Rescue of Abu Simbel (拯救阿布辛贝神殿)

2. Cultural Relics UNIT7 The Seven Wonders of the world The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus The Taj Mahal The Rome’s Circular Open Theater The Hanging Garden in Babylon The Pyramid The Great Wall The Lighthouse of Alexander

3. What is Aswan Dam used for? Are there any temples in danger around the area of Aswan? the Aswan High Dam / 3830 m / 111m

4. Cultural Relics UNIT7 control the waters of the Nile; produces electricity;

5. Cultural Relics UNIT7 move them to a new place(stone by stone) Now it’s near the Lake Nasser. Where did it move to? Abu Simbel

6. Can you point out the place where Abu Simbel stay?

7. Cultural Relics UNIT7 DISCUSSION • 1. Would it be necessary to move people from the village if the dam was built? Why? • 2.Do you think it necessary to spend so much money on rescuing this temple? • 3. In China, do we have some dam like this?

8. China's biggest construction project Cultural Relics UNIT7 If completed, the $24 billion Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. It would span nearly a mile across and tower 575 feet above the world’s third longest river. Its reservoir would stretch over 350 miles upstream and force the displacement of close to 1.9 million people. Construction began in 1994 and is scheduled for completion by 2009. Three Gorges Dam

9. Cultural Relics UNIT7 Some cultural relics are in danger The local people are moved to other parts of the country problems

10. Cultural Relics UNIT7 Fill in the chart. Temples and relics might be destroyed Move the temple and relics to a safe place. Residential areas and cultural relics will be flooded. (Water will cover areas where people live and may destroy cultural relics) Build new houses in other places , and move the people and the cultural relics to a safe place.

11. Cultural Relics UNIT7 Debate Is it wise or not to build the three Gorges Dam?

12. Cultural Relics UNIT7 Three Gorges Dam If completed, the $24 billion Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. It would span nearly a mile across and tower 575 feet above the world’s third longest river. Its reservoir would stretch over 350 miles upstream and force the displacement of close to 1.9 million people. Construction began in 1994 and is scheduled for completion by 2009.

13. Flood

14. Cultural Relics UNIT7 Gap-filling: RamsesII Usermaatre Setepenre, son of king Sethi I, was one of the ________ reigning pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. He reigned 67years (roughly from 1290- 1224BC.), in the beginning as corgent with his father, and lived _______ more than 80 years, _________ was rare in those days. _________ his life he made quite a reputation ________ a builder and a warrior, but also as a ladies’ man. longest for which During as

15. Cultural Relics UNIT7 He had 5 or 6 main wives, with _______ about 100 children were born. People in Egypt often made ______ of this fact. Among his wives, he liked Nefertari best. She is found accompanying the king _____ many reliefs and statues. Her special place _____ the king’s side especially visible in Abu Simbel, ______ she is not only represented on the facade of the Great Temple itself, but where she also had her own sanctuary, the so-called Small Temple of Abu Simbel. whom fun on at where