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1、Great things are done when men and mountains meet.Unit 4 Three Gorges1Look at the map and complete the following tasks.2With the closure of Three Gorges Dam across the Changjiang River,what did the people there have to do ? They had to leave their hometown and They had to leave their hometown and re
2、settle themselves in some higher places resettle themselves in some higher places or even other provinces.or even other provinces.ReadingResettlement of the peopleOpportunity means _.A.chance B.homecomprehending1) Where did Li Chaohua, his family and 610 other people leave and resettle?1Read the art
3、icle carefully and answer the following questions.They left their native place, Zhongxian County in Chongqing, and resettled in Guangrao County,Shandong Province.2) When will the Three Gorges Project have been completed? How many people will need to have been moved?The Three Gorges Project will have
4、 been completed by 2009, and 125, 000 people will need to have been evacuated.3) What are the two stages of evacuation mentioned in the article? Try to describe them.The first stage: beginning in 1993, it was completed with the support of people in various parts of China. This stage guaranteed the c
5、losure of the dam across the Changjiang River. The second stage: the second stage of evacuation was started in 1998 and in August 2000, people in the would-be flooded area began to migrate to other places.Migrants: tears rolling down; settled down; gathered at the bank; left for Guangrao; waved thei
6、r hands;evacuated; were invited to have Jiaozi;Host Villagers: set apart land and built house; lit firecrackers; prepared the rice and hot pepper; made arrangement; beat drums2Scan Para.3-5 of the article and decide which group the following words and expressions belong to.1)nine million three hundr
7、ed and seventy-two thousand six hundred and sixteen square kilometers.2) seventy-eight thousand US dollars3)one thousand and eight-four square kilometers of land4) one hundred and twenty-five thousand people5) three fourths of the class4Work with your partner to practise reading the following jigure
8、s. Consult your teacher if you are not sure.6)the year of two thousand and nine7)eighty-three point 4 percent of the earth8) one hundred and fifty families9) Room six one o three10) nine hundred and sixty billion cubic meters5Work with your partner to practise reading the following jigures. Consult
9、your teacher if you are not sure.1) What difficulties do you think the migrants might have after settling down in Guangrao County?It might be difficult for them to get used to the new environment in, Guangrao County, including the food, neighborhood, custom, and so on.2) How do you understand the la
10、st sentence ofthe article?In the new land they can plant some new crops and have a better harvest because the former farmland had been cultivated for a long time. Furthermore, the communication with local people in Guangrao County could provide these evacuees with another chance to enjoy a new way of living.
