MODULE 6 Old and New

Review Geographical terms:

continent island lakemountain river seaplain ocean coastequator desert rangechannel strait basin

a wide piece of flat land where planes can take off and land

上周，一场龙卷风袭击了香港国际机场。

A tornado struck the Hong Kong International Airport last week.

airport

A canal is man-made river, made to allow water to flow from one area to another area. eg. the Panama canal

canal

连接着加勒比海和太平洋的巴拿马运河由法国人始建于 1881年。The Panama canal, which connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, was first built by the French.

cliff

A high, steep, or overhanging face of a mountain

在攀登悬崖的时候，他的腿摔断了。He broke his legs while climbing a cliff.

A barrier(障碍物 ) built across a river to control the flow or raise the level of water

dam

为了控制和利用尼罗河水，人们修建了阿斯旺大坝。In order to control and make use of the Nile river, people built the Aswan Dam.

A gorge is a deep, narrow passage with steep( 陡峭的 ) rocky sides

gorge 峡谷

Do you know the reservoir that provides water for your town?

A natural or artificial pond or lake used for storing and controlling water

The Summer Palace

Jiuzhaigou

Guilin

The West Lake

skyscraperThe Empire State Building

skyscraper

He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man

The Great Wall

The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is the longest ___________structure ever built.The original wall was 6,300 kilometres _____. Most of the Great Wall __________the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644).

Today, the eastern end of the wall is at____________.In the west, the wall ends near the town of_____________ .

man-made

long

dates from

Shanhaiguan

Jiayuguan

Hong Kong International Airport

At the time it was built, Chek Lap Kok( Chi Lajiao) Airport in Hong Kong was the biggest civil engineering project of all time. It took six years to build and cost US$ 20 billion.

The terminal building is the largest covered space in the world. The airport is within five hours’ flying time of half the world’s population and is designed to accommodate 80 million passengers a year.

the Three Gorges Dam

Qutang Gorge

Wu Gorge

Xiling Gorge

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

三峡工程全景图

The Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydro-electric dam in the world, more than 1.5 kilometres ______across the Yangtze River, the world’s third longest river. Its reservoir is more than 500 kilometres______.

wide

long

Function And Everyday EnglishPractice 1. Work in pairs. Look at short conversations comparing the adjective with the strong adjective .Example:A: Are you feeling tired after your long trip?B: Tired? I am feeling exhausted!

A: Do you think Hong Kong International airport is a good airport?B: Good? Excellent!

A: Was the coffee hot?B: Hot ? It was boiling!

2.Match the adjective on the left with the strong adjective on the right

good freezing

nice delighted

hot fascinating

big exhausted

cold ridiculous

surprise boiling

pleased astonished

silly excellent

interesting enormous

tired wonderful

Answer:

good excellent

nice wonderful

hot boiling

big enormous

cold freezing

surprised astonished

pleased delighted

silly ridiculous

interesting fascinating

tired exhausted

2. Complete these conversations.

A: Is it a big dam?

B: Big-it’s absolutely___________________ !

A: Was it an interesting film?

B: Interesting? It was absolutely______________ !

A: Was it a nice trip?

B: Nice? It was absolutely_________________ !

enormous

fascinating

wonderful

3. Complete these conversations with other adjectives from the list in activity1.

A: Were you pleased with your visit to the Three Gorges Dam?

B: Pleased? I was ___________ !

A: Was it cold when you were on the boat?

B: Cold? It was ___________!

A: Were you surprised to see so many American students?

B: surprised?___________________ !

delighted

freezing

I was astonished

SwimmingI have just drunk the waters of ChangshaAnd come to eat the fish of Wuchang.Now I am swimming across the great Yangtze,Looking afar to the open sky of Chu.Let the wind blow and waves beat,Better far than idly strolling in courtyard.Today I am at ease.It was by a stream that the Master said --"Thus do things flow away!"Sails move with the wind.Tortoise and Snake are still.Great plans are afoot:A bridge will fly to span the north and south,Turning a deep chasm into a thoroughfare;Walls of stones will stand upstream to the westTo hold back Wushan's clouds and rainTill a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.The mountain goddess if she is still thereWill marvel at a world so changed.

水调歌头 · 游泳　毛泽东才饮长江水，又食武昌鱼。万里长江横渡，极目楚天舒。不管风吹浪打，胜似闲庭信步，今日得宽余。子在川上曰：逝者如斯夫！

风樯动，龟蛇静，起宏图。一桥飞架南北，天堑变通途。更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖。神女应无恙，当今世界殊。

Prepare some materials

about China’s Three Gorges Dam