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1、ListeingandspeakingAdevelopingcountrybuildsabigdamtoprovideelectricityforitspeopleandcontrolagreatriver.Unlesssomethingisdone,aculturalrelicwillbelost.Thegovernmentmustdecidewhetherornottosavetherelic.ListeningPage41BackgroundknowledgeabouttheAswanDamtheAswanHighDamAbuSimbel

2、theAswanHighDamtheNileRiverBeforeyoulistentothetapediscusswithyourpartnertheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofbuildingadam.AdvantagesofbuildingadamDisadvantagesofbuildingadamtomakeelectricityforeveryonetoencourageindustrytomakethecountrylessdependentonoutsideoilsupplieslossofvilla

3、gesandcommunitiesunderthewatersofthereservoirslossofsomeculturalsiteslossofbeautifulscenerycommercializationoftheareaNowListentoPartAandfindoutwhathappenedwhenadamwasbuiltinEgypt.Numberthekeywordsasyouhearthem.AswanHingDamRiverNileAbuSimbelelectricitycoveredbywaterfloodsengi

4、neersUNESCO1546327PartATheAswanHighDaminEgyptisoneofthebiggestdamsintheworld.ItprovideshalfofEgypt’selectricity.However.Itcausedproblemswhileitwasbeingbuilt.ThereweremanytemplesalongtheRiverNile.Itwasclearthatwhenthedamwasfinishedmanyofthemwouldbecoveredbywater.Oneofthemosti

5、mportantofthesetemplesisAbuSimbel,whichwasbuiltinthe13thcenturyBC.Itismadeofrockandattheentrancetherearefourlargestonepersons,eachtwentymetreshigh.NobodywantedthebeautifultempleofAbuSimbeltodisappearbuttheyneededthedam.Finally,theengineersofUNESCOstudiedtheproblemandfoundawa

6、ytorescuethetemple.ListentoPartBandnumberthekeywordsasyouhearthem.Movethetemple1900workersStonebystoneworthmorethan$70,000,000rebuildin1966fouryears15463278PartBTheengineersagreedtomoveAbuSimbeltemplestonebystoneandbuilditagainabovethewatersofthedam.Ittook1900workersfouryear

7、storebuildthetempleinthe1960s.ItcostmorethanseventymillionUSdollars.However,Itwasworthit.TheAswanHighDamwasfinishedin1966.EversincethenAbuSimbelhasbeenoneofthemostbeautifultemplesinEgypt.Itisstillinaquietandbeautifulplacewhichvisitorsaregladtovisit.WhydidAbuSimbelneedtobemov

8、edandrebuilt?SuggestedanswerstoExercise4:AbuSimbelneededtobemovedandrebuilt