
B2U1Cultural Heritage 课文挖空--Reading and Thinking FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS 从问题重重到迎刃而解 Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society. _____ _____ (新旧更替的时代已经到来), and it is not possible to _____(将过去的一切保存) as we move towards the future. In this case,_____ (寻找恰当的平衡点,并加以保持) between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge. 社会进步需要经济发展。新旧更替的时代已经到来,在走向未来的过程中,我们不可能将过去的一切都保存下来。在发展与文化遗址保护之间找到恰当的平衡点,并加以保持,这可能是一项巨大的挑战。 Big challenges, however, can sometimes (带来,导致) great solutions. In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to (防洪、发电并供水) to more farmers in the area. But the (提案) led to (抗议). Water from the dam would _____(很可能) damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that _____ (是...的重要组成部分)Egypt’s cultural heritage.. After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem, and citizens who lived near the dam, the government _____(向...求助) the United Nations for help in 1959. 然而,巨大的挑战有时会带来伟大的解决方案。20世纪50年代,埃及政府打算在尼罗河上新建一座大坝,可以防洪、发电并为该地区更多的农民供水。但是,该提议引发了抗议。因为大坝泄流很可能会损坏许多寺庙,摧毁一批文物,而这些文物是埃及文化遗产的重要组成部分。在听取了研究该问题的科学家以及大坝附近居民的意见后,政府于1959年向联合国求助。 A_____(委员会)was _____ (建立) to _____ (限制) damage to the Egyptian buildings and _____(防止...的损失) cultural relics. The group asked for_____ _____ (各部门予以支持) and _____ _____(筹集资金) within the international community, Experts (调查研究), (进行) several tests, and then for how the buildings could be saved.(提出建议). Finally, a _____(文件)was signed, and the work began in 1960. 委员会成立了,旨在减少对那些建筑物的破坏,并防止文物损失。该委员会请求各个部门予以支持,并在国际范围内筹集资金。专家们经过调查研究,多次试验,提出了一个保住那些建筑的方案。最终,(埃及政府)签署了一份文件,于1960年开始动工。 The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world. Temples and other cultural sites were (拆除)piece by piece, and then moved and put back together again in a place where they were safe from the water. In 1961, German engineers moved the first temple. Over the next 20 years, thousands of engineers and workers rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics. Fifty countries _____ nearly $80 million _____ (向...捐款) the project. 该项目集聚了来自世界各地的政府机构和环保人士。人们将寺庙和其他文化遗址逐块拆解,运至一个不受河水侵袭的安全地带,再按原样复原。1961年,德国工程师搬迁了第一座寺庙。在随后的二十年里,数千名工程师和工人拯救了22座寺庙和不计其数的文物。50个国家向该项目捐赠了近8千万美元。 When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great success. Not only had the country found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the p ... ...
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