1、Unit 1 Cultural HeritageReading and ThinkingLiangzhu Ancient City Culture ParkThe West LakeThe Great WallAbu Simbel TempleFrom Problems to SolutionsEconomic development is necessary if we want to improve society.There comes a time when the old must give way to the new,and it is not possible to prese
2、rve everything from our past as we move towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.Big challenges,however,can sometimes lead to great solutions.In the 1950s,the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam ac
3、ross the Nile in order to control floods,produce electricity,and supply water to more farmers in the area.But the proposal led to protests.Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypts cultural heritage.After listening to
4、 the scientists who had studied the problem,and citizens who lived near the dam,the government turn to the United Nations for help in 1959.A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different de
5、partments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the interna
6、tional community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved.Finally,a document was signed,and the work began in 1960.The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world.Temples and other cultur
7、al sites were taken down 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 worker rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics.Fifty countries
8、donated nearly$80 million to the project.When the project ended in 1980,it was considered a great success.Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past,but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better
9、tomorrow.The spirit of Aswan Dam project is still alive today.Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO,which runs a programme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing.If a problem seems too difficult for a single nation,the global community can sometimes prov
10、ide a solution.From Problems to SolutionsEconomic development is necessary if we want to improve society.There comes a time when the old must give way to the new,and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between pr
11、ogress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.Big challenges,however,can sometimes lead to great solutions.In the 1950s,the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods,produce electricity,and supply water to more farmers in the area.B
12、ut the proposal led to protests.Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypts cultural heritage.After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem,and citizens who lived near the dam,the government turn to the
13、United Nations for help in 1959.A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted seve
14、ral tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how th
15、e buildings could be saved.Finally,a document was signed,and the work began in 1960.The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world.Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece,and then moved and put back together again in a place where they we
16、re safe from the water.In 1961,German engineers moved the first temple.Over the next 20 years,thousands of engineers and worker rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics.Fifty countries donated nearly$80 million to the project.When the project ended in 1980,it was considered a great success.N
17、ot only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past,but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow.The spirit of Aswan Dam project is still alive today.Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO,w
18、hich runs a programme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing.If a problem seems too difficult for a single nation,the global community can sometimes provide a solution.Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society.There comes a time when the
19、old must give way to the new,and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.Big challenges,however,can sometimes lead to great solutions.In th
20、e 1950s,the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods,produce electricity,and supply water to more farmers in the area.But the proposal led to protests.Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an i
21、mportant part of Egypts cultural heritage.After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem,and citizens who lived near the dam,the government turn to the United Nations for help in 1959.A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultura
22、l relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions fr
23、om different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved.Finally,a document was signed,and the work began in 1960.The project brought together governments and envi
24、ronmentalists from around the world.Temples and other cultural sites were taken down 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 worker rescu
25、ed 22 temples and countless cultural relics.Fifty countries donated nearly$80 million to the project.When the project ended in 1980,it was considered a great success.Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past,but they had also learnt that it wa
26、s possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow.The spirit of Aswan Dam project is still alive today.Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO,which runs a programme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing.If a problem seems too difficult
27、 for a single nation,the global community can sometimes provide a solution.ProblemsFrom Problems to SolutionsEconomic development is necessary if we want to improve society.There comes a time when the old must give way to the new,and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move
28、 towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.Big challenges,however,can sometimes lead to great solutions.In the 1950s,the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control flood
29、s,produce electricity,and supply water to more farmers in the area.But the proposal led to protests.Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypts cultural heritage.After listening to the scientists who had studied the pro
30、blem,and citizens who lived near the dam,the government turn to the United Nations for help in 1959.A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the i
31、nternational community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated t
32、he issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved.Finally,a document was signed,and the work began in 1960.The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world.Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece
33、,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 worker rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics.Fifty countries donated nearly$80 million to the projec
34、t.When the project ended in 1980,it was considered a great success.Not only had the countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past,but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow.The spirit of Aswan Dam projec
35、t is still alive today.Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO,which runs a programme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing.If a problem seems too difficult for a single nation,the global community can sometimes provide a solution.ProblemsSolutionsSolutio
36、nsFrom Problems to SolutionsEconomic development is necessary if we want to improve society.There comes a time when the old must give way to the new,and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and th
37、e protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.Big challenges,however,can sometimes lead to great solutions.In the 1950s,the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods,produce electricity,and supply water to more farmers in the area.But the propos
38、al led to protests.Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypts cultural heritage.After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem,and citizens who lived near the dam,the government turn to the United Nation
39、s for help in 1959.A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and
40、 then made a proposal for how the buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings c
41、ould be saved.Finally,a document was signed,and the work began in 1960.The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world.Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece,and then moved and put back together again in a place where they were safe from
42、the water.In 1961,German engineers moved the first temple.Over the next 20 years,thousands of engineers and worker rescued 22 temples and countless cultural relics.Fifty countries donated nearly$80 million to the project.When the project ended in 1980,it was considered a great success.Not only had t
43、he countries found a path to the future that did not run over the relics of the past,but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow.The spirit of Aswan Dam project is still alive today.Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO,which runs a p
44、rogramme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing.If a problem seems too difficult for a single nation,the global community can sometimes provide a solution.ProblemsSolutionsSolutions?From Problems to SolutionsEconomic development is necessary if we want to impr
45、ove society.There comes a time when the old must give way to the new,and it is not possible to preserve everything from our past as we move towards the future.Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.Big challenges,however,can
46、 sometimes lead to great solutions.In the 1950s,the Egyptian government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods,produce electricity,and supply water to more farmers in the area.But the proposal led to protests.Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples an
47、d destroy cultural relics that were an important part of Egypts cultural heritage.After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem,and citizens who lived near the dam,the government turn to the United Nations for help in 1959.A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian b
48、uildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings and prevent the loss of cultural rel
49、ics.The group asked for contributions from different departments and raised funds within the international community.Experts investigated the issue,conducted several tests,and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved.Finally,a document was signed,and the work began in 1960.The proje
50、ct brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world.Temples and other cultural sites were taken down 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
