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Aswan High Dam
Abu Simbel temples
How did the dam threaten the ancient temples?
Abu Simbel is an ancient temple complex, originally cut into a solid rock cliff, in southern Egypt and located at the second cataract /ˈkætərækt/ 大瀑布 of the Nile River.
The Aswan High Dam on the Nile would cause water levels to rise, which could in turn flood the Abu Simbel temples.
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How were the Abu Simbel temples saved from the rising waters?
An international team worked together to take the temples apart, moved their parts to a new location and then put them back together. They eventually managed to relocate all of the Abu Simbel temples without incident.
V-T/V-I If people or businesses relocate or if someone relocates them, they move to a different place. 迁移; 重新安置
• If the company was to relocate, most employees would move.
如果公司要迁移,大多数员工得搬家。
2.N-UNCOUNT 迁移; 重新安置 • The company says the cost of relocation will be negligible. 公司说迁移的费用微不足道。
Useful Expressions
division among historians 第二行
no one can deny the fact that… 第三行后面一点
under serious threat 第5行开头
in turn 第6行最后面+第7行开头
A save B from C 第一段最后一行
put sth together 第二段第一行最后
heavy equipment operator 第二段第二行
take sth apart 第二段第4行
relocate 第二段最后一行
without incident 上一短语的同一行
in times of crisis 最后一段第一行最后
heritage preservation 全文最后两个词
Exploring the rules | A
Find all the appositive clauses in the article. (7)
... but no one can deny the fact that they were constructed in the 13 century BCE.
... they had no idea whether the temples could be saved from the rising waters.
Some experts, however, had a feeling that it was possible.
Exploring the rules | A
At first, they had no idea which way could work.
There was no guarantee that it would work, ...
Furthermore, the experts had no clue whether any parts of the temples would break during transport.
..., but we have the belief that we will need this kind of cooperation in heritage preservation.
Working out the rules
An appositive clause is usually placed after an abstract noun