内容正文:
Cultural
Heritage
Language Points
FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS Para 1
Economic____________ (develop) is necessary if we want to improve society. There comes a time ________the old must ____________(让步于) the new, and it is not possible __________(preserve) everything from our past _________we move towards the future. In this case, finding and keeping the right balance between progress and the ____________(protect) of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
development
when
to preserve
as/when
protection
give way to
总有一天;有时候
1. give way (to sb./sth.)
to stop resisting sb./sth.; to agree to do sth. that you do not want to do
屈服;退让;让步
① We must not give way to their demands.
我们决不能对他们的要求让步。
② He refused to give way on any of the points.
他拒绝在任何一点上让步。
2 balance n.平衡;均衡 vt.使平衡
__________adj.均衡的;平衡的
balanced
知识拓展
keep/break the balance of nature 保持/打破生态平衡
keep/lose one's balance 保持/失去平衡
out of balance 失去平衡
a balanced diet 均衡的饮食
balance A against B 权衡A和B
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融会应用
Ⅰ.单句填空
(1)I was depressed because my life seemed completely out ___ balance.
of
(2)He _________(balance) a football on his head.
balanced
(3)Keeping a _________(balance) diet and taking exercises regularly are
considered as healthy lifestyles.
balanced
(4)We must balance the gains _______ the losses before making a decision.
against
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Para 2
Big challenges, however, can sometimes lead to great _________ (solution). In the 1950s, the Egyptian government wanted to build ____ new dam across the Nile in order to control floods, produce electricity, and supply water ______more farmers in the area. But the proposal ______ (lead) to protests. Water from the dam would likely damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics ___________were an important part of Egypt’s cultural heritage. After listening to the scientists who had studied the problem, ______citizens who lived near the dam, the government turned _______ the United Nations for help in 1959.
solutions
led
and
that/which
a
to
to
supply sth to sb=suppl