Unit 4 Protecting our heritage sites Grammar and usage 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第三册

Grammar and usage How were the Abu Simbel temples saved from the rising waters? Chris is reading an article about the effort to save historic temples in Egypt. Read and answer the following question: How were the Abu Simbel temples saved from the rising waters? The Abu Simbel temples in Egypt are thousands of years old and it took decades to build them. There are divisions among historians over when exactly the construction of the twin temples started, but no one can deny the fact that they were constructed in the 13th century BCE. In the mid-20th century, the temples were under serious threat. The government had decided to build the Aswan High Dam on the Nile and this structure would cause water levels to rise, which could in turn flood the Abu Simbel temples. This decision caused widespread concern among people around the world. They could not prevent the construction of the dam and they had no idea whether the temples could be saved from the rising waters. How were the Abu Simbel temples saved from the rising waters? Some experts, however, had a feeling that it was possible. UNESCO put together an international team of architects, engineers and heavy equipment operators, who looked at different ways of saving the temples. At first, they had no idea which way could work. Finally, they decided to try to take the temples apart, move their parts to a new location and then put them back together. There was no guarantee that it would work, since no one had attempted anything similar before. Furthermore, the experts had no clue whether any parts of the temples would break during transport. However, the operation was carefully planned and the team eventually managed to relocate all of the Abu Simbel temples without incident. How were the Abu Simbel temples saved from the rising waters? This success demonstrates the power of international cooperation in times of crisis. It is difficult to forecast what threats our heritage sites will face in the future, but we have the