剑桥中学英语三级28单元[突破英语等级考试].ppt

The world heritage Journey
Do you know where these places are?
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
El Alhambra, Granada, Spain
The Taj Mahal, India
Great wall
The reasons why places are famous
Very different from others
Important design
a place must be authentic
The first of its kind or the best example of a certain style
It can have a design linked with an important religion or philosophy.
It can be a special example of a traditional way of life,
ancient culture or civilization
Look at the postcards on page 112.
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What it was for?
fantastic
place
space
walk along
monument
['mɔnjumənt]
absolutely
['æbsəlju:tli]
Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places around the world.
War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage these famous places.
There is a need for constant renovation.
But looking after these places often costs more than one country can afford.
How can we look after the past?
constant renovation
constant ['kɔnstənt]
;恒定的
renovation [,renəu'veiʃən]
n. 革新,刷新,修理
The World anization
In the early 1970s, world governments decided that if they joined together, they would be able to preserve our history.
If every country paid some money, they said, it would be possible to look after important historic places. 3
Also, if they discovered that a monument needed urgent help, they would have money for repairs.
For these reasons, countries around the world united to form the World anization in 1972.
Today anization helps to maintain and restore the most important places from our history.
Vandalism: one of the biggest problems
However, one of the biggest problems for historic places is vandalism.
People sometimes enter the sites and destroy or damage the
At some sites, such as Stonehenge in England, governments have built high fences to protect the site from vandals. 1
['vændəlizəm]
There are many different ideas about how to solve the problem of vandalism.
Some e