高中英语人教版2000年高一上07

[05:41.76]Painters and workers had to be very careful when they were trying to bring the  city back to life.
[05:49.20]It was difficult to save the palaces
[05:53.46]and buildings without destroying their old beauty.
[05:58.32]With the help of old paintings and photographs,
[06:02.76]the people of St Petersburg were able to bring back the beauty of their culture
[06:09.11]and history.Now,after years of hard work,
[06:15.64]parts of statues have been put back together
[06:20.32]and missing pieces have been replaced.
[06:24.86]Old paintings, including a portrait of Peter the  Great
[06:30.61]which was found in the snow outside St Petersburg,
[06:35.96]have been carefully recreated,
[06:40.22]and the old palaces have been made as wonderful as in the past.
[06:46.18]today Peter the Great on his bronze horse
[06:51.53]can once again look out over the city he built.
[06:56.39]Like their hero Peter,
[06:59.74]the people of St Peterburg have shown that dreams can come true.
[07:05.69]Strong,proud and united
[07:09.84]the people of St  Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russia.
[07:16.01]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[07:22.25]Reading and writing Dear Editor,
[07:27.84]I live in Paris,France.
[07:31.89]In my country there is a famous site,called the Chauvet Caves.
[07:38.87]I am very worried about it
[07:42.42]because some of the cave paintings have been destroyed by air pollution.
[07:48.77]No,the pollution does not come from cars or factories, but from human beings.
[07:57.31]Thouands of tourists visit the caves every year.
[08:02.66]The carbon dioxide from their breath is damaging the paintings.
[08:08.93]I think one way to solve the problem
[08:13.66]is to put glass walls in front of the paintings Second,
[08:20.51]the number of visitors should be limited.
[08:24.87]And we should build a website where people can look at the pictures and paintings
[08:32.24]Yours sincerely,Sophie
[08:36.39]Words and expressions
[08:42.27]UNIT 7
[08:45.19]cultural             relic                pyramid              Egypt
[08:48.61]adj.文化的           n.遗物；纪念物       n.金字塔;锥体        n.埃及
[08:52.04]Stonehenge           statue               capsule              represent
[08:55.97]n.史前巨石柱(英国)   n.雕像               n.太空舱；胶囊       vt.代表；表现
[08:59.90]include              St Petersburg        Neva                 Czar
[09:03.44]vt.包括；包含        n.涅瓦河             圣彼得堡             n.(俄国)沙皇
[09:06.98]fairy tale           give in              ruin                 in ruins
[09:10.66]n.神话；谎言         让步；投降           n.废墟;崩溃          成为废墟遭到严重破坏
[09:14.34]burn(burnt;burned)   restore              Nazi                 rebuild(rebuilt)