高中英语人教版高三1 07

[06:07.36]After sunset,the sky turns pink.
[06:12.40]The grey stone towers take on a golden colour before turning pink.
[06:18.88]Nowhere else in the world can there be such a quiet,beautiful place.
[06:26.04]Lesson 27
[06:34.87]1 Reading comprehension
[06:39.33]ANGKOR WAT(2)
[06:42.68]In 1177 the capital city of Angkor
[06:48.56]was seized after a fierce battle and fell into ruins.
[06:55.22]Soon a new capital was built at Angkor Thom,but this was deserted in 1434.
[07:03.86]The ruins were soon covered by thick forests and were forgotten until 1861,
[07:11.73]when the French,who then controlled Cambodia,discovered them.
[07:17.89]They were astonished by what they found.
[07:22.15]The ruins of the old city of Angkor covered an area of 200 square kilometres.
[07:30.30]As well as the temple of Angkor Wat,they included more than 50 major buildings
[07:38.06]and others of less importance within this area.
[07:42.92]They had been built over a period of six centuries up until 1431.
[07:49.76]The temple of Angkor Wat was built from 1113 to 1150
[07:56.53]and covers an area of two square kilometres.
[08:01.67]A vast square channel of water goes round the four sides of it.
[08:08.52]The French,after discovering the ruined temple,
[08:13.84]did a lot of repair work up until 1970,
[08:19.30]when the war forced the last of the French workforce to leave.
[08:24.66]In 1980 an Indian team visited the temple to prepare a report
[08:32.10]and found the temple in a poor state.
[08:36.23]Many of the stone figures had been dtolen and others were falling to pieces.
[08:43.70]Repair work finally started in 1986
[08:49.27]and a team of 15 Indian experts began work with 400 Cambodian workers.
[08:57.13]Fortunately they had a lot of experience,
[09:02.09]as the team leader had already worked on more than 70 old buildings in India.
[09:08.94]More than 70,000 square metres of stone were cleaned and protected against the water.
[09:17.09]Thousaands of stone blocks were moved
[09:20.85]and many roof sections were replaced with new ones where necessary.
[09:27.61]The work was completed in June 1994.