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B1. Read the following passage and do the activities:
- International World Heritage Program is administered by ______.
- UNESCO
- WHO
- WHC
- UN
- World Heritage Sites are significant ______.
- Naturally and culturally
- Naturally and traditionally
- Naturally and literary
- None of these
- Which site played a role in historical Chinese art and literature?
- Aswan High Dam
- Mount Huangshan
- Abu Simbel Temple
- Egyptian artefacts
- UNESCO launched an international campaign in ______.
- 1950
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
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A World Heritage Site is a site determined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have significant cultural or natural importance to humanity. As such, the sites are protected and maintained by the International World Heritage Programme which is administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, because World Heritage Sites are places that are significant culturally and naturally, they vary in type but include forests, lakes, monuments, buildings and cities. World Heritage Sites can also be a combination of both cultural and natural areas. For example, Mount Huangshan in China is a site with significance to human culture because it played a role in historical Chinese art and literature. The mountain is also significant because of its physical landscape characteristics. HISTORY OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES Although the idea of protecting cultural and natural heritage sites around the world began in the early twentieth century, momentum for its actual creation was not started until the 1950s. In 1954, Egypt started plans to build the Aswan High Dam to collect and control water from the Nile River. The initial plan for the dam's construction would have flooded the valley containing the Abu Simbel Temples and scores of ancient Egyptian artefacts. To protect the temples and artefacts, UNESCO launched an international campaign in 1959 that called for the dismantling and movement of the temples to higher ground. The project cost an estimated US $80 million, $40 million of which came from 50 different countries. |
B2. Briefly describe the international campaign launched by UNESCO in 1959.
B3. Make sentences using the following phrases.
- Play a role
- Scores of
B4. Rewrite the following sentences using 'not only' and 'but also'.
- World Heritage Sites can also be a combination of both cultural and natural areas.
- Egypt started plans to build the Aswan High Dam to collect and control water from the Nile River.
B5. How do you think can an individual conserve and protect a World Heritage Site?
