Module 6 The World’s Cultural Heritage

in 1949 the people’s republic of china was established and the work was started again.
in 1987 zhoukoudian was listed as a world heritage site.
(2) ask ss to listen to part 2 and filling the missing words.
    beijing man heritage site in danger
  the zhoukoudian beijing man site is one of the most important ___(1)__ in china. since the discovery was made in the 1920s, zhoukoudian has become an important place for archaeologists from all over the world. at the site in the south-west suburb of beijing, there is, for example, the earliest ___(2)____ of the use of fire by humans. ___(3)___ that people lived there continuously between 5000,000 and 10, 000 years ago.
 today, however, zhoukoudian is in serious danger. parts of the cave has been badly affected by rain and ___(4)___ to the air. some areas are almost completely covered in weeds, ___(5)____ serious damage. pollution from nearly cement factories ___(6)____ to the problem.
 the site is extremely expensive to ___(7)___ and it will cost between three and five million yuan to repair it. at the moment, visitors are not allowed to visit the caves.
 zhoukoudian is on the world cultural heritage list, ___(8)___ by unesco, the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization. the list is constantly checked. any site which is seriously damaged or which is not properly protected is an ___(9)____ heritage, and unesco is very quick to do something about situations like this. they have ___(10)___ that the site be closed and repaired. if nothing is done to repair it, it could be removed from the list.
this is a very serious matter and the chinese academy of science is trying to ___(11)___ about it. they have __(12)____ that the general public be encouraged to help with the problem. a professor at the academy has ___(13)___ that a fund be established to raise money.
dr zhu ming of the academy said, “we have ___(14)___ that the government get involved, but we also need ___(15)____ from ordinary people. they can help by contributing to the cost of repairing the caves. they are a ___(16)____ part of our cultural heritage- it is __ (17)___ that we do something. ___(18)___, it will be a catastrophe.”
suggested answers:
(1) world heritage sites (2) evidence (3) it has been proved (4) exposure (5) causing
(6) has contributed (7) maintain (8) organized (9) endangered (10) recommended
(11) raise public awareness (12) suggested (13) proposed (14) requested (15) assistance
(16) precious (17) of vital importance (18) if not