Question

B1. Read the following passage and do the activities:

1. International World Heritage Program is administered by ______.
   1. UNESCO
   2. WHO
   3. WHC
   4. UN
2. World Heritage Sites are significant ______.
   1. Naturally and culturally
   2. Naturally and traditionally
   3. Naturally and literary
   4. None of these
3. Which site played a role in historical Chinese art and literature?
   1. Aswan High Dam
   2. Mount Huangshan
   3. Abu Simbel Temple
   4. Egyptian artefacts
4. UNESCO launched an international campaign in ______.
   1. 1950
   2. 1959
   3. 1958
   4. 1957

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.

1. Play a role
2. Scores of

B4. Rewrite the following sentences using 'not only' and 'but also'.

1. World Heritage Sites can also be a combination of both cultural and natural areas.
2. 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?

Answer 1

B1.

1. International World Heritage Program is administered by UNESCO.
2. World Heritage Sites are significant Naturally and culturally.
3. Mount Huangshan
4. UNESCO launched an international campaign in 1959.

B2. The international campaign by UNESCO was launched to conserve the Abu Simbel Temples and scores of Egyptian artifacts by the dismantling of Aswan High Dam's construction plan over the Nile river which could be a threat to the monuments. It cost around 80 billion US Dollar.

B3. 

1. Play a role - It's a chance to play a role and forget the "real" world for a time.
2. Scores of - He had scores of antiques hidden in the attic.

B4.

1. World Heritage Sites can not only be a combination of cultural but also natural areas.
2. Egypt started plans to build the Aswan High Dam to not only collect but also control water from the Nile river.

B5. World Heritage Sites are a natural part of our surroundings and nature. In order for us to visit these locations and educate ourselves about other cultures, organisations like UNESCO spend a lot of money protecting and conserving them. We have a moral obligation to protect and preserve these places since we were born and raised on this earth. Here are some strategies for preserving and safeguarding World Heritage sites:

1. Maintain cleanliness at these locations.
2. Avoid causing property damage.
3. Don't scrawl or write anything on the walls of historical sites or monuments.
4. Inform authorities of any improper behaviour taking place at these locations.