《Cultural Heritage》Section A -高中英语人教版必修二PPT课件.pptxVIP

人教版高中英语必修二UNIT 1 Cultural HeritageSection A　Listening and Speaking2019年4月15日，有数百年历史的法国巴黎圣母院突发大火。　一场熊熊大火，烧毁了巴黎的地标性建筑。　望着这800多年的古迹在熊熊大火中燃烧，人类艺术瑰宝遭到破坏，人们心痛不已……这是全人类的不幸，是文明的叹息!The Notre Dame Cathedral Was on FireOn April 15th，2019，Notre Dame Cathedral，one of the most iconic① structures in Paris，caught fire and the fire lasted for several hours，nearly destroying the centuries-old church.The tragedy all began when fire alarms rang Monday evening as people rushed past the Notre Dame Cathedral on their way home.Yet upon seeing the smoke，and then later the flames，a large crowd gathered in horror as they watched the spire(尖塔) of the famous cathedral collapse② as the fire grew in size.?The fire at Notre Dame started in or near the spires some 295 feet from the ground.According to Dunn，a fire expert，this was extremely problematic for two reasons.“If you’ve ever been in the attic of a church，you’ll instantly notice it’s all made of wood，which of course makes it ripe for a fire to spread quickly.Second，fire hoses can only reach a maximum③ height of fifty feet，making the spires in Notre Dame extremely④ difficult to address.”There was a point when the world collectively⑤ held its breath as the fate of Notre Dame was very much unclear.Yet Parisian firefighters prevailed⑥，eventually⑦ saving the entire structure from total destruction.That brings us to the difficult but important discussion of what to do moving forward with the countless other places of worship around the world.“If centuries-old places of worship want to protect their buildings，they must install automatic sprinklers，” Dunn argues.“The problem is，no one wants to do that because it could deface the beautiful interiors(内部).But that’s really the only way they can ensure their structure will last another century.If they don’t take this problem seriously，any other places of worship around the world could suffer the fate as Notre Dame.”词海拾贝①iconic adj.标志性的②collapse v.倒塌③maximum adj.最大极限的④extremely adv.极度⑤collectively adv.集体地