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1、SelectedArticlesfromAmericanandBritishNewspapersandMagazinesLessonFourExplodingTourismErodingChina’sRichesAsia:FromtheGobiDeserttotheGreatWall,visitorsareviewedasrichsourcesofcash.Thedamagetheydoisoftenignored.2(Para1)DUNHUANG,China—Forthegrowingarmyofmiddle
2、-classChinesewithalittleextramoneytospend,touringtheirvastcountryhasbecomealmostasnaturalasbreathing.Bothactivities,itturnsout,areharmingtheancientBuddhistgrottoesthatmakethisplaceoneofChina’sculturalwonders.UnderstandingDetails:31.Whatactivitiesareharmingan
3、cient Buddhistgrottoes?(A)Thegrowingarmyoftouristscameto appreciatetheculturalwonders.(B)Thebreathofthetouristswhichis comprisedofcarbondioxideand moisture.(C)wind,rain,sandandWesternplunderers.Questionsafterthetext:4(Para3)Wind,rain,sandandWesternplunderers
4、havealldamagedthecavesovertheyears.Butthegreatestscourgethesedayscomesfromthetouristswhoswarmherebythebusload,bringdestructiveamountsofcarbondioxideandmoistureintothecavesalongwiththeireagernessforaglimpseofagespast.UnderstandingDetails:52.Whoturnedthecavesi
5、ntothepainted shrines?(seePara2)Questionsafterthetext:6TheSilkRoad(orSilkRoutes)isanextensiveinterconnectednetworkoftraderoutesacrosstheAsiancontinentconnectingEast,South,andWesternAsiawiththeMediterraneanworld,aswellasNorthandNortheastAfricaandEurope.Landro
6、utesarered,waterroutesareblue.73.Aremuralsingoodshape?Questionsafterthetext:8(para5)Manyofthemuralsarealreadysaggingorpeelingfromtheearthenwalls,theirdelicatebeautyfadedaway.OthershavedeterioratedbeyondtherepaireffortsofChineseandforeignexperts,includingwork
7、ersfromtheGettyConservationInstituteinLosAngeles.UnderstandingDetails:ExteriorviewoftheGettyConservationInstituteattheGettyCenterinLosAngeles.erodedmurals9Para.5OthershavedeterioratedbeyondtherepaireffortsofChineseandforeignexperts.Othermuralshavedeteriorate
8、d,andChineseandforeignexpertscannotrepairthem,nomatterhowmanyeffortsarepaid.10Para.5Itisanicesentiment,buttotallyinsupportableiftheartinsidethe492grottoesistosurvive.Itisagoodidea,butwewilldefin
