1、FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONSEconomic development is necessary if we want to improve society. There comes a time _1_ the old must give way_2_the new, and it is not possible_3_( preserve) everything from our past as we move towards the future. Finding and keeping the right balance between progress and t
2、he _4_(protect) of cultural sites can be a big challenge.Big challenges, _5_, can sometimes lead to great solutions. In the 1950s, the _6_(Egypt) government wanted to build a new dam across the Nile in order to control floods, produce electricity, and supply water to more _7_(farmer) in the area. Bu
3、t the proposal led to protests. Water from the dam would _8_(like) damage a number of temples and destroy cultural relics _9_ were an important part of Egypts cultural heritage. After _10_(listen) to the scientists _11_ had studied the problem, and citizens who lived near the dam, the government tur
4、ned _12_the United Nations for help in 1959.A committee _13_( establish) to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for contributions from different departments and _14_(raise) funds within the international community. Experts investigated the
5、issue, conducted several tests, and then made _15_proposal for how the buildings could be saved. Finally, a document was signed, and the work began in 1960.The project brought together governments and environmentalists from around the world.Temples and other cultural sites were taken _16_ piece by p
6、iece, and then moved and put back together again in a place _17_they were safe from the water. in 1961, German engineers moved the first temple. Over the next20 years, thousands of engineers and workers rescued22 temples and countless cultural relics. Fifty countries donated nearly $80 million _18_
7、the project.When the project ended in 1980, it was considered a great _19_(successful). Not only had the countries found a path to the future_20_ did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that _21_ was possible for countries to work together to build a _22_(good) tomorrow.The
8、 spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still_23_ (live) today. Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO _24_runs a programme that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from _25_(disappear). if a problem seems too difficult for a single nation, the _26_(globe) community can sometimes provide a solution.
