2.6 World Heritage (Comprehensive Reading Skill)

1. Read the passage carefully and do the      activities.

A1.  Complete the following sentences.

   1. Is it had planned to construct the

       ............ on the Nile.

   2. In 1959 ......... had launched an                   international campaign to protect               Abu Simbel temples.

  3. World Heritage Trust was demanded           by ........ in 1965.

  4. The convention to create an                           international organisation                             responsible for protecting protecting         cultural heritage was drafted                       by.............. .

A2. Complete the tree diagram ( down to

        top) in an ascending order of                        calendar years.

A3.  Match the pairs of the words from

        the passage and their contextual

        meanings.

           Words                 contextual meaning

1.    heritage            1. objects made by

                                        human beings

2.   momentum       2.  agreement

3.   artefacts           3.  forceful idea

4.   convention        4.  legacy

A4.  Do as directed.

1.    The international Union for                           Conservation of Nature developed  

       similar goals and presented them

       at the UN's conference of Human

        Environment in Stockholm in                       Sweden.

      (Rewrite using not only ........ but also)

2.   The convention concerning the                     protection of World Cultural and

       National Heritage was adopted by

       UNESCO's General Conference on

       November 16, 1972.

       ( Rewrite the sentence beginning with

         UNESCO's  General Conference ......)

A5.  Why, do you think, should we protect

        significant cultural and natural sites

        in our country?

                                        25 August,2020

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