Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Last class when we talked about the Sagrada Familia, and mentioned the World Heritage, but we didn’t know its origin and what criteria it must meet to become a World Heritage，so I searched the information on the internet. In 1959, the Egyptian government planned to build the Aswan Dam, which may inundate precious monuments in the Nile Valley. In 1960, UNESCO launched the “Nubia action plan”. The monuments were decomposed carefully, then transported to the highlands and rebuilt piece by piece. The protection operation cost a total of US $80 million, and about US $40 million was raised by more than 50 countries. The action was quite successful. After that, UNESCO and the International Council of monuments and sites drafted an agreement on the protection of human cultural heritage, and set up the criteria of the World Heritage. Currently the World Heritage divided into 3 categories: Cultural site, Natural site and Mixed site. The Cultural site includes Culture Relics, architectures and Ruins which can represent the unique artistic and creative works, a witness to a culture and tradition of a period. And Natural site means a natural spot with outstanding and universal value from the perspective of science, protection or natural beauty. To be a mixed heritage, it is necessary to meet the standards of some cultural heritage and natural heritage at the same time. Up to now, there are around 1200 the World Heritage in the world, As part of the earth, we must work together to protect these heritages so that they can survive.

Last class when we talked about the Sagrada Familia, and mentioned the World Heritage, but we didn’t know its origin and what criteria it must meet to become a World Heritage listed site，so I searched for the information on the internet / so I looked it up online. In 1959, the Egyptian government planned to build the Aswan Dam, which may have flooded precious monuments in the Nile Valley. In 1960, UNESCO launched the “Nubia action plan” and the monuments were deconstructed carefully, before being transported to the highlands to be rebuilt piece by piece. The protection operation cost a total of US $80 million, and about US $40 million was raised by more than 50 countries making it quite a successful operation. After that, UNESCO and the International Council of monuments and sites drafted an agreement on the protection of human cultural heritage, and set up the criteria of the World Heritage. Currently the World Heritage divided into 3 categories: Cultural site, Natural site and Mixed site. The Cultural site includes Culture Relics, architectures and Ruins which can represent the unique artistic and creative works, a witness to a culture and tradition of a period. And Natural site means a natural spot with outstanding and universal value from the perspective of science, protection or natural beauty. To be a mixed heritage, it is necessary to meet the standards of some cultural heritage and natural heritage at the same time. Up to now, there are around 1200 on the World Heritage listing in the world / 1200 sites listed on the world heritage, As part of the earth, we must work together to protect these sites so that they can survive.

Vocabulary

vietnam
vienna

during COVID hospitals were inundated with patients = full / too many / swarmed

a swarm of bees = a huge group / amount

decompose – naturally become deconstructed
deconstruct – to take sth apart
eg. the banana decomposed in the garden
eg2. the building was deconstructed and moved

ruin – an old, destroyed building or site

Grammar

I search my bag. = I look inside my bag
I search for my keys in my bag.
I search my bag for my keys.

prosperous – adj
prosperity – n
eg. Vietnam isn’t very prosperous

they don’t know how to do –

I will look it up in the dictionary

I did this and then did that = I did this, before doing that. / before doing that, I did this. 

I brushed my teeth, (and it made) making them clean.
I raised 50 million dollars, (and this made) making the operation successful.
I earned 50 million dollars, (and it is) being a lot of money.