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1、Every year, the World Heritage Committee chooses natural and cultural places around the world that have global (全球的) importance. They name these places World Heritage Sites. When a place becomes a World Heritage Site, it can receive money from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
2、Organization (UNESCO) to help protect it.But even when a place is an official World Heritage Site, it can still be at risk. Every year, the World Heritage Committee looks at World Heritage Sites that could be in danger. From these, they decide which places they will put on their official List of Wor
3、ld Heritage in Danger.There are many reasons that a World Heritage Site becomes endangered. For example, places can become endangered through natural ecological (生态的) damage. Over time, wind and water can break down natural areas.Another risk to natural areas around the world is climate change. For
4、example, rising temperatures affect the Sagarmatha National Park. In the park stands Mount Everest, the worlds tallest mountain. Beautiful ice glaciers on the top of the mountain are now melting. It also affects the local plants and animals.Much of the risk to World Heritage Sites comes from human a
5、cts. Abu Mena is an ancient Christian city in Egypt. It is a historical site made of many old stone buildings. Abu Mena was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1979. Recent farming projects in the area caused underground water levels to rise. This makes the ground unstable (不稳定的). Some of the buildin
6、gs of Abu Mena fell. The Egyptian government put sand at the base of some of the buildings. But the site is still in danger.Section_Warming_Up_&_Reading_Prereading IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William ， the King of Prussia， could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian peop
7、le would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellowbrown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was a
8、lso a treasure decorated with gold and jewels， which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick . However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William ， to whom the amber room belonged， decided not t
9、o keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return， the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.Frederick William /fredrIk
10、wIljm fst/ 腓特烈威廉一世(普鲁士国王)Prussia /pr/ n(史)普鲁士amazing /meIzI/ adj.令人吃惊的amaze /meIz/ vt.使吃惊；惊讶could never have done 绝不可能做过(用于对过去情况的推测)；that引导宾语从句，作imagined的宾语。which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰the Amber Room；其中又包含一个because引导的原因状语从句。select /sIlekt/ vt.挑选；选择honey /hnI/ n蜜；蜂蜜design /dIzaIn/ n设计；图案；构思 vt.设计；计划；构思fancy /f
11、nsI/ adj.奇特的；异样的 vt.想象；设想；爱好style /staIl/ n风格；风度；类型in the fancy style 以奇特的风格decorate /dekreIt/ v装饰；装修decorate . with 用装饰/装修jewel /dul/ n. C珠宝；宝石jewellery n. U 珠宝(总称)artist /tIst/ n艺术家过去分词短语decorated with .作后置定语，修饰a treasure; which引导非限制性定语从句，对a treasure起补充说明的作用。be designed for 为而设计belong /bIl/ vi.属于；
12、为的一员belong to 属于，无进行时态和被动语态。to whom . 是to whom引导的非限制性定语从句。in return 作为报答；回报Czar /z/ n沙皇troop /trup/ n群；组；军队a troop of 一群；一组St Petersburg /snt pitzbg/ n圣彼得堡serve as 充当reception /rIsepn/ n接待reception hall 接待厅寻找琥珀屋第12段译文普鲁士国王腓特烈威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。这件礼物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有这个名字，是因为建造它用了好几吨的琥珀。选出来的琥
13、珀色彩漂亮，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的奇特的建筑式样。它也是一件用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。一批这个国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约10年的时间才把它完成。事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿而设计(制作)的。然而，下一位普鲁士国王，腓特烈威廉一世，这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不要它了。在1716年，他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。作为回赠，沙皇则送给他一队自己最好的士兵。这样，琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡冬宫的一部分。这间琥珀屋长约4米，被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室。Later, Catherine had the Amber Room moved to a
14、palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the
15、 wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twentyseven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Knigsberg， which was at that time a German city on the Balti
