Unit1CulturalHeritage

ReadingforWriting

MarkLiu敦煌WriteanewsreportHeadline(標題)LeadBodyEndingNewsStructurethelanguageofthenewsreport:brief,concise,objectiveandpassivevoiceclearandbrief,catchreaders’eyes

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MarkLiuMogaoCavesaremagnificentarttreasures.MogaoCaves,ortheCavesoftheThousandBuddhas(千佛洞),arelocatedinDunhuang,GansuProvince,ontheancientSilkRoad.

Themurals(壁畫)andBuddhafigures(佛像)inthesecavesareworld-famous.TheareawaslistedasaworldculturalheritagebyUNESCOin1987.Unfortunately,MogaoCavesaredisappearing.Howcouldpeoplepreservethem?

MarkLiuVideotimeHowtoprotecttherelicsfromtheMogaoCaves?

MarkLiu1.Whataretheresearchersandscientiststryingtodo?Whatmoderntechnologyaretheyusing?ReadingformainideaTheresearchersandscientistsareworkingtogethertohelpincreaseknowledgeandappreciationofChina’sancientculturalheritage.TheyareusingdigitalphotographytorecordandcollecttheimagesofculturalrelicsfromtheMogaoCaves.

2.WhyaresomanypeopleinterestedintheMogaoCaves?PeopleareinterestedintheMogaoCavesbecausetheyhavelongbeenameetingpointfordifferentculturesandarepartofthehistoryofmanycountries.3.Whatdoyouthinkoftheresearcher'sopinioninthelastparagraph?Iagreewiththeresearcher'sopinion.Foronething,understandingisagreatwaytounderstandourselvesandothers.Foranother,it'simportantforustoprotecthistoricandculturalrelicsforfuturegenerations.

MarkLiuheadlineleadbodyendingbrief,concise,concentrated,eye-catchingwhen,where,who,whatdetailsoftheeventsummary,conclusion,followingeventsReadingforstructureHowisanewsreportstructured?Newsstructure

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MarkLiuLanzhou,9August2017.AgroupofresearchersandscientistsfromChinaandothercountriesareworkingtogetherto