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M9U2 Witnessing time 编制：黄华 张莲芳 韦容 WelcomeReading make advances/progress in various fields 在众多领域取得进展/进步 in advance预先 in particular 尤其 = particularly be particular about/over food 对食物挑剔 associate ancient Greek civilization with the capital city of Athens 把古希腊文明与首都雅典相联系 house a 13-meter-high gold-covered statue of Athena as the Goddess of Victory 供奉一尊13米高镀金胜利女神像 The Acropolis is no different. 卫城也一样。 seize control of Athens 夺取对雅典的控制seize sb by the arm抓住某人的胳膊 cause the gunpowder to explode = result in/lead to the gunpowder exploding 导致火药爆炸 be damaged partly by natural forces部分损坏由自然力量造成 sculptures were turned over to the British Museum 把雕塑转移到大英博物馆 be shown under the title of ‘Elgin Marbles’ 被冠名为‘埃尔金大理石雕塑’展出 cause some friction between Greece and Britain 导致希英之间的摩擦 be recognized as an autonomous country 被承认为独立国家 carry out the construction 进行施工 see the plan carried out be under construction /being constructed在建设/施工中 in a gesture to help preserve history 为保存历史 appoint a committee to undertake a complete repair of the Acropolis 任命委员会进行彻底修复 appoint sb to do sth委任某人做某事 undertake to do sth 承诺做某事 in preparation for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games 为准备2004年雅典奥运会 make preparations for sth 为某事作准备 be prepared for sth为…做好准备 bring the Acropolis back to its former glory 让卫城重现昔日辉煌 mend one’s ways 改过自新，改邪归正 It’s never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。 Important sentences in Reading While/As the pace of change in the modern world gets faster and faster, people are becoming more and more aware of the need to preserve the world’s cultural heritage. 随着在现代变化步伐的加快，人们越来越意识到需要保护世界文化遗产。 keep pace with times 与时俱进 accelerate the pace of 加快…的步伐 make people aware of sth = raise people’s awareness of sth使人们意识到某事 No one has had a greater influence on Western civilization than the ancient Greeks. = The ancient Greeks have had the greatest influence on Western Civilization. 古希腊人对对西方文明的影响是最大的。 have an influence/impact/effect on sth 对某事物有影响 The Roman alphabet is a Greek invent