Gansu to investigate the Great Wall

时间：2007-07-16 01:15:58

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Chinanews, Lanzhou, July 14 – Gansu Provincial1 Cultural Heritage Administration and Gansu Mapping and Surveying Bureau have jointly2 sent 4 research teams to conduct on-the-spot investigation3 of the Gansu section of the Great Wall.

 

The investigation will be completed in the next 2 years, covering the Great Wall parts built in the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220) and the Warring States Period (475 – 221 BC). The Gansu Section of the Great Wall is about 5,000 km long. Part of it is located in the Tibetan-inhabited areas.

 

The Gansu section of the Great Wall located on the west side of the Yellow River is faced with the threat of wind erosion, while the part located on the east side of the river might be eroded4 by rain, flood, rats or ants.

 

However, human activity is perhaps the most dangerous to the protection of the Great Wall, said Yang Huifu, the director of Gansu Institute of Archeology. Besides, over the decades local government has done nothing to protect the Great Wall.

 
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1 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
2 jointly jp9zvS     
ad.联合地，共同地
参考例句：
  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
3 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 eroded f1d64e7cb6e68a5e1444e173c24e672e     
adj. 被侵蚀的，有蚀痕的 动词erode的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句：
  • The cliff face has been steadily eroded by the sea. 峭壁表面逐渐被海水侵蚀。
  • The stream eroded a channel in the solid rock. 小溪在硬石中侵蚀成一条水道。

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