Sand quarrying in Shanxi poses threat to the Great Wall

时间：2007-07-28 05:36:07

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Chinanews, Taiyuan, Jul. 27 – In early July, workers started quarrying1 sand near the Great Wall in Datong, Shanxi Province, which posed a serious threat to the wall. Local villagers have organized themselves to protest the wrongdoings.

 

This section of the Great Wall was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) by traditional method. Several years of floods had created a gorge2, which had gathered a lot of river sands. A villager revealed that some people believed that iron could be extracted from the gorge.

 

Our reporter went to that section of the Great Wall on Jul. 24, and found workers didn’t stop digging sands, without machines but with bare sands. Villagers’ protest made these workers agree to stop digging sands there.

 

A villager told this reporter that floods surely had caused damage to the base of the Great Wall, which posed a direct threat to the wall. An old villager said that his families have already lived in the region for generations, and all of them see the Great Wall has been very important to them.

 
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1 quarrying 093b917499e68ef086b3464b51db33e0     
v.采石；从采石场采得( quarry的现在分词 )；从（书本等中）努力发掘（资料等）；在采石场采石
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  • He spent much time in quarrying in old records. 他花了很多时间从旧记录中寻找资料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Township enterprises in trade, in commerce, mining, coking, quarrying, food service industry. 乡镇企业有商贸、采煤、炼焦、采石、饮食服务业。 来自互联网
2 gorge Zf1xm     
n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃
参考例句：
  • East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
  • It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。

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