New Rays Ⅱ CHAPTER9 The Miracle of the Abu Simbel Temples 前半

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“By a happy [①　偶然　], my eyes [②　捉えた　] [③　遠くに(３語)　] the still [④　目に見える　] part of one of four huge [⑤　彫像　] which were almost totally covered in sand.” So wrote Johann L. Burckhardt, when in 1813 he [⑥　たまたま　] found the Abu Simbel Temples [⑦　埋もれた　] in the sand.

coincidence, caught, in the distance, visible, statues, accidentally, buried

With this [①　発見　], Abu Simbel [②　徐々に　] came back to life after a long sleep, for the temples [③　忘れられ去られた(３語)　] by the world for [④　何世紀　　].

discovery, gradually, had been forgotten, centuries

Abu Simbel, in [①　南部　] Egypt, [②　構成　] of two temples. The larger one, the Great Temple, is one of the biggest rock temples in the world. It is 33 meters high and 35 meters wide. [③　着席した　] in front of the [④　前面　] are four [⑤　巨大　] statues of Ramses Ⅱ, a powerful king in [⑥　古代　] Egypt.

southern, consists, Seated, facade, colossal, ancient

The Small Temple [①　捧げられた(2語)　] to Ramses' first queen, Nefertari, and contains two statues of the queen and another four of the king, all about 10.5 meters high.

is dedicated

Abu Simbel [①　埋もれていた　] under sand for 3,300 years. When it was first [②　発見　], no one knew that its [③　貴重な　] temples and statues would face a [④　危機　] in the future. In fact, we would not be able to see Abu Simbel as we see it today if there had not been a “[⑤　奇跡　]” projuct. It might have [⑥　沈む　] to the [⑦　底　] of the lake [⑧　隣の　] it and ended up being just a page in history books.

had been buried, discovered, precious, crisis, miracle, sunk, bottom, next to

The story of the “miracle” began in 1960 when the Egyptian government started [① 建設　] the Aswan High Dam. Its [②　目的　] was to turn [③　砂地　] along the Nile River into [④　農地　].

constructing, aim, sandy soil, farmland

When [①　完成した　], the dam would cause the area around the upper-Nile to [②　沈む　] in the lake [③ 　形成　] by the dam. It was an area where there were many [④　歴史的　] [⑤　遺跡　], and Abu Simbel was one of them. As the level of the lake [⑥　上昇し続ける(2語)　], it was only a [⑦　問題　] of time before Abu Simbel would be [⑧　完全に　] underwater.

completed, sink, formed, historical, sites, kept rising, matter, completely

To save Abu Simbel, UNESCO decided to [①　集める　] idea for a “[②　救済　] plan” from around the world. Britain [③　提案　] a plan to let the [④　敷地　] sink into the water and then to [⑤　設置　] an underwater elevator so people could view the temples from inside the elevator. Italy suggested that the temples be [⑥　切り出す(2語)　] of the [⑦　崖　] and moved to a higher spot by using [⑧　水圧　] [⑨　ジャッキ　].

gather, rescue, proposed, site, install, cut out, cliff, hydraulic, jacks

[①　どちらでもない　] of these [②　受け入れられた(2語)　]. They seemed [③　非現実的　] and [④　危険　]. In the end, UNESCO chose the plan [⑤　提出した　] by Sweden, which proposed cutting the temples into more than a thousand blocks and [⑥　輸送　] them to a higher place. There they would be [⑦　組み立てる　] again in [⑧　元の位置に(3語)　].

Neither, was accepted, impractical, risky, submitted, transporting, assembled, their original form

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