Complete the sentences with the proper forms of the Verb

to chisel [‘tSIzl] – вырезать

At the entrance to one of the ruined temples of Petra in Jordan, there is an inscription ______________ (1 – to chisel) into the soft red rock. It looks as if it ______________ (2 – to be) there for centuries. It _____________________ (3 – modal / to carve) by one of King Herod’s soldiers, when they were imprisoned in the town in 40 BC. But closer inspection reveals that it is not so ancient after all. It reads: ‘Shane and Wendy from Sydney were here. April 16^th 1996.’

The ruins of Petra were discovered in 1810 by a Swiss explorer, and a recent report _______________________ (4 – just / to conclude) that ‘they are in grave danger of ____________________ (5 – to destroy) by the unstoppable march of tourism’. More than 4,000 tourists a day tramp through Petra’s rocky tombs. They __________ (6 – to wear) away the soft red sandstone to powder and (occasionally!) - _____________ (7 – to scratch) their names into the rock.

It is not just Petra that is under threat of destruction. More than 850 million tourists a year now travel the globe, and vast numbers of them want to visit the world’s most treasured sites: the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the National Parks of Kenya. In Notre Dame in Paris, 108 visitors enter each minute during opening hours. Thirty-five buses, _________________ (8 – to put down) their passengers, wait outside, their fumes _________________ (9 – to eat away) at the stonework of the cathedral.

The tourist industry will soon be the largest industry in the world, and it __________________ (10 – barely / to reach) its 50^th birthday. Many places that once ____________ (11 – to be) remote are now part of package tours. Will nothing put a stop to the growth of tourism?

32. Answer the teacher’s questions.

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