BBCLearningEnglishWordsintheNewsPompeiiunderthreat3March2014_____________________________________________________WordsintheNews©BritishBroadcastingCorporation2014Page1of2bbclearningenglish.comThegovernmentofItalyhascalledforanemergencymeetingtodiscusshowtosavetheancientRomancityofPompeiifromfurtherruin.Itcomesafternewdamagethisweekendatthesite.TheBBC'sMattiaCabitzareports.ThenewlyappointedItaliancultureminister,DarioFranceschini,isalreadyfacingahugechallenge:howtosaveoneoftheworld'smosttreasuredarchaeologicalsites.He'ssummonedofficialsfromPompeiitoRometoreportonthestateofthesite,andexplainwhythewallofatombandpartofanarchoftheTempleofVenusfelldownafterdaysofheavyrainthisweekend.Thisisnotthefirsttimethatthesitehassuffereddamage.Therewasaninternationaloutcryin2010afteraseriesofwallcollapsesinPompeii.Theancientcitywascompletelyburiedinashin79ADafteravolcaniceruption,andrediscoveredinthe18thCentury.Criticssaythat,havingsurvivedfortwomillennia,oneofItaly'smostpopularattractionsisnowbeingneglected.WordsintheNews©BritishBroadcastingCorporation2014Page2of2bbclearningenglish.comVocabularyanddefinitionsnewlyappointedrecentlyofficiallychosen(todoajob)treasuredconsideredtobevaluableandimportantsummonedofficiallyaskedtoattendameetingoutcrystrongexpressionofangeraboutsomething,madebyagroupofpeoplecollapsessuddenlybreaksandfallsdown(usedaboutpeopleorstructuresthatfalldownsuddenly)attractionspopularplacesthatpeoplewanttovisitReadandlistentothestoryandthevocabularyonline:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/03/140303_witn_pompeiiRelatedstory:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_art_gallery.shtml
