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July 21, 1970 - Aswan High Dam is completed.


The Aswan High Dam was completed on July 21st, 1970, and [-----1-----] by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Soviet President Podgorny six months later. Sadat's predessor Gamel Abdul Nassar, had [-----2-----] Soviet aid for the project through low interest loans and much technical assistance for more than 10 years. The dam's 12 giant turbines were designed to provide enough power to make Egypt [-----3-----]. And in controlling the waters of the Nile, the High Dam [-----4-----] drought and flooding. However the disruption of the Nile's flow has destroyed vital mineral deposits and fishing industries and also spread disease.And archeologists have had to fight to [-----5-----].
inaugurated enlisted self-sufficient electricity guards against save ancient monuments from rapid erosion
1970年7月21日，阿斯旺大壩完工。 阿斯旺大壩于1970年7月21日完工，并在六個月后，由埃及總統(tǒng)安瓦爾·薩達特和蘇聯(lián)總統(tǒng)波德哥爾內(nèi)出席落成典禮。薩達特的繼任者加梅爾·阿卜杜勒·納薩爾曾為這項工程尋求蘇聯(lián)援助，包括低息貸款和長達十余年的許多技術(shù)援助。該大壩的12個巨型渦輪機設(shè)計可以提供足夠埃及使用的電力。由于控制了尼羅河的水位，大壩還可以抗擊干旱和洪水。然而，尼羅河水的破壞已經(jīng)摧毀了重要的礦區(qū)和漁業(yè)設(shè)施，還傳播疾病?？脊艑W家已經(jīng)投身于拯救古代遺跡避免迅速被河水侵蝕。 ——譯文來自: xpxp3