[07:36.57]The temple of Angkor Wat was built from 1113 to 1150
[07:39.95]吴哥寺庙从1113年开工到1150峻工.
[07:43.33]and covers an area of two square kilometres.
[07:45.82]它的面积是两平方千米.
[07:48.30]A vast square channel of water goes round the four sides of it.
[07:51.58]有条大大的四方形的渠道环绕着它流过.
[07:54.85]The French,after discovering the ruined temple,
[07:57.58]法国人发现这个被毁坏的寺庙,
[08:00.31]did a lot of repair work up until 1970,
[08:02.99]一直到1970年,做了大量的修缮工作,
[08:05.67]when the war forced the last of the French workforce to leave.
[08:08.35]战争迫使最后一部分法国劳务人员撒离此地.
[08:11.02]In 1980 an Indian team visited the temple to prepare a report
[08:14.85]1980年一支印度队伍来参观这个寺庙并准备做一个报告,
[08:18.68]and found the temple in a poor state.
[08:20.74]发现这个寺庙处于破败不堪的状态.
[08:22.80]Many of the stone figures had been stolen and others were falling to pieces.
[08:26.44]许多宝石被偷了,其他的变成了碎片.
[08:30.07]Repair work finally started in 1986
[08:32.44]修缮工作最终在1986年开始,
[08:34.82]and a team of 15 Indian experts began work with 400 Cambodian workers.
[08:38.70]15个印度专家组织一个由400个柬埔寨人组成的劳动队伍.
[08:42.58]Fortunately they had a lot of experience,
[08:45.10]幸好他们都很有经验,
[08:47.62]as the team leader had already worked on more than 70 old buildings in India.
[08:51.00]这支队伍的领导者已经在印度做过70多座旧的建筑了.
[08:54.39]More than 70,000 square metres of stone
[08:56.71]70,000多平方米的石头
[08:59.04]were cleaned and protected against the water.
[09:01.62]被清理和保护.
[09:04.21]Thousands of stone blocks were moved
[09:06.23]数千块石块被移动
[09:08.26]and many roof sections were replaced with new ones where necessary.
[09:11.58]许多地方还换上了新的屋顶.
[09:14.89]The work was completed in June 1994.
[09:20.56]这项工作在1994年6月完成.
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