标题:Everything you need to know about the reopening of Notre Dame
正文:The April 2019 conflagration that nearly toppled Notre Dame de Paris elicited a deluge of emotion from people all over the planet. Five years later, the celebrated cathedral—what historian Jacques Hillairet called la maison du peuple (the house of the people)—will reopen on December 7 after a Herculean restoration project that united a thousand specialist artisans.
知识点:conflagration n.
1. a large fire that causes a lot of damage 大火,大火灾
2. a large and violent event, such as a war, involving a lot of people 冲突;灾祸;战火
The government has turned a minor local problem into a full-blown regional conflagration.
政府把一个地方性的小问题演变为一场全面的地区冲突。
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