[ti:Notre Dame to Rebuild after the Fire] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:01.84]It took 15 hours for 400 French firefighters [00:08.27]to put out the fire at the 850-year-old [00:13.76]Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. [00:17.80]The cathedral, one of Paris's most famous landmarks, [00:23.84]lost its spire and roof, but still has its iconic bell towers. [00:32.64]The Crown of Thorns, [00:34.72]one of the cathedral's treasures, was rescued. [00:40.04]The crown is believed to have been worn [00:43.64]by Jesus Christ at the time of his crucifixion. [00:49.04]Other religious statues were removed [00:52.16]last week from the cathedral roof [00:55.32]as part of the restoration of the church's spire. [01:01.08]Officials said the world famous 18th century organ [01:06.44]that has 8,000 pipes also appeared to have survived. [01:13.28]But no one can tell whether it has been damaged [01:17.27]by water or will need to be restored. [01:22.36]There is also little information [01:25.20]on the condition of the cathedral's [01:28.20]stained-glass windows and its many paintings. [01:33.32]A spokesman for Paris's firefighters said on Tuesday morning, [01:39.36]"the entire fire is out." He added that workers [01:44.76]were "surveying the movement" of the structure and the contents in it. [01:51.44]The Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit told RMC radio, [01:58.88]"Notre-Dame was destroyed but the soul of France was not." [02:06.28]Officials consider the fire to be an accident, [02:10.80]possibly as a result of the restoration work at the cathedral. [02:17.68]However, investigators will be interviewing people [02:22.81]who worked on the cathedral's roof, where the flames first started. [02:29.20]French President Emmanuel Macron visited the site [02:34.00]on the River Seine Monday night. [02:37.64]He pledged that Notre-Dame would be rebuilt. [02:42.92]He called the structure "a part of us," [02:46.81]referring to the country of France, [02:50.04]and he asked for help repairing it. Germany and Poland [02:56.16]were among the countries that offered assistance. [03:00.51]"We are united in sorrow. [03:03.95]Notre-Dame is part of the cultural heritage of mankind [03:09.60]and a symbol for Europe," [03:12.44]German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas wrote on Twitter. [03:17.92]French businessmen have also pledged [03:21.26]hundreds of millions of euros for reconstruction, [03:26.04]including Bernard Arnault, France's richest businessman, [03:31.40]and Francois-Henri Pinault and his billionaire father Francois Pinault. [03:39.08]Even so, repairing the cathedral — including the wooden beams [03:44.98]that made up its roof — presents problems. [03:49.68]Bertrand de Feydeau is the vice president [03:53.60]of preservation group Fondation du Patrimoine. [03:59.44]In an interview with the Associated Press, [04:03.24]he noted that the cathedral's roof [04:06.17]cannot be rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire [04:11.68]because "we don't, at the moment, [04:15.08]have trees on our territory of the size [04:18.92]that were cut in the 13th century." [04:23.28]He added that the roof restoration work [04:27.24]would have to use new technologies. [04:31.60]For Olivier Lebib, who has lived in Paris for 40 years, [04:38.00]it is necessary for the cathedral to be restored to its former glory. [04:45.48]"Notre-Dame is our sister, it is so sad, [04:50.24]we are all mourning — Parisians, French people, tourists, [04:56.24]the Chinese, the whole planet," he said. [05:00.05]"Thank God that the stone structure has withstood the fire." [05:06.88]I'm John Russell. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM