FEMALE PROFESSOR: So now, the question is, do we partially restore and rebuild the site before-the entire thing disintegrates?

FEMALE PROFESSOR: It will take a lot of funding to restore it, and, uh, I'm not sure it will be made available. Which would be a pity.

FEMALE PROFESSOR: Even a partly altered site can provide valuable information, which would be lost otherwise.

请问老师这里的otherwise 是否则的意思（ 2 : if something did not happen, was not true, etc.），还是下面红字给出的意思呢？

假设这里的otherwise是否则的意思，教授的意思是，哪怕只是整修一小部分区域，也能为我们提供珍贵的信息。否则就没了。因此，教授的态度是希望可以修复。

   但是这样理解的话，存在以下问题。第一：不符合上下文，因为教授的态度是 I'm not sure it will be made available.最后的题目给出的答案也是，She is not convinced it will be restore. 第二：教授说了第二句话，even，这是一个让步，即使这样的修复（partly alter site）能提供有用信息，但是其他方面（即修复提供珍贵信息的其他方面）最终还是将会消失。 这里的would be是对将来的情况推测，用情态动词+do形式。教授的态度是不确定的，所以最后一道题选择D。

6.What is the professor's opinion about the future of the Gonur-depe site? 

• A. She believes it would be a mistake to alter its original form.

• B. She doubts the ruins will deteriorate further.

• C. She thinks other sites are more deserving of researchers' attention.

• D. She is not convinced it will be restored.（正确选项）

3 : in all ways except the one mentioned

   One of the boys has a freckle on his cheek. Otherwise, the twins are nearly identical.

   I didn't like the ending, but otherwise it was a very good book.

   It rained in the morning; otherwise, it was a beautiful day. = It rained in the morning, but it was a beautiful day otherwise.

3. In other respects: 

    在其他方面： 

    an otherwise logical mind. 

    在其他方面才有逻辑的头脑