重選世界七大奇觀英語美文

重選世界七大奇觀英語美文

　　Only one of the ancient wonders of the world still survives -- now history lovers are being invited to choose a new list of seven.

　　只有一項世界古代奇觀還存在於世—現在歷史愛好者們被邀請評選新七大奇觀。

　　Among 21 locations shortlisted for the worldwide vote is Stonehenge, the only British landmark selected.

　　目前共有21個景點準備接受全世界投票，英國唯一的入選者是巨石陣。

　　The 5,000-year-old stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, will be up against sites including the Acropolis in Athens; the Statue of Liberty in New York; and the last remaining original wonder, the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo.

　　威爾特郡部索爾茲伯里平原上5000多年前的石柱將與雅典衛城、紐約自由女神像、原世界奇蹟的唯一倖存者開羅吉薩金字塔等勝景一決高下。

　　An original list of nearly 200 sites nominated by the public was narrowed to 21 by the organizers and experts, including the former director general of Unesco Professor Federico Mayor.

　　組織者和專家們從公眾推選的近200處奇觀中選取了21處進入最終投票，聯合國教育科學及文化組織主任費德里科·馬約爾也參與了這一評選。

　　The vote is organized by a non-profit Swiss foundation called New7Wonders which specializes in the preservation, restoration and promotion of monuments, and the results will be announced on July 7, 2007, in Lisbon.

　　投票由一家被稱為“新七大奇觀”的瑞士非營利基金會執行。這家基金會擅長遺蹟的保護、修復和宣傳。評選結果將於2007年7月7日在里斯本公佈。

　　About 20 million votes have already been lodged, including many from India, for the Taj Mahal; China, for the Great Wall and from Peru for Machu Picchu, the fortress city of the Incas.

　　目前投票數已達2千萬，其中很多來自泰姬陵的祖國印度;長城的祖國中國和印加要塞馬丘比丘的.祖國秘魯。

　　The other original seven wonders of the ancient world were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the Statue of Zeus at Olympia; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

　　原七大奇觀還有巴比倫空中花園、奧林匹亞宙斯像、以弗所阿提密斯神殿、毛索洛斯墓廟、羅德斯島巨像和法洛斯燈塔。

　　Tia Viering, spokeswoman for New7Wonders, said: "Apart from the Pyramids, the seven ancient wonders of the world no longer exist."

　　“新七大奇觀”發言人提亞·維靈說：“除了金字塔以外，其他的六大奇觀已經消失了。”

　　The only criteria for the new list is that the landmarks were built or discovered before 2000.

　　新奇觀的唯一入選標準是在公元2000年以前建造或者發現的。