重選世界七大奇觀英語(yǔ)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(xiàng)世界古代奇觀還存在于世—現(xiàn)在歷史愛(ài)好者們被邀請(qǐng)?jiān)u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(gè)景點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)備接受全世界投票，英國(guó)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(wèi)城、紐約自由女神像、原世界奇跡的'唯一幸存者開(kāi)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(zhuān)家們從公眾推選的近200處奇觀中選取了21處進(jìn)入最終投票，聯(lián)合國(guó)教育科學(xué)及文化組織主任費(fèi)德里科·馬約爾也參與了這一評(píng)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(chēng)為“新七大奇觀”的瑞士非營(yíng)利基金會(huì)執(zhí)行。這家基金會(huì)擅長(zhǎng)遺跡的保護(hù)、修復(fù)和宣傳。評(píng)選結(jié)果將于2007年7月7日在里斯本公布。
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(shù)已達(dá)2千萬(wàn)，其中很多來(lái)自泰姬陵的祖國(guó)印度;長(zhǎng)城的祖國(guó)中國(guó)和印加要塞馬丘比丘的祖國(guó)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(fā)言人提亞·維靈說(shuō)：“除了金字塔以外，其他的六大奇觀已經(jīng)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(biāo)準(zhǔn)是在公元2000年以前建造或者發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
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