重选世界七大奇观英语美文

重选世界七大奇观英语美文

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

　　只有一项世界古代奇观还存在于世—现在历史爱好者们被邀请评选新七大奇观。

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

　　目前共有21个景点准备接受全世界投票，英国唯一的入选者是巨石阵。

　　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.

　　威尔特郡部索尔兹伯里平原上5000多年前的石柱将与雅典卫城、纽约自由女神像、原世界奇迹的'唯一幸存者开罗吉萨金字塔等胜景一决高下。

　　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.

　　组织者和专家们从公众推选的近200处奇观中选取了21处进入最终投票，联合国教育科学及文化组织主任费德里科·马约尔也参与了这一评选。

　　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.

　　投票由一家被称为“新七大奇观”的瑞士非营利基金会执行。这家基金会擅长遗迹的保护、修复和宣传。评选结果将于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.

　　目前投票数已达2千万，其中很多来自泰姬陵的祖国印度;长城的祖国中国和印加要塞马丘比丘的祖国秘鲁。

　　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.

　　原七大奇观还有巴比伦空中花园、奥林匹亚宙斯像、以弗所阿提密斯神殿、毛索洛斯墓庙、罗德斯岛巨像和法洛斯灯塔。

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

　　“新七大奇观”发言人提亚·维灵说：“除了金字塔以外，其他的六大奇观已经消失了。”

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

　　新奇观的唯一入选标准是在公元2000年以前建造或者发现的。