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听力文本
The ancient city of Pompeii near Naples, Italy, receives hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. It is one of Italy's top tourist destinations. Most tourists leave the 2,000-year-old site with happy memories, photos and souvenirs. However, some visitors take more. They take historic relics from the city things like small statues, stones or mosaic tiles. However, many of these people are now regretting their actions. They say the relics are cursed and have filled their lives with bad luck since bringing them home. A senior official at Pompeii said he has had hundreds of packages from across the world from people returning what they had taken. Many people apologised and wrote stories about their bad luck.
The senior official, Massimo Osanna, told reporters about some of the stories he had received. One man from Latin America explained that his life was full of traumas after he got home from Italy with a small tile he had put in his pocket. A person from Spain returned five packages containing stolen items, including a bronze statue that went missing in 1987. The writer complained that the statue had put, "a curse on his entire family". Mr Osanna is thinking about setting up an exhibition of all the letters he has received. He explained that the letters might be more interesting than the relics. He said: "It's not that the stolen pieces are highly interesting or valuable. It's more the letters."
中文翻译
靠近意大利那不勒斯的庞贝古城每年都会吸引数十万名游客前来观光
。这里也是游客造访数量最多的意大利景区之一 。这座2000年的古迹为游客留下了美好的回忆,人们合影留念,购买纪念品 。然而,还有一些游客会带走一些其它东西 。他们还会将纸皮砖、石头或是小雕像顺手牵羊 。然而,许多人都为他们的行为感到后悔 。他们称这些遗迹遭到了诅咒,自从带回家后,他们的霉运不断 。一名庞贝古城的高官称,他收到了来自全球各地数百件的退还包裹 。许多人表达了歉意,并叙说了他们的霉运 。高官马西莫·欧萨纳对记者讲述了他所了解到的一些故事
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重点讲解
1.set up 建立
例句:The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims.
双方同意组建一个委员会来调查那些索赔要求
。2.bronze statue 青铜像
例句:They set up a bronze statue to his memory.
他们立了一座铜像纪念他.
3.historic relic 古迹
例句:Xi'an is the history cultural of the world famous city and thous all, each kind of existing history historic relic and humanities view have already become the city necessary cultural symbol.
西安是举世著名的历史文化名城,现存的各类历史遗迹与人文景观已经成为城市不可或缺的文化象征
。4.fill with 充冲满
例句:I was filled with admiration.
我内心充满了羡慕
。听力题目
1.How many tourists does Pompeii get every year?
a) hundreds of thousands
b) hundreds of millions
c) a hundred thousand
d) thousands and thousands
2.How old is the ancient city of Pompeii?
a) 3,500 years old
b) 3,000 years old
c) 2,000 years old
d) 2,500 years old
3.What part of mosaics do tourists take?
a) faces
b) the centre
c) frames
d) tiles
4.How do many people now feel about taking the relics?
a) good
b) they regret it
c) happy
d) depressed
5.What kind of stories have people being writing and sending to Pompeii?
a) bad luck stories
b) long ones
c) funny ones
d) short stories
6.Where was the man from whose life was filled with traumas?
a) Spain
b) Australia
c) the USA
d) Latin America
7.What was the statue made of that the Spanish man took?
a) marble
b) gold
c) bronze
d) plaster
8.What did a statue put on a man's family?
a) good luck
b) a curse
c) a medal
d) a proud feeling
9.What does Mr Osanna want to set up?
a) a charity
b) a foundation
c) an exhibition
d) a city called New Pompeii
10.What did Mr Osanna say was more interesting than the relics?
a) Naples
b) letters
c) tourists
d) history
听力答案
1.a
2.c
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.d
7.c
8.b
9.c
10.b