Pre-reading

Question: Why is the whole town under water?

Intensive Reading

Baia is a Roman town. It is more than 2,000 years old. It is a popular place for rich people and politicians in ancient Rome.

巴亚是罗马的一个城镇。它有2000多年的历史。在古罗马，它是富人和政治家们喜欢去的地方。

Fish swim through the town today. 15,000 divers and tourists visit it every year. How is it possible?

如今，鱼在小镇上游来游去。每年有15000名潜水员和游客前来参观。这怎么可能?

Hundreds of years ago, the town moves towards the sea. A volcano in the Mediterranean Sea moves it. Then, the whole town is under water. Divers find it again in 1969.

几百年前，小镇向大海移动。地中海的一座火山让它移动了。后来，整个城镇都被水淹没了。潜水员在1969年再次发现了它。

Today, people can swim through the town. They see beautiful statues and mosaics. Some things are not real. The animals and plants in the sea can break the statues. People take them out. They put copies of the same things back in the sea.

如今，人们可以在镇上游泳。他们看到了美丽的雕像和马赛克画。有些东西不是真实的。海洋中的动物和植物可以破坏雕像。人们把它们拿出来。然后再把同样东西的复制品放回海里。

Notes:

1.politician：n. 政治家。political是形容词，意为：政治的，政府的。

2.diver：n. 潜水者。动词形式是dive，投入，伸入可以说dive into。

3.mosaic：n. 镶嵌图案；马赛克。用小块的石头或者玻璃拼凑成一大幅画。

4.take out：拿出，取出。外卖餐厅，外卖店可以表达为：take-out restaurant。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

Describe the scenery of the town in the sea.