时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2011年(十一月)


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Experts: Deficit 1 Threatens Ancient Italian Treasures


Each year roughly 2-and-a-half million tourists visit Pompeii. Described by archaeologists as the world’s most important window on the ancient world, the bustling 2 Roman Empire town was buried under metres of ash when the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted in AD 79.



The buried ruins were discovered by accident 17 centuries later, with many villas 3, workshops and bathhouses found largely intact.



But following the October 2011 collapse 4 of a wall in the preserved town -- an eight square meter section crumbled 5 after heavy rain -- archaeologists warn that Italy's countless 6 ancient monuments are at risk because of government budget cuts.



Tsao Cervoli, President of Italy National Association of Archaeologists, has worked extensively at Pompeii.



"We have received in the past few days and weeks new reports of antique structures collapsing 7 in Pompeii," he says. "It happens every time funds become scarce."



A year earlier the famous House of the Gladiators collapsed 8, and Italy’s president has since called the recurring 9 damage "a national disgrace."



Opposition 10 politicians blame the former government of Silvio Berlusconi for cutting heritage maintenance grants from $40 million to $25 million (30 million euros to 19 million euros).



The European Union is offering to step in, and European Commission member Johannes Hahn visited Pompeii shortly after the wall collapse.



"We have an operational program for Italy named 'Cultural Heritage,' and a certain significant part of this budget will now be used, 105 million euros, to start work here in Pompeii," says Hahn.



But Cervoli, who criticizes Pompeii authorities for spending grants on marketing 11 instead of maintenance, calls intermittent 12 funding the wrong approach.



"What is needed is the same as for any owner of a house: regular maintenance to keep the house in good condition, not merely remembering every 20 or 30 years to intervene," he says.



In turn, authorities blame recent torrential rains for causing the damage. Storms recently damaged other famous monuments, and underground areas of Rome’s Coliseum were flooded, causing some mortar 13 fell from the walls. Parts of the Forum 14 were also underwater, and Cervoli says funding cuts and a lack of maintenance are putting countless sites at risk.



"In the last few years there have been calls for emergency aid for the three most important historical sites in Italy: Pompeii, the Coliseum and the Uffizi in Florence," he says. "Just think, if these three famous sites are in a state of emergency… then what condition would you find all the other architectural and historic sites in Italy?"



With the nation’s economy in crisis, Cervoli fears the answer to that question will be revealed in coming months, with ever more frequent and serious damage to the country’s ancient heritage.



n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
adj.喧闹的
  • The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
  • This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。
别墅,公馆( villa的名词复数 ); (城郊)住宅
  • Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy. 在意大利到处可看到豪华的别墅。
  • Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build sea-side villas. 有钱人从富有的罗马来到这儿建造海滨别墅。
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
(把…)弄碎, (使)碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 衰落; 坍塌; 损坏
  • He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
  • Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了,我们的希望也破灭了。
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
压扁[平],毁坏,断裂
  • Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
  • The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
adj.往复的,再次发生的
  • This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
  • For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言,它经过了一个反复考验的时期。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西
  • They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
  • He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
adj.间歇的,断断续续的
  • Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗?
  • In the daytime intermittent rains freshened all the earth.白天里,时断时续地下着雨,使整个大地都生气勃勃了。
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合
  • The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
  • The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
学英语单词
acetylphosphoric acid
approbated
arteriola efferens
assembler loader package
babusar pass
basivolsella
beef stroganoffs
biosphere reserve
black teals
blandished
board bridge
breanna
calcium pyrophosphate
chemical insecticide
clear panel key
colouring book
computer forensics
cool-summer damage due to impotency
Cuproartinite
customs compound
customs supervision
decaudates
direct current source
documents-against-payment bill
DTRTT
electric resistance wire
enthalpy-entropy chart
excess mean portfolio return
firmware support
food-purchasing
four-address code
friction pressure
ghiaour
greys
Hawkins Point
hedonic price method
high-tempreature strain gauge
hovde
hyperpipecolatemia
intraploidy
job-lot production
kellwood
Keota
Koh Sla, Stung
lightly deformed crystal
lindeberg's condition
liquefaction temperature
Lloyd's anchors and chains proved
Loxwood
lymphonoduli aggregati
Madipelesa
magnaliums
mark sth up
megawatt (mw)
micromechanically
momentum cutoff
muhs
myristicic acid
nonutilized
obituarial
OGRL
Omlet
on-line cipher
orbiculately
ortho-nitraniline
Os Draconis
philosoph
piratesses
possessive pronoun
pritchie
pseudoprognathism
pulpitless
Q clearance
R. M. S.
rauca
reattend
remote sensing for atmospheric pollution
residual current operated protective device
Rhododendron mainlingense
sassen
sea language
see ... do
self-redemptions
simple HISAM data base
Skave
steam water interface
steering gear tube cam
stratum compactum of integument
stress bolt
suicide bombing
synchronization
tatouay
Thai Ridgebacks
thorotrast
turite
type of machine
varnish-treated tape
vigna angulariss
wage tax
wheeler and dealer
worm-gears