Petra
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Rock City.
内容摇滚城市列表.
4 City in the Desert.
4"沙漠中的城市".
5 Buried City.
5"被埋市".
6 A Busy Trade Center.
6 一个忙碌的贸易中心。
9 Building Petra.
9号楼 Petra.
12 Seeing Petra.
12 见彼多.
14 New Discoveries.
14"新发现".
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Petra’s nickname, the Rose City, comes from the color of the rock.
16 佩特拉的昵称"玫瑰之城"出自于岩石的颜色.
Rock City More than two thousand years ago, a group of people built an amazing city in the Middle East.
摇滚城 两千多年前,一群人在中东建造了一座惊人的城市.
They used special tools to carve buildings out of mountains.
他们使用特殊工具从山上雕出建筑.
These people were the Nabataeans (nab-uh-TEE-uns).
这些人是纳巴泰人。
Their beautiful rock city was Petra.
他们美丽的摇滚城市是佩特拉.
AFRICA EUROPE ASIA JORDAN Amman H Ma’an RED SEA SYRIA IRAQ SAUDI ARABIA EGYPT ISRAEL DEAD SEA MEDITERRANEAN SEA City in the Desert Petra is in the country of Jordan, in one of Earth’s driest deserts.
非洲联盟 红海西里亚 伊拉克阿拉伯 阿拉伯埃及 以色列 死海中东 东南亚 沙漠中的城市彼特拉位于约旦,
Red sandstone cliffs and canyons are all that can be seen for many miles.
红砂岩悬崖和峡谷都是能见多里.
A canyon called the Siq (SEEK) leads to Petra.
一个叫Siq (SEEK)的峡谷通向了佩特拉.
It is the main way to reach the city.
它是通向城市的主要途径.
Colonnaded means “having a row of columns,” or posts.
Colonnaded的意思是“有一行专栏,”或帖子。
Over the years, most of the Colonnaded Street’s columns were ruined by floods.
多年来,科隆纳德街的大部分柱子被洪水所破坏.
Buried City The city of Petra is 264 square kilometers (102 sq.
埋葬城市 佩特拉市面积为264平方千米 (102 sq.
mi.)
(中文(简体) ).
The downtown area is 6 square kilometers (2 sq.
市中心面积为6平方千米(2平方千米.
mi.)
(中文(简体) ).
The city has hundreds of tombs and other structures.
该市有数百个墓葬等结构.
Most of Petra is still buried under the ground.
佩特拉的大部分地还被埋在地下.
Scientists find more structures as they dig it up.
科学家在挖掘时发现了更多的结构.
The Treasury is the first structure visitors see after they pass through the Siq.
国库是经过西克后第一个见到的结构访客.
The Treasur y is Petra’s best-known structure.
Treasur y 是佩特拉最出名的结构。
The Royal Tombs are where they buried their kings.
皇家墓葬是他们埋葬国王的地方.
Other famous structures include the Theatre, Petra Museum, and the Monastery.
其他有名的结构有剧院,佩特拉博物馆和修道院.
Many structures are over 30 meters (100 ft.)
许多结构都超过30米(100英尺).
tall.
高个子。
The Nabataeans also made many structures to collect, store, and carry water.
纳巴泰安人还做了许多结构来收集,储存和搬运水.
They could not have lived in such a dry place without a way to get and hold water.
他们不可能生活在这样一个干燥的地方,没有办法取水和取水。
A Journey Through Petra Walking east to west from the Visitor Centre to the Monastery takes about twenty minutes at a normal pace.
穿越佩特拉的旅程 从游客中心向东向西行走到修道院需要约20分钟的正常速度.
Most visitors take much longer, though, as they stop to look at each new place.
不过,大多数访客需要更长的时间,因为他们停下来看每个新地方。
Trading and water brought people to Petra from faraway places.
贸易与取水将人们从遥远的地方带到了佩特拉.
A Busy Trade Center Long ago, people from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa crossed the desert to trade with each other.
一个忙碌的贸易中心 很久以前,来自中东、亚洲和非洲的人跨越了沙漠,相互贸易。
They traveled through the land where the Nabataeans lived.
他们穿越了纳巴泰人所居住的地盘.
The Nabataeans took care of camels, goats, and sheep.
纳巴泰人收留了骆驼,山羊等羊.
At first, they wandered from place to place.
起初,他们从一地走来走去.
Later, they grew rich, settled down, and built Petra.
后来,他们逐渐发财,安定下来并建造了佩特拉.
Scientists think the Nabataeans built the Rose City around 300 bce.
科学家认为纳巴泰人大约建造了300bce左右的玫瑰城.
Over time, it became a busy trade center.
随着时间的推移,它成为一个繁忙的贸易中心.
Not much is known about the Nabataeans, but it is known that they worshipped the Sun.
纳巴泰人所知不多,但已知他们崇拜太阳.
Scientists know this from studying Petra’s most important structures.
科学家通过研究佩特拉最重要的结构来了解这一点.
On certain days of the year, the Sun lights up special parts of these structures.
每年的某些日子,太阳会照亮这些结构的特殊部分.
The Nabataeans must have built them on purpose so the Sun would shine on them that way.
纳巴泰人一定是故意建造的 这样太阳就会照耀他们
This picture was taken at sunset on the shortest day of the year.
这张照片拍摄于当年最短的一天日出.
The Sun is shining on a special part in the middle of the Monastery.
太阳正照耀着修道院中部的特殊部分.
The Romans had a big empire based in Italy.
罗马人有一个以意大利为基地的大帝国.
Romans took over Petra in 106 ce.
罗马人于106克接管了佩特拉.
People’s lives mostly stayed the same.
人民的生活大多保持不变。
They built new structures that looked more like Roman structures.
他们建造了更像罗马建筑的新建筑.
A huge earthquake in 363 ce broke Petra’s water system.
363ce的一次大地震打破了佩特拉的水系.
People started leaving the city at that time.
当时人们开始离开城市.
Another big earthquake happened in 551.
551年又发生了一起大地震.
Arabs took over Petra about a hundred years later.
阿拉伯人在大约一百年后占领了佩特拉.
The last people left Petra soon after.
最后一批人不久后离开了佩特拉.
The mosaics on the floor of the church show many kinds of animals.
教堂地上出土的马赛克画出多种动物.
They also show figures that stand for the seasons, ocean, Earth, and wisdom.
它们也显示了代表季节、海洋、地球和智慧的数字。
Building Petra Many of Petra’s structures are carved right into the mountains.
佩特拉大楼 许多佩特拉的结构被刻入了山中。
Others are built from sandstone taken from the mountains.
另一些则由取自山地的砂岩所建.
A few structures use both methods.
少数结构采用两种方法.
Scientists are certain that Petra’s carved structures were made from the top down.
科学家们确信佩特拉所雕刻出的结构是自上而下而来.
They know this because some structures were never finished.
他们知道这一点是因为一些结构从未完成.
They are only carved at the top.
他们只雕刻在顶上。
No one knows for sure how the Nabataeans made the carved structures.
没人知道纳巴泰安人是怎么造出雕刻结构的
Some scientists think they removed large blocks of sandstone, leaving huge rock steps.
一些科学家认为他们移除了大块的砂岩,留下了巨大的岩石阶地.
Carvers would have stood on the steps as they worked up high.
卡尔弗斯会站在台阶上 当他们高举起来。
The unfinished monuments have helped scientists understand how the rocks were carved at Petra.
未完成的遗迹帮助科学家们了解了佩特拉所雕刻出岩石的方式.
Other scientists think the carvers put strong pins into the rock.
其他科学家则认为被锯齿者将坚固的钉子放入了岩石.
Then they rested a wooden board on the pins.
然后他们把木板放入了针上
They would have stood on the board while they worked.
他们会在工作时站在董事会上
Scientists hope to learn more as they keep studying Petra.
科学家们在不断研究佩特拉时希望学习更多.
Visitors ride camels and walk by a part of Petra where many tombs are carved into the mountainside.
游客骑着骆驼走过佩特拉的一部份,在那里许多墓穴被刻入了山坡.
Seeing Petra More than four hundred thousand people visit Petra each year.
见佩特拉 每年有超过40万人访问佩特拉.
No cars are allowed, so many people walk through the Siq to get there.
不许有车,所以很多人走过西克去。
Others ride a horse, donkey, or camel.
其他人骑一匹马,驴子,或骆驼.
Visitors walk around Petra on their own.
游客独自走在佩特拉周围.
It can take up to five days to see everything!
可能要花上五天的时间才能看到一切!
The entrance to the Garden Hall opens to an amazing view outside.
花园大厅的入口打开了外出令人惊叹的景观.
New Discoveries Scientists learn more about Petra all the time.
新发现科学家们经常更多地了解佩特拉.
Not long ago, they found pools, gardens, and fountains.
不久前,他们发现了游泳池,花园和喷泉.
Every discovery shows more about how smart the Nabataeans were.
每个发现都更能说明纳巴泰人有多聪明.
They figured out how to bring water to a very dry desert.
他们想出了如何把水带到干燥的沙漠
Long ago, people came to Petra because of water.
很久以前,人们因为水而来到了佩特拉.
More than two thousand years later, they come to see a beautiful rock city.
两千多年后,他们来到一个美丽的岩石城市.
Glossary carve (v.)
词汇雕刻(五.
to make something, such as a sculpture, by carefully cutting and shaping wood or stone (p.
通过小心地切割并塑造出木头或石头(p.
4) discovery (n.)
4)发现 (n.
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Middle East (n.)
中东(n.)
Asia and northern Africa that includes the Arabian Peninsula (p.
包括阿拉伯半岛在内的亚洲和北非(p.
4) sandstone (n.)
4) 砂岩 (n.
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