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高中英语 第2辑 异域风情 10 Places That Might Disappear Before You Can See Them 10个你可能来不及看就会消失的古迹 Some of the world’s greatest wonders are the historical sites that have existed for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. Many of them were lost to human knowledge for centuries before they were uncovered. Thanks to urbanization, natural disasters, and pollution, however, it is likely that these historical landmarks will be lost once more before the end of this century. 在这世界上已经存在了几百年甚至几千年的伟大奇迹往往都是历史遗迹。它们中有很多在被发现之前就已经淡出人类文明史中数百年。然而，由于城市化的进程、自然灾害和环境污染，这些遗址古迹很有可能在本世纪末之前消失。 1. Lamu, Kenya肯尼亚拉姆岛 This city has been a World Heritage Site since 2001, but it has been around since the 14th century. Lamu was one of the original Swahili settlements, founded on the east coast of Africa, and it’s still inhabited to this day. During its golden age, Lamu was one of the biggest cities around, a scholastic center of arts, politics, and literature. The city later became an important strategic location for both Germany and Britian, and it only gained its independence along with Kenya in the 1960s. 这个城市在2001年入选世界遗产目录，但其实它在14世纪时就已经存在了。拉姆原来是斯瓦希里人的定居点，位于非洲东海岸，如今他们仍居住在这个地方。在它的黄金时代，拉姆是最大的城市之一，一个集艺术、政治和文学于一身的学术中心。这个城市后来成为德国和英国两国争夺的一个重要战略位置，直到20世纪60年代才随着肯尼亚的独立而独立。 Although Lamu has been a bustling town filled with people for many centuries, people nowadays are doing their best to avoid or leave it. In 2011, travel to Lamu was banned due to several kidnappings carried out by the terrorist group Al-Shaabab, who claims vengeance for stolen Muslim lands as its motive for the kidnappings as well as several brutal assaults on the city just this year that have left many dead. The terrorist attacks make it all but impossible to preserve historical sites such as Lamu Fort. 虽然多少世纪以来拉姆一直是一个繁华热闹的城镇，但现在，人们都想尽办法避开或者离开它。 2011年，由于恐怖组织Al Shaabab的几次绑架事件，人们被禁止进入拉姆，恐怖分子声称要报复夺走穆斯林土地的人，他们于今年对城市发动了数次恶性袭击，并造成大量人员伤亡。恐怖袭击事件使得像拉穆堡这样的遗迹不可能再得到很好的保存。 2. Hisham’s Palace希沙姆宫 Hisham’s Palace was buried underneath the sand in A.D. 7