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古代涂鸦――身份标志 　　Host： Today， graffiti： ancient stuff， modern stuff， and a kind of a clash between the ancient and the modern. You may have heard about the case earlier of the Chinese graffiti in Egypt. OK， so this kid gets given a really hard time， but maybe it’s just a bit unfair. Maybe he was just channeling the habits of antiquity，’cause， in ancient times， graffiti， it didn’t really 2）connote 3）vandalism the way that it does today. That may have been out of place in ancient Roman or Greek or Egyptian times， but graffiti certainly was around then， and not only was it around， it was kind of encouraged. So says Chloé Ragozalie. She studies ancient graffiti. That’s gotta be a fun job. 　　主持人：今天要谈的是涂鸦，这是古老的东西，也是现代的东西，有点像古今碰撞的产物。你也许听说过早些时候关于中国人在埃及留下涂鸦的事情。这个孩子因此受到了严厉的谴责，但这样对他可能不太公平，也许他只不过是给我们呈现古时候的一种常见做法罢了，因为在古代，涂鸦并不像今天这样被看成是一种恣意破坏的行为。涂鸦在古罗马、古希腊或者古埃及也许不是平常事，但在当时，涂鸦肯定是存在的，而且不仅如此，这种行为可以说还受到了鼓励。克洛伊?雷各扎立正是这样告诉我们的，古代涂鸦是她的研究内容，那一定是个有意思的工作。 　　Chloé： I would say that in ancient Egypt， it was socially accepted and maybe even expected on its part of showing off your status in life， where nowadays we see it as a 4）subversive 5）hooliganism attitude. 　　Host： Did leaders in ancient Egypt kind of encourage graffiti？ 　　Chloé： Well， you have graffiti in pretty official places―a tomb， a temple―so you have the feeling that they were some kind of official， like a privilege， which was granted. 　　Host： And as you say， I mean it was kind of just an impulse for people， who were in a place， and they wanted to leave a memory that they were there to say“I was here，” but I mean， have you found anything 6）risqué that kind of corresponds to contemporary graffiti， 7）foul language， insults，…？ 　　Chloé： Yeah， absolutely. You find criticism， you find private joke， you find 8）witticism， you even have 9）pornographic graffiti. 　　Host： So I’m just curious， I mean as for the writing―not the drawings， but the writing―how was literacy at the time？ Could the average ancient Egyptian read what was written in this gr