Machu Picchu,city in the clouds
马丘比丘，云之城
1.High in the mountains of Peru，an ancient city hides in the clouds.The ruins of the city sit on a
高山的秘鲁， 一个古老的城市隐藏在云层里。 这座废墟之城
rides between Machu Picchu（Old Mountain）and Huayna Picchu（Young Mountain）.far below，
坐落在Machu Picchu（老山脉）和Huayna Picchu（新山脉）之间。 远低于 山脉，
the city is hidden.For nearly 450 years，the world did not know Machu Picchu，the City in the
城市是隐藏的。近450年来， 世界上不知道马丘比丘， 云之城在
传达英文 Clouds，was there.
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2.Outsiders did not visit Machu Picchu until about one hundred years ago.Hiram Bingham,an
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没面有外人参观马丘比丘直到大约一百年前。 希拉姆宾厄姆，
explorer and a professor from Yale University,was the first to come to the city.Binham went to
探险家和来自耶鲁大学的教授，是第一次来到这个城市。 宾厄姆去
Peru to explore in 1909. In 1911,Bingham met Braulio Borda,a man who owned a large farm near
索秘鲁在1909年。1911年，宾汉遇到布劳略博达，一个人谁拥有一个大农场附近的
Machu Picchu.Borda told Bingham that there were some old buildings covered by the forest in the
马丘比丘。 博达告诉宾， 有一些老建筑 在他农场附近山上的森林里。
mountains near his farm.Traveling on horback,Bingham went to Borda’s farm.Bingham
宾厄姆从博达的农场骑马去。 宾厄姆
climbed up to ridge and there,to his surpri,were the ruins of a lost city.
登上岭， 令他惊讶的是，是废墟中的失落之城。
3.Bingham returned to the United States to tell others about the City in the Clouds.Yale
宾厄姆 回到 美国 告诉别人关于 云之城的事。
University and the National Geogarphic Society gave him money to return to Peru and
耶鲁大学和 全国地理学会给他的钱 让他会秘鲁
remove the trees form the ruins.
伐掉树木形成废墟。
4.Machu Picchu was built by the Inca.The Inca ruled a powerful empire in South America until
建造马丘比丘的是印加人。 印加人统治了一个强大的帝国。 直到十六世纪西班牙人
the Spanish conquered then in the sixteenth century.Archaeologists believe that Machu picchu
征服南美洲。 考古学家认为马丘比丘是印加国王的
was a royal residence bulit by the Incan king Pachacuti.Machu Picchu was also a religious
皇家公寓并简历了帕恰库蒂。 马丘比丘rectangle怎么读 也是一个宗教
center that honored the Incan sun god.
中心荣获印加太阳神。
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5.However,the people of the great Incan city emed to disappear.What happened to the
然而， 印加成里的人似乎都消失了。 关于马丘比丘里的
people of Machu Picchu?That remains a mystery.Around A.D.1450,Spanish soldiers captured
里的人到底发生了什么？ 这任然是个迷。 大约公元1450奥巴马年，西班牙士兵占领了
many Incan cities.When the Spanish captured a city,they destroyed the temples.However,the
许多印加城市。 西班牙占领每个城市， 他们都会破坏那里的寺庙。 然而，
temples at Machu Picchu were not destroyed. One theory is that dia killed the people of
floz马丘比丘的寺庙没有被破坏。 一种理论认为马丘比丘的人死于疾病。
Machu Picchu.Another theory is that a group of people called the Antis from the Amazonian
determination
另一种理论是 一群来自亚马逊丛林的安迪人
jungle attacked and killed the people of the city.
袭击和杀害了这座城市里的人。
6.Today,Machu Picchu is the most important tourist site in South America.Thousands of
今天，马丘比丘多伦多大学研究生 是 南美洲 最重要的旅游景点。 每天都有
tourist visit daily.Most take the train from the nearby city of Cuzco and then take a bus up the
成千上万的旅客参观。 大部分的旅客乘火车到附近的库斯科市 再撑公车到
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mountain to the ruins.Some tourists hike up the mountain on the Incan Trail.Soon there may be
山顶的遗址。 一些游客顺着印加人的踪迹徒步上山。 很快这儿就会
a cable car to bring even more visitors to the site.Archeologists worry that too many tourists
中高级口译缆车带来更多的旅客到景点。 考古学家担心太多游客
will damage the site.However,tourism is important to Peru.And becau the lo city is so
游客会损害这里。 然而旅游对秘鲁很重要。 因为遗失的城市如此
remarkable and the location is so beautiful,it will be difficult to stop people from visiting the City
显著和最美的地理位置。 难以组织人们前来参观这座云之城。
in the Clouds.
Machu Picchu (in hispanicized spelling, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmatʃu ˈpiktʃu]) or Machu Pikchu (Quechua machu old, old person, pikchu peak; mountain or prominence with a broad ba which ends in sharp peaks,[1] "old peak", pronunciation [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu]) is a 1
5th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above a level.[2][3] It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District in Peru.[4] It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Sacred Valley which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.
