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威尼斯之死？水城为何内忧外患
2019-01-27
英语戏剧导演
今日导读
提到水城威尼斯，很多人会想到叹息桥，大运河，还有河上一艘艘细长的贡多拉游船。早在好几年前就有学者警告说，因为气候变暖、地质条件和过度使用地下水等因素，威尼斯在未来几十年间将被淹没。而《卫报》的一篇新闻告诉我们，威尼斯面临的困境不止是高水位，还有过度发达的旅游业。威尼斯面临着怎样的问题，又将启用怎样的解决方案呢？我们马上和毛西老师一起走进今天的新闻。
带着问题听讲解
Q1: 如何理解 unimpressed 这个词？
Q2: “Most locals grin and bear the high water.” 化用了哪句俗语？
Q3: 当地政府采取了哪些举措管理游客？
新闻正文
The death of Venice? City’s battles with tourism and flooding reach crisis level
威尼斯之死？这座城市与旅游业和洪水的抗争已到危机关头
Tourists may be unimpressed if the Venetian authorities get their way: a minimum city entry fee of €2.50 throughout the year, rising to between €5 and €10 during peak periods.
如果威尼斯当局能如愿以偿地收税，游客或许也不以为意。当局规定，全年城市最低入境费是 2.50 欧元，高峰期间提高到 5 至 10 欧元。
To manage the impact of the 30 million people who visit the lagoon city every year, the daytrippers are to be forced to pay, although it is unclear when the tax will be introduced or how it could be enforced.
每年都有 3000 万游客来到这座水城。为了控制他们带来的影响，当局强制那些不过夜的游客缴税，但是收税的时间和方式尚不明确。
Venice may have a centuries-long history of cultivating tourism, devising crowd-drawing events such as the star-studded film festival, but the advent of mass tourism has left it struggling with how to deal with the hordes who trudge around its precious sites.
威尼斯发展旅游业可能已有数百年历史。这座城市精心设计了许多活动，比如群星荟萃的威尼斯国际电影节，借此吸引了大量游客。但大众旅游业的出现，让威尼斯难以应付疲惫地穿行于珍贵遗址的大批游客。
The fragile city has been swamped in summer by tourists and battered by increasingly frequent flooding. On 29 October last year, three-quarters of the city was hit by the worst flooding in a decade. But tourists persevered with their holidays, wading through knee-deep water in wellies and venturing to deluged shops and restaurants.
这座脆弱的城市夏天人满为患，而且被越来越频繁的洪水所侵袭。在去年的 10 月 29 日，这座城市遭受了十年来最严重的洪灾，受灾面积达四分之三。但是游客还是坚持度假，穿着雨靴蹚着及膝的水，冒险前往已经被淹没的商店和餐厅。
Most locals grin and bear the high water. “It does bother us when it happens but we’re used to it, and the tourists have fun with it,” said Michele Levorato, who runs a stall next to the Rialto bridge.
大部分当地人则默默忍受着高水位的影响。“涨潮的时候确实烦人，但我们已经习惯了，游客也在潮水中玩得很开心。”在里亚尔托桥旁经营货摊的米凯勒·莱沃拉多说道。
Authorities have tried other initiatives to better manage tourism, such as installing turnstiles at the two entry points to the lagoon during peak periods in an attempt to control the crowds. They are also trying to encourage people to visit other, lesser-known areas of the Venetian.
政府部门已经尝试了其他管理旅游业的更佳方案，比如旅游高峰期时，在威尼斯潟湖的两个入口安装旋转栅门，以此控制人流。他们还尝试鼓励人们去游览威尼斯地区其他不太知名的地方。
————— 文章来源 / 卫报
重点词汇
unimpressed/ˌʌnɪmˈprest/
adj. 印象平平的，无深刻印象的
e.g.
英文释义：not impressed to feel admiration or respect
例句：They are unimpressed by the snow.
get sb.'s way
得逞
e.g.
英文释义：to get or have what one wants
例句：He is very good at using his charm to get his own way.
lagoon/ləˈɡuːn/
n. 潟湖，环礁湖
e.g.
daytripper/ˈdeɪtrɪpər/
n.（当天来回的）短途旅客
devise/dɪˈvaɪz/
v. 巧妙设计
e.g.
英文释义：to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination
crowd-drawing/kraʊdˈdrɔːɪŋ/
adj. 吸引人群的
e.g.
搭配短语：draw a crowd
star-studded/ˈstɑːr stʌdɪd/
adj. （电影或表演）明星荟萃的，众星云集的
e.g.
搭配短语：a studded leather jacket
advent/ˈædvent/
n.（事件、发明或人物的）出现，来临
e.g.
英文释义：an event happening, an invention being made, or a person arriving
例句： Life was transformed by the advent of the steam engine.
搭配短语： with the advent of Internet technologies
mass tourism
大众旅游
horde/hɔːrd/
n. （人）群
e.g.
英文释义：a large group of people
搭配短语：a horde of students
trudge/trʌdʒ/
v.（在崎岖的路上或携重物时）步履艰难地走，跋涉
e.g.
例句：I'd had to trudge through the snow.
swamp/swɑːmp/
v. 使淹没（swamp n.）
e.g.
例句：The little boat was swamped by the waves.
batter/ˈbætər/
v. 连续猛击, 殴打
persevere/ˌpɜːrsəˈvɪr/
v. 锲而不舍，坚持不懈
e.g.
例句：Lala persevered with her dance lessons.
wade /weɪd/
v. 跋涉，蹚（水或淤泥等）
e.g.
搭配短语：wade into the water
welly/ˈweli/
n. 长筒橡胶雨靴，防水橡胶靴
e.g.
近义词：wellington
搭配短语：a pair of wellies
venture/ˈventʃər/
v. 冒险去（危险或令人不快的地方）
deluge/ˈdeljuːdʒ/
v. 淹没
e.g.
词义辨析
deluge, swamp
这两个词都有“使...淹没”的意思，都经常用在被动语态的句子里。但是 deluge 比 swamp 更正式。而且，deluge 作名词的时候表示“暴雨，洪水；蜂拥而至的事物”，而 swamp 做名词的时候表示“沼泽”。
搭配短语：be deluged by sth.
grin and bear it
苦笑着忍受，默默忍受
e.g.
英文释义：to accept pain or a difficult situation without complaining
initiative/ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
n. 倡议，新方案
e.g.
相关词汇：initiate (v.)
搭配短语：an education initiative
turnstile/ˈtɜːrnstaɪl/
n.（入口处的）旋转栅门
in an attempt to do sth.
企图做某事