字典翻译 问答 小学 英语 TensofthousandsofancientpicturescarvedintotherocksatoneofFrance’smostimportanttouristsitesarebeinggraduallydestroyed.Scientistsandresearchersfearthatthe36000drawingsonrocksinMont
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TensofthousandsofancientpicturescarvedintotherocksatoneofFrance’smostimportanttouristsitesarebeinggraduallydestroyed.Scientistsandresearchersfearthatthe36000drawingsonrocksinMont
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TensofthousandsofancientpicturescarvedintotherocksatoneofFrance’smostimportanttouristsitesarebeinggraduallydestroyed.Scientistsandresearchersfearthatthe36000drawingsonrocksinMontBegointheFrenchAlpsarebeingdamagedsorapidlythattheywillnotsurviveforfuturegenerations.

Themountainbelievedtohaveoncebeenasiteforprayerisscattered(散布)with4000-year-olddrawingscutintobarerock.Theyincludepicturesofcowswithhornscultivatedfields(耕地)andvariousgodsandgoddesses.Butasthepopularityofthesiteincreasesthepicturesarebeingruinedbythoughtlessgraffiti(涂鸦).

JeanClottesisthechairmanoftheInternationalCommitteeonRockArt.Hesays“Peoplethinkthatbecausethepictureshavebeentheresolongtheywillalwayscontinuetobethere.Butifthedamagecontinuesatthisratetherewillbenothingleftin50years.”

Hedescribesseeingtouristsstampingonthedrawingswearingawaytherockanddefinition(清晰)oftheartworkastheydoso.Somevisitorshesaysevencutoffpartstotakehomeassouvenirs.“Whenpeoplethinktheycan’ttakeagoodenoughphotographtheyrubthedrawingstogetaclearerpicture”hesaid.“Thedrawingsarepolishedbytheweatherandifthesunisshiningandthevisitorscan’tseethemproperlytheysimplyrubthemtomakethemlookfresher.”Otherresearchersdescribehowpeoplearrivecarryinglongstickswithsharpendstoscratch(刮)theirowndrawingsoreventheirnamesintherocks.

Butexpertsaredividedoverthebestwaytopreservethedrawings.HenrydeLumleydirectoroftheMuseumofNaturalHistoryinParisbelievesthattheonlywaytosavethesiteistoturnthewholemountainintoa“no-go”areapreventingthepublicfromgoingthereexceptonguidedtours.Otherwisehesaysnotonlywillthesitebecompletelydestroyedbutimportantresearchworkwillbereduced.

Clottesdisagrees“ThemeasuresuggestedbyHenrydeLumleyisthemostsevereandwhileitisthemosteffectiveitisalsocertaintobringaboutprotestsfrompeoplewholivethere”hesaid.“ThesitewasclassifiedasahistoricmonumentyearsagobytheMinistryofCultureandwemustdoasmuchaspossibletosavewhatisthere.”

DavidLavergnetheregionalarchitectalsowantstoavoidclosingthesite.“He

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