2007-09-22, Legendary Library
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：国家地理2007年
They went up in flames, thousands of original works by some of the world's greatest thinkers, not a single scroll 1 survived. Today, 1600 years after the destruction of the great library, Alexandria has built a new library, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the spirit of the original. Ismail Serageldin is its first director.
"It is certainly a dream that most of humanity has cherished the celebration of universal knowledge, nationality, tolerance,respect for science and for the contrarian view. All of these values are values that have lived with us to this day."
This port city is at the crossroads of three continents, a natural place for people and cultures to converge 2, just as it was when it was founded in 332 B.C.. For 700 years, ancient Alexandria flourished as a center of learning. But the library saw its share of troubles. In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar invaded the city and accidentally torched part of the library. Over the next few centuries, Alexandria's glory faded and historians are still not sure how the library vanished completely. That event may have helped usher 3 in the Dark Ages by erasing 4 centuries of precious knowledge. The loss still haunts us today.
The thing you can never have again is the literature and the poetry. Suppose all the works of Shakespeare had been...had disappeared except for two or three.
In the late 1980s, the Egyptian government along with the United Nations decided 5 to build the new library as a center for research and the open exchange of ideas. When the library opened, Greeks helped with antiquities 6, the French with a science museum, and Americans with some of the most advanced computer systems in the world. Italians worked with Egyptians to preserve rare manuscripts. This one is about 500 years old. Ultimately, the original library collected some 500,000 scrolls 7. Although tens of thousands of books lie in the shelves, today's library isn't trying to gather the entire intellectual legacy 8 of humankind under one roof, instead it's building special collections on Egypt, the Middle East and Islam. And in the ancient tradition, the Bibliotheca will try to attract researchers and scholars, and anyone eager to learn. In this so-called Capital of Memory, the spirit of the ancient library is alive and well, and this time, it's fireproof.
- As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
- He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。
- The results converge towards this truth.其结果趋近于这个真理。
- Parallel lines converge at infinity.平行线永不相交。
- The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
- They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。
- He was like a sponge, erasing the past, soaking up the future. 他象一块海绵，挤出过去，吸进未来。 来自辞典例句
- Suddenly, fear overtook longing, erasing memories. 突然，恐惧淹没了渴望，泯灭了回忆。 来自辞典例句
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- There is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities. 欣赏古物有休息和疗养之功。 来自辞典例句
- Bertha developed a fine enthusiasm for the antiquities of London. 伯沙对伦敦的古迹产生了很大的热情。 来自辞典例句
- Either turn it off or only pick up selected stuff like wands, rings and scrolls. 把他关掉然后只捡你需要的物品，像是魔杖(wand)，戒指(rings)和滚动条(scrolls)。 来自互联网
- Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea. 死海旁边的山洞里发现了古代的卷轴。 来自辞典例句