巴比倫空中花園英文介紹

1、巴比倫空中花園英文介紹古巴比倫王國曾出現(xiàn)過一座漂浮在半空中的園林,考古學(xué)家至今仍未能找到它的確實(shí)位置。事實(shí)上 ,大半描繪空中花園的人都從未涉足巴比倫,只知東方有座奇妙的花園 ,波斯王稱之為“天堂 ”而,在兩相湊合下 ,形成遙遠(yuǎn)的巴比倫夢(mèng)幻花園。由于花園比宮墻還要高,給人感覺像是整個(gè)御花園懸掛在空中 ,因此被稱為 “空中花園 ”又,叫“懸苑 ”。當(dāng)年到巴比倫城朝拜、經(jīng)商 或旅游的人們老遠(yuǎn)就可以看到空中城樓上的金色屋頂在陽光下熠熠生輝。所以,到公元 2 世紀(jì),希臘學(xué)者在品評(píng)世界各地著名建筑和雕塑品時(shí),把“空中花園 ”列為 “世界七大奇觀 ”之一。從此以后 , “空中花園 ”更是聞名遐邇。Hangi

2、ng Gardens of Babylon English IntroductionBabylon Kingdom there had been a garden floating in the air, archaeologists have yet to find its exact location. In fact, most depicting the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, who have never set foot in, only knew that the East has a wonderful garden seat, the Pers

3、ian king known as paradise, and make do in the two-phase, the formation of distant Babylon dream garden. As the garden is even higher than a wall, giving the impression hanging in the air like the Imperial Garden, known as the sky gardens, sometimes called hanging Court. Babylon then to worship, bus

4、iness or tourism for people far away can see the golden roof of the tower on the air in the sun shine. So, to the 2nd century AD, the Greek scholars in the building and tasting the world famous sculptures when the sky gardens as Seven Wonders of the world one. Since then, the Hanging Gardens is famo

5、us.The Love Story Behind the Hanging GardensThere has been a beautiful love story behind the building of the Hanging Gardens.The Hanging Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon around 600 BC. He married Amytis, the princess of Media. The beautiful princess was so adorable （ 可愛的 ） th

6、at the king loved her very much. Not long after their marriage, the princess became very frustrated and looked very sad. The king cared for his wife but didn t know why she was unhappy.The princess told him that she was homesick（ 想家的 ）. She said that there were plenty of trees and flowers in her hom

7、eland（ 家鄉(xiāng) ）, surrounded by mountains. While here in Babylon, only endless plains were in view（ 看得見 ） and even a small hill can not be found. How I wish to see the winding trails （ 小徑 ） and mountains in my homeland!Then, the king ordered to build gardens to imitate （模仿 ） the scenery in Media, the hom

8、eland of Amitys. Gardens with the appearance of a theatre, waterfalls, animals, fruits and plants were built. These were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.空中花園背后的愛情故事在建造空中花園的背后 ,有著一個(gè)美麗的愛情故事。 空中花園是由巴比倫國王尼布甲尼撒二世于大約公元前 600 年主持建造。 他娶了米底的 公主米梯斯為王后 ,美麗的王后非常惹人疼愛 ,國王對(duì)她寵愛有加。 但婚后不久 ,公主變得非常 失落 ,看起來很傷心。國王關(guān)心她的愛妻但不明

9、白其中緣由。公主告訴國王 ,她非常想家。 她說,家鄉(xiāng)米底山巒疊翠 ,花草叢生 ;而在這里只能看見一望無 際的平原 ,連個(gè)小山丘都看不到。我多么希望能看到家鄉(xiāng)的盤山小道和山巒呀!于是,國王下令 ,模仿米梯斯家鄉(xiāng) 米底的景色 ,在他的宮殿里 ,建造花園。 花園建造成露 天劇場(chǎng)的形狀 ,里面有瀑布、動(dòng)物、水果和花草。這就是古巴比倫的空中花園。Description of the Hanging GardensThe path to the Garden sloped （ 傾斜 ） like a hillside （ 山坡 ） and several parts of the structure （結(jié)

10、構(gòu)） rose from tier （ 層,階梯 ） upon tier. On all this, the earth had been piled （ 堆疊）, and was thickly planted with all kinds of trees. Their great size and other charms （ 魅力 ） gave pleasure to the viewers. The water machines raised the water from the river, although no one outside could see it.s mind.

11、ItFruits and flowers. Waterfalls. Gardens hanging from the palace terraces（ 臺(tái)地 ）. Exotic（ 奇 異的 ） animals. This is the picture of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in most people may be surprising to know that they might have never existed except in the mind of the Greek poets and historians!空中花園的描述通往花園

12、的道路象山坡一樣傾斜著，建筑物的幾個(gè)部分一層一層地向上交錯(cuò)排列著泥土在這些上面堆積著并且濃密地種植著各種各樣的花草樹木，它們以其巨大的身軀和其他一些魅力 ，令觀賞者賞心悅目抽水的機(jī)器把大量的水從河中提升到花園中，盡管沒有人從外面能看到它。水果、鮮花、瀑布、花園高懸在宮殿的陽臺(tái)上 ，奇異的動(dòng)物 ，這是大多數(shù)人想象中的 巴比倫空中花園。讓人吃驚的是，空中花園除了在希臘詩人和歷史學(xué)家的頭腦中出現(xiàn)過外，可能從來就沒有存在過。The Water Supply System of the Hanging GardensThe most amazing part of the Hanging Gardens

13、 is their water supply system. As rainfall was quite rare in Babylon and the relics of the Hanging Gardens were far from the Euphrates River， it is believed that there must have been plenty of water supply devices in the gardens. Slaves pushed the handles of the gear wheel （ 齒輪 ） on and on to lift t

14、he water to the highest tank. Then， the water form the highest tank would flow into the gardens through the artificial waterways （ 人 工河道 ）.空中花園的供水系統(tǒng)巴比倫空中花園最令人稱奇的地方是供水系統(tǒng) ，因?yàn)榘捅葌愑晁欢?，而空中花園的遺址 亦遠(yuǎn)離幼發(fā)拉底河 ，所以人們認(rèn)為空中花園應(yīng)該有不少的供水設(shè)備。奴隸不停地推動(dòng)著齒輪 的把手 ，把地下水運(yùn)到最高一層的儲(chǔ)水池。然后，儲(chǔ)水池中的水再經(jīng)人工河道流入花園之中。The Maintenance of the Han

15、ging GardensAnother challenge of the Hanging Gardens is the maintenance（ 保養(yǎng) ） of the gardens. It is impossible on for ordinary buildings to maintain for a long time with the flush of the water. Blocks were rare on Mesopotamia plain， so it was believed that the blocks used for building the Hanging Ga

16、rdens， which contained reeds， pitch （ 瀝青 ）， and tiles （ 瓦片 ，瓷磚 ）， were different from the ordinary blocks. Some documents even figured out that layers of lead（鉛 ） was added to theblocks to prevent the water from penetrating into the foundation.空中花園的保養(yǎng) 另一個(gè)難題是空中花園的保養(yǎng)。對(duì)于一般建筑物來說，要長(zhǎng)年經(jīng)受河水的侵蝕而維持保養(yǎng)下來是不可能的。由

17、于美索不達(dá)米亞平原 （Mesopotamian plain） 沒有太多石塊 ，因此人們相 信空中花園所用的磚塊與一般石塊不同，它們中摻入了蘆葦、瀝青及瓦。還有文獻(xiàn)指出石塊 中被加入了一層鉛 ,以防止河水滲入地基。It was not until the twentieth century that some mysteries about the Hanging Gardens were revealed （揭示 ）. Archaeologists （ 考古學(xué)家 ） are still struggling to gather enough evidences before reaching the final conclusions about the location, the irrigation system, and their true appearance of the Gardens.直到二十世紀(jì) ,圍繞著空中花園的一些不解之迷才被揭示出來。在得出關(guān)于花園的地理 位置、灌溉系統(tǒng)和真正面目的最終結(jié)論之前,考古學(xué)家們?nèi)栽谂Φ厥占銐虻淖C據(jù)。結(jié)束語 :公元前三世紀(jì)菲羅曾記述 “: 園中種滿樹木 ,無異山中之國 ,其中某些部份層層疊長(zhǎng) ,有如劇 院一樣 ,