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Who Built Giza’s Pyramids(金字塔)?
谁修建的吉萨大金字塔?

  1 For centuries, the pyramids of Giza have been timeless symbols of Egyptian culture. But who actually built them? For years,we did not know for sure. But archeologists(考古学家) recently discovered an ancient village near the pyramids. Close by, there was also a cemetery(墓地)where pyramid builders were buried. From studying these places, archeologists can now confirm that the pyramids were not built by slaves or foreigners. Ordinary Egyptians built them.
  1 数世纪以来,吉萨大金字塔一直是埃及文化永恒的象征,但是,谁修建了它们呢?多年来,我们都没有确切的得答案。近来考古学家在金字塔附近发现了一个古代的村庄,附近有一个墓地,里面埋葬了金字塔的修建者。通过研究这个地方,考古学家现在课可以确认金字塔不是由奴隶和外星人修建的,而是由普通的埃及人修建的。

  2 It took about eighty years to build the pyramids.According to archeologists, about 20, 000 — 30, 000 people were involved in completing the task. The workers had different roles. Some dug up the rock,some moved it, and some shaped it into blocks. People also worked on different teams, each with its own name. On a wall in Khufu’s Great Pyramid, for example,a group of workers wrote “Friends of Khufu.” Teams often competed to do a job faster.
  2 修建这个金字塔大约花了80年的时间,考古学家认为,两万到三万人完成了这个工程,工人们分工协作,有的挖石头,有的运石头,有的打磨石头成型,人们分成不同的小队,有不同的名字。比如,在胡夫金字塔的墙上,一组工人写着“胡夫的朋友”小队常常竞争而使工作进展的更快。

  3 Life for these workers was hard. "We can see that in their skeletons(骨架),” says Azza Mohamed Sarry El-Din, a scientist studying bodies found in the cemetery. The bones show signs of arthritis(关节炎) which developed from carrying heavy things for a long time. Archeologists have also found many female skeletons in the village and cemetery. The damage to their bones is similar to the men’s. Their lives may have been even tougher: male workers lived to age 40—45, but women to only 30—35. However, workers usually had enough food, and they also had medical care if they got sick or hurt.
  3 工人的生活很艰难。 “从他们的骨架来看,这些骨骼有关节炎的迹象,是由于长时间负重形成的,一位研究墓葬中尸体的科学家Azza Mohamed Sarry El-Din说。考古学家在村庄里墓葬里还发现了很多女性的骨骼,她们骨骼的损伤和男性相似。她们的生活甚至更差,男性活到40到45岁,女性只能活到30到35岁。然而,工人们通常有足够的食物。如果他们受伤或者生病了,也会得到医疗护理。

  4 The work was challenging, but laborers were proud of their work. "It’s because they were not just building the tomb of their king,” says Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass. “They were building Egypt. It was a national project, and everyone was a participant. ”
  4 这个工作十分有挑战性,但是工人以此为荣。这是因为他们不仅仅是在修建国王的坟墓,他们也是在修建埃及,这是一个国家工程,每个人都是参与者。埃及考古学家Zahi Hawass说。


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