古羅馬斗獸場又有新改造

The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by Italy's culture ministry.

由于意大利文化部宣布了一項新的高科技項目，古羅馬斗獸場將再次開張。

"It is an extraordinary project," said Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, detailing the plans to create a flexible floor to give tourists a clearer idea of how the arena would have looked when gladiators fought to the death there.

“這是一個非凡的項目。”文化部長達里奧·弗朗切斯基尼(Dario Franceschini)表示，他詳細介紹了建造靈活地板的計劃，這樣游客能更清楚地了解當角斗士這里戰(zhàn)斗至死時競技場的樣子。

"You will be able to walk on it and go to the centre of the Colosseum, seeing it in the same way as visitors used to up to the end of the 19th century," Franceschini said.

弗朗切斯基尼說：“你可以沿著它，走到斗獸場的中心，像19世紀末以前的游客一樣欣賞斗獸場。”。

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An Italian engineering firm, Milan Ingegneria, won the $22.2 million (18.5 million euro) contract to design the new flooring and has committed to complete the project by 2023.

意大利工程公司Milan Ingegneria獲得了這項價值2220萬美元(1850萬歐元)的新地板設(shè)計合同，并約定在2023年前完成該項目。

The wooden platform will be made up of hundreds of slats that can be rotated to bring natural light into the underground chambers that once used to house the gladiators and animals before their deadly combat.

新的木制平臺將由數(shù)百塊板條組成，這些板條可以旋轉(zhuǎn)，將自然光引入地下室，這些地下室曾經(jīng)是角斗士和動物在致命戰(zhàn)斗前的住所。

The Colosseum is Italy's most popular tourist attraction, drawing some 7.6 million visitors in 2019, before the coronavirus struck.

羅馬斗獸場是意大利最受歡迎的旅游景點，疫情前，2019年曾吸引了大約760萬游客。

Built 2,000 years ago, the stone arena was the biggest amphitheatre in the Roman empire.

斗獸場建于2000年前，是羅馬帝國最大的競技場。

It used to have up to 70,000 seats and hosted gladiator fights, executions and animal hunts.

它曾經(jīng)有高達70000個座位，舉辦過角斗士廝殺、處決和動物獵殺等項目。

It could also be filled with water to re-enact sea battles.

這里也可以裝滿水，以重新上演海戰(zhàn)。