賴世雄英語(yǔ)新聞聽(tīng)力通 第16期:埃及的沉沒(méi)之城寶藏重現(xiàn)

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt，Reuters) A French marine archaeologist has uncovered many rare artifacts in the submerged ancient city of Heracleion off the Egyptian coast.

(路透社埃及亞歷山大市電)一位法國(guó)海洋考古學(xué)家在埃及外海的海底古城希拉克里昂發(fā)現(xiàn)許多稀有的藝術(shù)珍品。

Among the newly uncovered treasures are colossal statues，sunken ships，gold coins andjewelry.

這批新發(fā)現(xiàn)的寶藏包括巨大雕像、沉船、金幣與珠寶。

The archaeologist believes Heracleion had been destroyed by an earthquake or imilar, sudden catastrophic event.

這位考古學(xué)家相信，希拉克里昂城當(dāng)時(shí)是被地震或類似的突如其來(lái)的大災(zāi)難所毀。