【玩轉(zhuǎn)歐洲】希臘:夢幻般動人的神話傳說
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雅典是用智慧女神雅典娜的名字命名的歷史古城。相傳希臘古時候,智慧女神雅典娜與海神波賽頓為爭奪雅典的保護(hù)神地位,相持不下。后來,主神宙斯決定:誰能給人類一件有用的東西,城就歸誰。海神賜給人類一匹象征戰(zhàn)爭的壯馬,而智慧女神雅典娜獻(xiàn)給人類一顆枝葉繁茂、果實累累、象征和平的油橄欖樹。人們渴望和平,不要戰(zhàn)爭,結(jié)果這座城歸了女神雅典娜。從此,她成了雅典的保護(hù)神,雅典因之得名。后來人們就把雅典視為"酷愛和平之城"。?
聽力文本:
My name is Victoria Kyriakopoulos, and I write about Athens for Lonely Planet.
It's not the love at first sight for most people, but it's a fascinating city. Athens sits in a basin, so basically there's mountain surrounding it that's where the pollution gets trapped, where infamous pollution problems come from.
Ever since the Olympics in 2004, Athens is a much prettier city. It's a much cleaner city. There's always streets of tables, havens, restaurants and bars outside. That's what surprises people, because you can go on to one neighborhood and think this is it, this is where everybody is, and then you walk 10 minutes down. And there's just as many tables outside, people sitting around.
Well most people go to Plaka, it's got lots of?neoclassic buildings and you find the remains of many ancient temples. There's always something you are interested in to look at. You get some fantastic old style havens, serving hand-style Greek cooking. Most people shouldn't leave there without having one of their favorite soup lentil that you can get there. You don't really need to speak Greek to get around in Athens, most speak English.
The?Acropolis is what defines Athens. And you might be a kind of heed down in a side street looking for a shop or doing something, instead of look up and you get a glimpse of it. It's every time, and it's just all inspiring. Light afternoon when the sun setting, it's just stunning. It's a must basically in Athens. It's loud. It's chaotic. It's vibrant. It's beautiful. Yet it's so so pretty. And you get this palpable sense of history there.
Keep it up in mind, and I think you will be pleasantly surprised.