世界各地的濒危旅游目的地

2012-04-13 00:00:00来源：可可英语

　　Many of the world's most wondrous and beautiful destinations are in danger of being destroyed by a combination of environmental and social factors: a warming climate, pollution, strained resources, bulging populations, and booming tourist traffic. Below are some popular locations worth visiting before they disappear.

　　世界上许多最奇妙和最美丽的旅游目的地正处于被环境和社会综合因素毁坏的危险中：气候变暖，污染，资源紧张，人口膨胀，和日益增加的旅游交通。以下就是一些即将消失，特别值得一游的热门景点。

Glaciers, Glacier National Park
United States and Canada

　　Glacier National Park contains some of the most beautiful, primitive wilderness in the Rocky Mountains. There are more than 200 glacier-fed lakes, high peaks, sheer precipices, large forests, waterfalls, much wildlife, and a great variety of wildflowers. However, temperature fluctuations have caused glacier growth and depletion. Ten thousand years ago, the area of Glacier National Park was covered by ice up to one mile below sea level. The latest warm period has caused the number of glaciers to decrease from 150 in 1850 to 26 today. If current global warming trends continue, there will be no glaciers left in Glacier National Park by 2030.

　　冰川，国家冰川公园
美国和加拿大
　　　在落基山脉的国家冰川公园中仍可见到一些最美丽，最原始的荒野景色。这里有200多个冰川湖泊，高耸的山峰，陡峭的悬崖断壁，大片的森林，瀑布，大量的野生动植物，以及种类繁多的野花。然而，温度的波动引起冰川增长和消融。一万年以前，国家冰川公园低于海平面的地区被厚达一英里的冰层覆盖。最近的暖期已导致冰川数量从1850年的150个下降到今天的26个。如果目前的全球变暖趋势继续下去，到2030年国家冰川公园就再也见不到冰川了。

Venice, Italy

　　With as many as 40 floods per year between March and September, Venice is slowly sinking at an estimated rate of 2.5 inches every 10 ten years. Venice, a city of beauty and charm, was built as a collection of 118 separate islands, relying entirely on a canal system of about 150 canals, mostly very narrow, crossed by some 400 bridges. A severe flood in December 2008 brought renewed attention to Venice's vulnerable state and imminent fate as an underwater city.

　　威尼斯，意大利

　　每年三月和九月多达40次洪灾，威尼斯正在以每10年大约2.5英寸的速度慢慢下沉。威尼斯，一个美丽而富有魅力的城市，建在118个独立的岛屿群上，完全依靠大约150条大部分很窄的运河渠系以及河上的400余座桥梁运行。 2008年12月的一次严重洪灾再次让人们注意到威尼斯脆弱的状态和即将成为水下城市的命运。

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