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1、2010年专业四级英语真题（翻译）Passage2（翻译）Overthepastseveraldecades,theU.S.,Canada,andEuropehavereceivedagreatdealofmediaandevenresearchattentionoverunusualphenomenaandunsolvedmysteries.TheseincludeUFOsaswellassightingsandencounterswith"nonhumancreatures"suchasBigfoota
2、ndtheLochNessmonster.OnlyrecentlyhasLatinAmericabeguntoreceivesomeattentionaswell.AlthoughthemysteriesoftheAztec,Mayan,andIncacivilizationshavebeenknownforcenturies,nowthepublicisalsobecomingawareofunusual,paranormalphenomenaincountriessuchasPeru.TheNazca"
3、lines"ofPeruwerediscoveredinthe1930s.Theselinesaredeeplycarvedintoaflat,stonyplain,andformabout300intricatepicturesofanimalssuchasbirds,amonkey,andalizard.Seenatgroundlevel,thedesignsareajumbledsenselessmess.Theimagesaresolargethattheycanonlybeviewedatahei
4、ghtof1,000feet-meaningfromanaircraft.Yettherewerenoaircraftin300B.C.,whenitisjudgedthedesignsweremade.Norweretherethen,oraretherenow,anynearbymountainrangesfromwhichtoviewthem.SohowandwhydidthenativepeopleofNazcacreatethesemarvelousdesignsOneanswerappeared
5、in1969,whentheGermanresearcherandwriterErichvonDanikenproposedthatthelinesweredrawnbyextraterrestrialsasrunwaysfortheiraircraft.ThescientificcommunitydidnottakelongtoscoffatandabandonvonDaniken’stheory.Overtheyearsseveralothertheorieshavebeenputforth,butno
6、nehasbeenacceptedbythescientificcommunity.TodaythereisanewandheightenedinterestintheNazcalines.ItisadirectresultofthecreationoftheInternet.Currentlythereareover60sitesdedicatedtothismysteryfromLatinAmerica’spast,andevenrespectedscientistshavejoinedthediscu
7、ssionthroughe-mailandchatrooms.WilltheInternethelpexplaintheseunsolvedmysteriesPerhapsitisastepintherightdirection.在过去的几十年里，美国、加拿大和欧洲在不寻常的现象和未解之谜上得到了大量的媒体甚至研究的关注。这些现象和未解之谜包括不明飞行物，以及目击和遭遇“非人类生物”，如大脚怪和尼斯湖水怪。直到最近，拉美文化才引起了人们的关注。尽管阿兹特克文明、玛雅文明和印加文明的神秘之处几个世纪以来一直为
8、人所知，但现在公众也开始意识到秘鲁等国家的不寻常的超自然现象。秘鲁的纳斯卡“线条”是在20世纪30年代被发现的。这些线条被深深地雕刻在平坦多石的平原上，形成了大约300幅复杂的（错中复杂的；难以理解的）动物图片，如鸟类、猴子和蜥蜴。从地面上看，这些设计杂乱无章，毫无意义。这些图片太大了，只能在1000英尺的高度观看——这意味着从飞机上看。然而，据人们判断这个图案是在公元前300年前还没有飞机的时候被制造出来的。过
