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 　　China's Gulangyu enters world heritage list as cultural site

　　中国福建省鼓浪屿入选世界文化遗产名录

　　Source: Xinhua

　　来源：新华社

　　KRAKOW, Poland, July 8 (Xinhua)—The 41th session of the World Heritage Committee on Saturday decided¹ to put China's Gulangyu historic international settlement on the prestigious² World Heritage List as a cultural site. So far, China has 52 sites inscribed³ to the List.

　　新华社波兰克拉科夫7月8日电——周六举行的世界遗产委员会第41届会议，决定将中国福建省的鼓浪屿（一处具有历史意义的公共租界）列入世界文化遗产名录。至此，中国已拥有52处世界遗产。

　　Gulangyu (鼓浪屿) is an island in Xiamen, a few minutes by ferry from downtown. It has a population of around 17,000 and an area of about two square km (500 acres). It was a foreign enclave from the 1840s until the 1930s, and is now both a residential⁴ suburb and a major tourist area. In 2017 it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

　　鼓浪屿是厦门市的一个岛屿，乘坐轮渡几分钟便可到达市中心。鼓浪屿人口约17000人，面积约2平方公里（500英亩）。这里从19世纪40年代到20世纪30年代曾是公共租界，现在是一处市郊住宅区以及重要的旅游景区。2017年被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录。

　　Cars, motorcycles and bicycles are banned, making the island both quieter and safer than almost anywhere else in China, but the island is small enough to walk around as long as one is physically⁵ able. It is, however, quite hilly. Walking about, there is quite a bit of nice colonial architecture to see, much of it tucked away on back streets.

　　岛上禁止汽车、摩托车和自行车通行，这使得鼓浪屿比中国的其他任何地方都更加安静和安全；它的面积足够小，但凡身体条件正常的人，步行走遍全岛都不成问题，尽管岛上丘陵起伏。漫步在岛上，你会欣赏到不少殖民地风格的建筑物，其中大部分隐藏在街巷深处。

　　The island is extremely popular with Chinese tourists, who arrive in droves, often in large tour groups. Many of the old colonial-era buildings have become restaurants or guesthouses.

　　这座岛屿非常受中国游客的欢迎，他们成群结队，经常跟随大型旅游团，来到这里。许多古老的殖民时代的建筑，现如今已变成了餐厅或宾馆。

　　The whole island is basically pedestrians-only. The only vehicles powered by internal combustion⁶ are a few firetrucks. Everything from fruit to furniture gets moved about by handcart; you fairly often see wiry (瘦而结实的) little Chinese hauling loads that much brawnier (强壮的) fellows might have trouble with.

　　整个岛上基本只有行人。唯一在岛上可见的内燃机车辆就是几辆消防车。从水果到家具的一切物品都得靠手推车运输；你经常会在岛上看到一些瘦小而结实的中国人，正在运送着即使强壮得多的人都可能难以应付的非常重的货物。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

3 inscribed   

v.写，刻( inscribe的过去式和过去分词 )；内接

参考例句：

• His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在奖杯上。
• The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 combustion   

n.燃烧；氧化；骚动

参考例句：

• We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
• The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。