富士山可能成世界文化遗产

时间：2013-05-05 05:43:56

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The Agency for Cultural Affairs issued a notice Wednesday saying Mount Fuji was recommended for World Heritage status by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a body affiliated1 with UNESCO.

5月1日，日本文化厅发表一则通知，富士山被国际古迹遗址理事会推荐列入世界遗产名录，此机构是联合国教科文组织的附属机构。
Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji looks likely to win recognition as a World Heritage site.
Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji looks likely to win recognition as a World Heritage site.
 
Formal approval is expected in June at a World Heritage Committee meeting in Cambodia.
 
A collection of cultural sites in Kamakura, a scenic2（风景优美的） town near Tokyo that once was the nation's capital, were not recommended.
 
Mount Fuji would be Japan's 13th cultural World Heritage site. The 3,776-meter (12,388-foot) volcanic3 peak is ringed by lakes, national parks, temples and shrines4. It rises from the Pacific coast and is seen as a sacred part of Japan's cultural landscape both in Buddhist5 and indigenous6（本土的） Shinto traditions.
 
About 300,000 people follow religious pilgrims of centuries past in climbing Mount Fuji each year, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization, most of them crowding into a brief summer climbing season.
 
Local officials are already pondering how to improve traffic access and other facilities to accommodate an anticipated increase in visitors, while preserving the area's natural beauty.
 
"It's crucial that we preserve all the vantage points from which we can view Mount Fuji," Shoji Watai, an expert on a cultural preservation7 panel of Fujinomiya city, one of several towns near the mountain.
 
The news pushed shares in Fuji Kyuko Co., a railway that serves the area, up 16 percent to their highest level since 1991.

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1 affiliated 78057fb733c9c93ffbdc5f0ed15ef458     
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
参考例句：
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
2 scenic aDbyP     
adj.自然景色的，景色优美的
参考例句：
  • The scenic beauty of the place entranced the visitors.这里的美丽风光把游客们迷住了。
  • The scenic spot is on northwestern outskirts of Beijing.这个风景区位于北京的西北远郊。
3 volcanic BLgzQ     
adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的
参考例句：
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
4 shrines 9ec38e53af7365fa2e189f82b1f01792     
圣地，圣坛，神圣场所( shrine的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这3座建筑都建于3 世纪，并且初步鉴定为神庙。
  • Their palaces and their shrines are tombs. 它们的宫殿和神殿成了墓穴。
5 Buddhist USLy6     
adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒
参考例句：
  • The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
  • In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。
6 indigenous YbBzt     
adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的
参考例句：
  • Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
  • Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
7 preservation glnzYU     
n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持
参考例句：
  • The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
  • The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

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