Chinese Conversation – lesson 613
今天，罗马人民在维护那些令人赞叹的罗马历史遗产。学生们在曾是奥古斯都皇帝家庭陵园的公园里遛狗；拉斐尔风格的圣母像矗立在繁华的市区的角落，仿佛在那 儿排队等公共汽车；身着飘逸长袍的牧师打着手机穿过中世纪的广场。现代的罗马，一只脚踩在过去，另一只脚踩在现代–这种令人愉快的姿态让你能在贝尔尼尼 设计的广场上品味香浓的咖啡，然后乘地铁回到由文艺复兴时期的宫殿翻修而成的旅馆房间。
Today, Rome’s formidable legacy is upheld by its people. Students walk dogs in the park that was once the mausoleum of the family of the Emperor Augustus; Raphaelesque madonnas line up for buses on busy corners; a priest in flowing robes walks through a medieval piazza talking on a cell phone. Modern Rome has one foot in the past, one in the present –a delightful stance that allows you to have an espresso in a square designed by Bernini, then take the Metro back to your hotel room in a renovated Renaissance palace.
(Source: wwenglish.com)