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高考网汇集整理《高一英语：Babel, Tower of 巴别塔》 The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world, covering about 20 percent of the earth's surface. It separates Europe and Africa to the east from North and South America to the west. Its name, which comes from the Greek, probably refers to Atlantis, the legendary island continent said to have been the site of a great civilization before the island suddenly disappeared. The Atlantic extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to Antarctica in the south. It is over 16, 000 kilometers long and between 2, 900 kilometers and 8, 500 kilometers wide. The area of the Atlantic is about 106, 464, 000 square kilometers. Its average depth is around 3, 300 meters, and the maximum depth is 8, 380 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench, north of the island of Puerto Rico. 大西洋位于美洲之东，欧洲和非洲之西。大西洋的名字来源于希腊语，可能源于Atlantis岛屿，传说该岛位于大西洋，曾经有过伟大的文明，后来突然消失。大西洋是世界上面积仅次于太平洋的第二大洋。大西洋及边缘海域总面积为106，460，000平方公里，大约占地球总面积的五分之一。它的平均深度为3，300米，小于太平洋和印度洋的深度，这是因为其北部有广阔的大陆架，并且它的边缘海域较浅，这些海包括东部的挪威海、北海、波罗的海、地中海、黑海和西部的巴芬哈得孙湾、圣劳伦斯湾、墨西哥湾和加勒比海。赤道以南的大西洋更宽，两岸皆为大陆，很少有岛屿。大西洋的最深处位于波多黎各岛北部的波多黎各海沟，约有8，380米深。The Tower of Babel, described in the Old Testament (Genesis 11: 1-9), was started by descendants of Noah on the plain of Shinar in Babylonia. The builders intended the tower to reach into heaven and make a name for them. God, however, was not pleased with the people, because they were disobeying the command given to Noah to fill the earth. The people's pride was leading them into rebellion against God, just as those people whom God had just destroyed by the Flood in Noah's time. To keep them from bringing greater punishment on themselves in the near future, God stopped the building by confusing the language of the people, causing them to be scattered throughout the earth. The place where people built the tower is called Babel, so the tower is referred as the Tower of Babel. Today, the word "babel" in English means a scene of confusion, disorder, or noise from many different voices. 巴别塔（Tower of Babel），也称通天塔。据《圣经·旧约·创世纪》第十一章中记载：诺亚方舟之后的幸存者繁衍了众多的后代，他们来到了巴比伦尼亚的示拿（Shinar）平原，准备在这个地方为自己建造一座通天塔。上帝觉得他们狂妄自大，十分不满，于是施法弄乱了人类的语言，让他们说不同的语言。这样一来，由于语言不通，人与人之间感情无法交流，思想难以统一，猜疑与争吵就此出现，通天塔也就未能建成。人们离开了巴比伦尼亚，到世界不同的地方生活。因此此处的城市名叫巴别（Babel），因而塔名取作巴别塔。现在babel一词用来指喧闹、混乱的场面。 (责任编辑：admin) |