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The Leaning Tower of Pisa
比薩斜塔
The tower of Pisa is one of the most beautiful bell towers in Italy.
比薩斜塔是意大利一個(gè)最美麗的鐘樓。
It is not only beautiful, but also strange-it leans to one side.
它不僅美麗，而且怪--就是向一邊倒。
Today it is known as "the Leaning Tower of Pisa".
今天，它被稱為"比薩斜塔"。
The building of the tower began in 1173.
塔的建設(shè)始于 1173 年。
It took nearly 200 years to complete.
前后花了近 200 年才完成。
In 1178, when the building got to the third floor, it started to lean.
在 1178 年，當(dāng)建到了三樓時(shí)，它就開(kāi)始傾斜了。
The builders tried to make the tower straight again when they built the upper floors, but failed.
建設(shè)者在建造上面的樓層時(shí)，試圖使塔糾正回來(lái)，但是失敗了。
Over the years, the tower has continued to lean further.
多年以來(lái)，塔繼續(xù)進(jìn)一步傾斜。
Experts have done a lot of studies and tried to "rescue" the tower.
專家們進(jìn)行了大量的研究，并試圖"拯救"它。
In 1990, it was closed to the public for safety reasons.
在 1990 年，出于安全原因，它向公眾關(guān)閉了。
After a lot of effort, it reopened in 2001.
經(jīng)過(guò)大量的努力，它在 2001 年得以重開(kāi)。
Hopefully it will be safe for at least the next 300 years.
希望這將使它在未來(lái)至少 300 年里是安全的。
