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In 1830, Greece was recognized as an autonomous country
1830年，希臘獲得認可，成為了一個自主的國家，
and five years later, in 1835, the new government began a serious effort to repair the monuments and buildings on the Acropolis.
五年后，1835年，新政府開始了一項嚴肅的修復雅典衛城的古跡和建筑物的工作。
Unfortunately, some of the construction that was carried out over the following 100 years was not very successful.
不幸的是，隨后一百多年所進行的一些修復工作并不非常成功。
In fact, repairs were so clumsy that they made some of the buildings less secure than they had been before.
事實上，修復工作進行得如此之差，以致于一些建筑變得比以前更不安全。
The buildings have also been damaged by the millions of travellers who visit them each year.
每年參觀雅典衛城的數百萬游客也對這些建筑造成了破壞。
Some damage has been caused by the traffic of so many people simply walking around the buildinga, and some has been caused deliberately.
一些破壞完全是由于人們在周圍走動造成的，而一些則是人們有意造成的。
There is also the problem of smog.
同時，還有煙霧問題。
Athens has some of the most polluted air of any city in the world, and acid rain is causing gradual damage to the marble of the Acropolis.
雅典是世界上所有城市中空氣污染最嚴重的城市，雅典衛城的一些大理石正受到酸雨的侵蝕。
In a gesture to help preserve history, the Greek government appointed a committee in 1975 to undertake a complete repair of the Acropolis.
以一種幫助保護歷史的姿態，希臘政府在1975年成立了一個委員會，開始對雅典衛城進行徹底的修復。
In 1987, it was listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
1987年，這一歷史遺跡被列入聯合國教科文組織的世界遺產名錄。
After that, much progress was made in repairing the Acropolis,
此后，對這一歷史遺跡的修復取得了很大進展，
with a large amount of work done in preparation for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
尤其是隨著2004年雅典奧運會大量工作的展開。
