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The Hanging Gardens of Babyllon
巴比倫空中花園
The approach to the Gardens sloped like a hillside and the several parts of the structure rose from one another tier on tier.
通往花園的階梯像山坡一樣陡然而下，伴隨著一些層層相疊的臺階。
On all this, the earth had been piled and was thickly planted with trees of every kind that, by their great size and other charm, gave pleasure to the beholder.
這些臺階上面盛著土壤，里面緊密的種植著各種奇花異草，這些奇花異草的巨大的外形和魅力，給參觀者帶來愉悅感。
The water machines raised the water in great abundance from the river, although no one outside could see it.
壓水機從河流那邊帶來充足的水源用來灌溉這些奇花異草，雖然從外面看不到。
Fruits and flowers... Waterfalls... Gardens hanging from the palace terraces... Exotic animals...
水果和鮮花...瀑布...從宮殿開始懸起的花園...奇珍異獸...
This is the picture of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in most people's minds.
這是人們腦海里對巴比倫空中花園的印象。
It may be surprising to know that they might have never existed except in the minds of Greek poets and historians!
但如果他們知道這樣的場景也許并不存在，也許只是希臘使人和歷史學家想象出來的，定會十分驚訝。
Location
所在地
On the east bank of the River Euphrates, about 50 km south of Baghdad, Iraq.
在幼發拉底河的東岸，離伊拉克首都巴格達有50千米之遠。
History
歷史
The Babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of the famous King, Hammurabi.
巴比倫王國在著名的漢穆拉比國王的領導下開始繁盛。
It was not until the reign of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian civilization reached its ultimate glory.
美索不達米亞文明在新巴比倫王國時代到來之前，就發展到了鼎峰。
Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens.
空中花園是由尼布甲尼撒二世（公元前604年~562年）建造的。
It is said that the Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar to please his wife or concubine who had been "brought up in Media and had a passion for mountain surroundings".
相傳他是為了取悅他在米堤亞長大，喜歡山巒疊翠，花草叢生環境的妻子或情人而建的。
