编者按：路过人间，穿越也门林立高塔，潜探英国石器时代，徒步走过黎巴嫩，享受无人岛的自由，观赏秘鲁的彩虹街区……世界就这样呈现在眼前。
也门：古老的摩天大楼
踏过Bab-al-Yaman这道巨大的门，进入也门的老城墙萨那，就像踏进了另一个世界的门户。狭窄的小巷里挤满了高大瘦小的建筑。也门散布着类似的高耸建筑，从较小的村庄到较大的城镇。
As I travelled around the country, marvelling at these skyscaper cities, I could not help but wonder why the Yemenis built these high-rises.
当我在全国各地旅行，惊叹于这些摩天大楼的城市时，我不禁想知道为什么也门人要建造这些高楼大厦。
Salma Samar Damluji, architect and author of The Architecture of Yemen and its Reconstruction told me that any agriculturally viable space was deemed too valuable to build on, so that building upwards, in tightly formed clusters, was the preferred option.It was also the need for protection that made Yemen's settlements huddle together rather than sprawl across the land.
建筑师、《也门建筑及其重建》一书的作者Salma Samar Damluji告诉我，任何有农业价值的空间都被认为太有价值而不能建造，因此，向上建造，形成紧密的集群，是首选。
Constructed using natural materials, Yemeni high-rises are superbly sustainable and perfectly suited to the hot and dry Arabian desert climate, while also allowing light but not too much heat.“Living in an inhospitable desert, security and the ability to look out across the land for approaching enemies, together with the ability to lock the cities' gates at night, had to be considered in any town planning.”
也门的高层建筑使用天然材料建造，具有很好的可持续性，完全适合阿拉伯沙漠的炎热和干燥气候，同时也允许采光，但不会有太多的热量。“生活在荒凉的沙漠中，任何城市规划中都必须考虑到安全问题，敌人接近时远眺的能力，以及在夜间锁定城市大门的能力。”
沉睡在水中的神秘岛屿：
带你重回英国新石器时代
It was simple curiosity that prompted retired Royal Navy diver Chris Murray a decade ago to plunge into the icy waters around a mysterious islet in a small loch in the Scottish Hebrides. But when the extraordinarily well-preserved pottery he found in the islet's silty surround was radiocarbon dated to 3600 BC, it pushed our awareness of civilization on the British Isles back to a time before both Stonehenge and the first pyramids in Egypt.
十年前，退休的皇家海军潜水员克里斯·莫里出于好奇，跳入了苏格兰赫布里底群岛的一个小湖中的神秘小岛周围的冰冷水域。但自他在小岛周围的淤泥中发现了保存异常完好的陶器，且其被放射性碳测定源自公元前3600年，我们对不列颠群岛文明的认识追溯到了巨石阵和埃及第一座金字塔之前的时代。
The piece of land poking out of the Hebridean loch is an example of a remarkable form of a man-made island known as a crannog, which were created via an inspiring blend of ingenuity and effort. The word crannog translates from Gaelic as "son of tree" or "young tree", referring to the fact that their foundations were built by driving long timber piles into the bed of a loch before filling in the interior with stones or other natural materials to create a solid foundation. People dwelled on these distinctive platforms for thousands of years— right up to the 17th Century.
从赫布里迪亚湖中露出的这片土地现今是一个著名的人工岛，被称为克兰诺格岛。该岛的建造是创造力和努力的美妙结晶。“克兰诺格”源于盖尔语，意为“树之子”或“幼树”，其指的是人们通过将长木桩推到湖床上，然后用石头或其他天然材料填塞内部，以建立该岛坚实的地基。人们在这些独特的水上平台上生活了数千年——直到17世纪。
What is certain, though, is that crannogs provide a unique window on human life all the way back to Neolithic times in Britain. That is because the silt-carpeted floors and still, icy waters of Scottish lochs preserve much that would be lost elsewhere. "The underwater environment of crannogs slows decay processes," said Andrian Barrie, a underwater archaeologist. "The preservation is so good that wooden tools are perfectly preserved. And it is not just artefacts. The great preservation of waterlogged materials include macro plant and pollen remains that give us details about diet, the environment and lifestyle."
可以肯定的是，克兰诺格岛为人类生活提供了一扇独特的窗口，通向英国的新石器时代。这是因为淤泥覆盖的地面和苏格兰冰冷的湖水保存了许多其他地方丢失的东西。水下考古学家安德里安说：“克兰诺化石的水下环境减缓了腐坏的进程，不仅仅是手工制品，连木制工具都得到了完美的保存。而对浸水材料（包括大型植物和花粉遗骸）的完美保存，则为我们提供了有关饮食、环境和生活方式的详细信息。”
徒步者的天堂——黎巴嫩
“走出团结，走出文化”
Lebanon is using hiking to teach tourists about the country, and its people more about themselves. The country has been working to create a national hiking culture that unifies its diverse sects and spread it to the travelers.
黎巴嫩通过徒步运动旅客更了解这个国家，同时也让国人拥有更深刻的身份认知。这个国家为了统一其多样化的宗教教派，并向旅客传播宗教文化，在努力创造一种民族徒步文化。
The civil war left many hikers seeking the safety of experienced guides to help navigate the poorly marked trails and undetonated landmines that still litter the landscape. In the case of dangers and troubles, the Lebanon Mountain Trail has been built, which is a 470-km path spanning the country from north to south and connecting more than 75 ethnically diverse towns and villages. From the wild oak and pine forests to the lakes and vineyards to the monasteries and chapels set into the mountainsides, the route showcases the natural beauty and cultural wealth of Lebanon's mountains.
内战留下的阴影使许多徒步旅行者为保全自身安全，寻求经验丰富的导游帮忙指路，辨认未经标记的小径，避开仍然散落在景区的未引爆的地雷。在旅途充斥着危险和苦难的情况下，黎巴嫩栈道建成了，这条栈道从北到南横跨全国，长达470公里，串联起75个多民族混居的城镇和村庄。从野生橡树和松树林到湖泊和葡萄园，再到山坡上的修道院和教堂，这条路线展现了黎巴嫩山区的自然美景和文化遗产。
When asked why international hikers should explore Lebanon, Rafic Saliba, who first joined hiking excursions some 20 years agoticked off a long list: the varied terrain and flora in a small geographic area, the historical sites and the cuisine and hospitality of the Lebanese people, among other things. "Lebanon is a very nice destination for hiking, and this is my personal aim: to make it a worldwide destination," he said.
拉菲克·萨利巴玩徒步已经有大约20年了。当被问及为什么国际徒步旅行者要探索黎巴嫩时，他勾选了一长串因素：弹丸之地却拥有多样地形、植物群落、历史遗迹和美食文化，而且黎巴嫩人民十分热情好客等等。他说：“黎巴嫩是一个非常好的徒步旅行目的地，而且我自己有个目标：我想使它成为一个享誉世界的旅行目的地。”
假日出逃：
去遗世独立的岛屿，私享自然之美
After being owned by the Clan Colquhoun since the 14th Century, Scotland's uninhabited "wallaby island" made headlines in July 2020 when it was put up for sale. It eventually sold in March 2021, but despite its new ownership and status as a private island, Scotland's wild camping access rights still apply.
自14世纪以来，这座苏格兰无人居住的“小袋鼠岛”（又称因奇康那坎岛（Inchconnachan））就被科尔克霍恩家族所有。2020年7月，它被挂牌出售的新闻登上了头条，最终于2021年3月出售。作为私人岛屿，它有了新的主人，但苏格兰的野外露营使用权仍然适用。
It boasts the woods and wildlife an island owner would expect in the southern Highlands: ancient oak and birch, gnarled conifers, otters and the odd sighting of roe and sika deer. Ospreys occasionally nest there, too.
它以拥有南部高地的森林和野生动物而著名: 有古老的橡树和桦树、粗糙的针叶树、有水獭，有时还会惊现狍子和梅花鹿。甚至鱼鹰偶尔也会在那里筑巢。
"I understand she(Colquhoun, the Countess of the 8th Earl of Arran) introduced wallabies to the island shortly after World War Two, having kept them at her home in England," Tobin said（the former executive director at Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park）. "I believe there are around 50 to 60 still living on the island today. Inchconnachan is also home to the capercaillie, an endangered Scottish woodland grouse. It is disputed, but they seem happy cohabiting with the wallabies."
托宾（罗蒙湖和特罗萨克斯国家公园的前执行董事）说:“据我所知，二战后不久，她（Colquhoun，第八代阿兰伯爵的夫人）将小袋鼠引入了这个岛屿，并在她英国的家养它们。我相信现在仍有50到60只小袋鼠生活在岛上。同时，因奇康那坎岛（Inchconnachan）也是一种濒危的苏格兰林地松鸡的家园。这存在争议，但它们似乎和小袋鼠一起生活得很愉快。”
驱散新冠阴霾的绚烂彩虹
LIMA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Rainbow colours are splashed across small houses in a once grey neighbourhood of Peru's capital city, creating the optical illusion of a giant mural across San Cristobal hill which can be seen from various vantage points across Lima.
据路透社于11月10日关于利马的报道称，在秘鲁首都曾有一个灰暗萧索的街区，现在人们尽情喷洒彩虹的颜料，贯穿了整排住宅房屋，形成了犹如横跨圣克里斯托瓦尔山的巨型壁画的视觉错觉，人们可以从利马多个利于观测的位置看到这道彩虹。
The project in Lima's Leticia neighborhood started five months ago and is being headed by muralists Carla Magan and Daniel Manrique. The effort aims to improve the lives of those in the COVID-hit community and promoting tourism.
利马莱蒂西亚社区的这个项目从五个月前开始，由壁画家卡拉·马根和丹尼尔·曼里克领导。这个项目旨在改善受疫情影响的社区居民的生活，并促进旅游业的发展。
Bright paintings adorn many buildings in the neigbourhood and workers are busy daubing steps and stone walls in cheerful hues of yellow and orange. Sitting on San Cristobal hill, the artwork covers over 300,000 square meters (74 acres).
鲜艳的漆画装饰着周围建筑，工人们正忙着把台阶和石墙涂成明亮的黄色和橙色。这件坐落在圣克里斯托瓦尔山上的艺术品，占地面积超过 30 万平方米（ 74 英亩）。
重点词汇
ingenuityn. 心灵手巧，聪明才智，独创力; 精巧的装置; 灵活的方法
例句：The clock was the greatest achievement of medieval mechanical ingenuity.
sect n. 宗派
例句：Hundreds are initiated into the sect each year.
boast v. 有（值得自豪的东西）；吹嘘，夸耀
n. 夸耀，自吹自擂，感到自豪的事
例:I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages.
原文链接：
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211004-yemens-ancient-soaring-skyscraper-cities
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210718-scotlands-mysterious-ancient-artificial-islands
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211103-a-country-being-unified-through-hiking
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211107-inchconnachan-the-british-island-where-wallabies-rule
编译｜王凯璐 赵梦赟 姚汤嘉 金灵依
排版｜王瑞菁
