數字項目讓奧運誕生地“復活”

貴州 羅躍梅

希臘南部的一項新技術項目讓游客可以以虛擬現實的方式沉浸式探索奧運會的古老發源地。該項目使用增強現實技術重建了奧林匹亞古城的寺廟和競賽區。

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1A new technology project in southern Greece is helping visitors experience the ancient birthplace of the Olympic Games.The project used augmented reality to recreate temples and competition areas in the ancient city of Olympia.It was recently launched in the city,one of the world's major archaeological sites.

2Augmented reality, or AR, is a technology that can project computer-created imagery onto special eyeglasses. Through the eyeglasses, the images appear along with other physical objects in the environment.

3The project is a partnership between American software maker Microsoft and Greece's Ministry of Culture and Sport. The ministry helped Microsoft map and build virtual representations of Olympia.

4The city was used for nearly a thousand years to host the games in ancient Greece that served as the model for the modern Olympics.

5“It's a milestone that helped us bring technology and culture and history together,so we can preserve it,”Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a video message at thelaunch event.

6The experience provides users with the chance to virtually walk through the ruins of Olympia. At the Olympic Museum in Athens, people can also use Microsoft's AR headsets for a similar experience.

7Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis joined a group of schoolchildren who were using the app for the first time.“I'm absolutely thrilled that we're able to present to the world a completely new cultural experience using technology to recreate the ancient world of Olympia,”Mitsotakis told The Associated Press.

8Students from a local middle school looked at statues and structures that were brought to life on their phones. They were able to virtually visit inside and outside settings to explore where ancient Olympians had competed in different sports. One of the children, Panagiotis Christopoulos, called the project“impressive”.“I think it can help with teaching in schools,”the student said.

9The project began 18 months ago with a series of imaging flights to help map areas across Olympia.

10Microsoft is to build several data centers in and near Athens as part of a $1 billion investment agreement with the Greek government.

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Ⅰ.Analyze the difficult sentence in the text

“It's a milestone that helped us bring technology and culture and history together, so we can preserve it,”Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a video message at the launch event.“這是一個里程碑，它幫助我們將技術與文化和歷史結合在一起，以便我們能夠保護奧林匹亞古城，”微軟總裁布拉德·史密斯在發布會上的視頻講話中說。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句，引號內為直接引語，作動詞said 的賓語；在直接引語中，that helped us bring technology and culture and history together 是定語從句，修飾先行詞milestone。so為并列連詞，連接前后兩個并列分句。

Ⅱ.Memorize some text-centered chunks

a group of 一群

bring to life 使復蘇；（使）變得生動；（使）變得有趣

compete in 參加……比賽（競賽）