数字项目让奥运诞生地“复活”

贵州 罗跃梅

希腊南部的一项新技术项目让游客可以以虚拟现实的方式沉浸式探索奥运会的古老发源地。该项目使用增强现实技术重建了奥林匹亚古城的寺庙和竞赛区。

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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.“这是一个里程碑，它帮助我们将技术与文化和历史结合在一起，以便我们能够保护奥林匹亚古城，”微软总裁布拉德·史密斯在发布会上的视频讲话中说。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句，引号内为直接引语，作动词said 的宾语；在直接引语中，that helped us bring technology and culture and history together 是定语从句，修饰先行词milestone。so为并列连词，连接前后两个并列分句。

Ⅱ.Memorize some text-centered chunks

a group of 一群

bring to life 使复苏；（使）变得生动；（使）变得有趣

compete in 参加……比赛（竞赛）