雅思听力对话：听力材料-迷宫在古代和现代的意义02

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雅思听力在考试中占据着重要的地位，时常用听力材料来磨耳朵可以不断巩固大脑的英语语言能力。以下是雅思听力材料，您可以结合MP3和下方的原文及翻译进行听力学习。

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Labyrinths, on the other hand, have a very different function.   Although people now often refer to things they find complicated as labyrinths, this is not how they were seen in the past. The winding spiral of the labyrinth has been used for centuries as a metaphor for life's journey. It served as a spiritual reminder that there is purpose and meaning to our lives and helped to give people a sense of direction.

另一方面，迷宫有着非常不同的功能。虽然人们现在经常把他们觉得复杂的东西称为迷宫，但在过去，人们并不这样看待它们。几个世纪以来，迷宫的蜿蜒螺旋一直被用来比喻生命的旅程。它在精神上提醒我们，我们的生活是有目的和意义的，并帮助人们找到方向感。

Labyrinths are thought to encourage a feeling of calm and have been used as a meditation and prayer tool in many cultures over many centuries. The earliest examples of the labyrinth spiral pattern had been found carved into stone, from Sardinia to Scandinavia, from Arizona to India, to Africa. In Europe, these spiral carvings date from the late Bronze Age.

迷宫被认为能给人平静的感觉，几个世纪以来，在许多文化中，迷宫被用作冥想和祈祷的工具。从撒丁岛到斯堪的纳维亚半岛，从亚利桑那州到印度，再到非洲，人们发现了最早的迷宫螺旋图案雕刻在石头上的例子。在欧洲，这些螺旋形雕刻可以追溯到青铜时代晚期。

The Native American Pima tribe wove baskets with a circular labyrinth design that depicted their own cosmology. In ancient Greece, the labyrinth spiral was used on coins around 4,000 years ago. Labyrinths, made of mosaics, were commonly found in bath houses, Villas, and tombs throughout the Roman Empire. In northern Europe, there were actual physical labyrinths designed for walking on. These were cut into the turf or grass, usually in a circular pattern.   

美洲土著皮马部落编织的篮子带有圆形迷宫设计，描绘了他们自己的宇宙学。在古希腊，大约4000年前，迷宫的螺旋图案就被用于硬币上。迷宫由马赛克制成，在整个罗马帝国的浴室、别墅和坟墓中都很常见。在北欧，有专门为行走设计的物理迷宫。这些被切成草皮或草，通常在一个圆形的图案。

The origin of these walking labyrinths remains unclear, but they were probably used for fertility rites, which may date back thousands of years. Eleven examples of turf labyrinths survive today, including the largest one at Saffron Walden, England, which used to have a large tree in the middle of it.

这些行走迷宫的起源尚不清楚，但它们可能是用于生育仪式，这可能可以追溯到几千年前。至今仍有11个人造草坪迷宫的例子，其中最大的一个位于英国的Saffron Walden，它的中间曾经有一棵大树。

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