Noah's Ark 'could arrive in London for Olympics'
A giant recreation of Noah's Ark could be moored in the River Thames during the London 2012 Olympics.
一艘巨大的重建挪亞方舟在倫敦2012年奧運會期間可能停泊在泰晤士河。
By Andy Bloxham
8:58AM BST 01 Jun 2011
Translation by Autumnson Blog
方舟麵包車祖翰是一艘重建的諾亞方舟，由荷蘭創作人祖翰許巴斯建造 圖片：Ceinturion/維基百科
Johan Huibers, an eccentric Dutch Christian, has spent around £1 million building the "Ark" after dreaming about a great flood sweeping Holland. He saw the dream as a signal to spread God's message.
一位古怪的荷蘭基督教徒約翰許巴斯，已花了大約100萬英鎊建造“方舟“，在夢到一場大洪水橫掃荷蘭之後。他視夢境為一個傳開上帝訊息的訊號。
The vessel is 450ft long and 75ft wide and will be stuffed with pairs of model animals, while an aviary with free-flying live birds will take up most of the enormous deck house.
船長四百五十英尺和寬七十五英尺，將被塞滿一對對的模型動物，而一個有活生生自由飛翔鳥類的鳥舍佔用了巨大甲板的大部分。
Mr Huibers, 60, who is married, found the inspiration for the project 20 years ago but only started construction on the river at Dordrecht, near Rotterdam, three years ago, against the advice of his wife.
已婚的60歲許巴斯先生，20年前找到項目的靈感，但只三年前開始在鹿特丹附近多德雷赫特的河上建造，違反他妻子的建議。
Twenty-five barges held together by a steel frame form the base of the ship, which also holds two conference rooms capable of hosting 1,500 people.
二十五艘駁船用鋼框緊靠一起構成船的基礎，它擁有兩間會議室可招待1,500人。
The timbers are Swedish pine, a choice Mr Huibers made because Noah, the Biblical Ark's captain, was told by God to use "resin wood".
木材是瑞典的松木，許巴斯因為聖經的方舟隊長挪亞而作出的一個選擇，被上帝告知要選用“松香木“。
Mr Huibers recently wrote to Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, to ask for permission to bring his Ark to London for the Olympic Games next summer and moor it in the capital.
許巴斯先生最近寫信給倫敦市長鮑里斯約翰遜，要求許可明年夏天將他的方舟帶至倫敦奧運會，和停泊它在首都。
The Dutchman said he hoped to use it to inspire children with the Biblical story of Noah and how he, his crew and the animals survived the flood which inundated everything else in the world and washed it clean of sin.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8549395/Noahs-Ark-could-arrive-in-London-for-Olympics.html
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