文物保護 The Preservation of Cultural Relics

In recent years, our nation has raised a tide ofpreservation of cultural ver,in my opinion, some measures being made to preserve the cultural relics are noteconomical and cannot reach the purpose of preservation of cultural relics.

近年來，我們國家掀起了文物保護的浪潮。然而，在我看來，有些保護文物的措施不經濟，也不能達到保護文物的目的。

For example, towards some old houses, oneof the common measures is to renovate them with new materials and make themlook bright and luxurious. After that, the house owners are not allowed to livein these houses and they cannot sell them as well. The only purpose of these “new”houses is to be visited and be decorated. This kind of measure is noteconomical and unreasonable. For one thing, the house owners need to spend alot of money to preserve the houses; for another, our traditional culturesfeatured at these houses cannot be spread effectively to others and the nextgenerations. Thus, the measure made to preserve the cultural relics needed toimprove.

比如，對於一些舊房子，一個很普遍的措施就是用新材料修復翻新，使它們看起來光鮮奢華。之後，屋主不允許住在裏面，也不能賣掉。這些“新”房子的唯一目的就是用來參觀和擺設。這種做法是不經濟的，不合理的。一方面，屋主爲了保存這些屋子需要花費大量的金錢；另一方面，這些房子所體現出來的傳統文化並不能有效地傳播給他人和下一代。因此，這種保護文物的做法有待改進。

Another example, concerning some famousbuildings, our government spends a lot of money to renovate and preserve them andcharges for the entrance fee. This kind of action to a large extent keepspeople from visiting these famous buildings; doubtless, the spread of ourtraditional cultures is also limited.

另外一個例子，對於那些有名的建築，我們的政府花費大量的財富去修復和保存他們，並且收取入場費。這種收取入場費的做法在很大程度上使得人們對這些建築望而卻步，毫無疑問，傳統文化的傳播也會受到制約。

Therefore, in order to spread our traditionalcultures and preserve the cultural relics, our government needs to mend theirmeasures. At the same time, people should enhance their awareness of protectionof cultural relics and mend their manners.  

因此，爲了傳播傳統文化和保護文物，我們的政府需要修改他們的措施。同時，人們應該增強文物保護意識，檢點自己的行爲。