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New Seven Wonders of the World
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For the list by USA Today/Good Morning Ame*ca, see Seven Wonders of the World#New Seven Wonders. For other uses see Wonders of the World (disambiguation)
The New Seven Wonders of the World is a proposed revision of the Seven Wonders of the World, organized by a Swiss-based, for-profit corporation called New Open World Corporation (NOWC). The selection is being made by free and paid votes, through telephone or online. The first vote is free to registered members and additional votes may be purchased through a donation to NOWC. In addition to the sale of votes, NOWC relies on pvate donations, the sale of merchandise such as shirts and cups, and revenue from selling broadcasting ghts.[1]
世界新7大奇迹是评选是由一家瑞士的盈利机构,NOWC(新开放世界公司)组织的. 投票有免费和收费两种, 通过电话或者网络. 第一次投票是对注册会员免费的, 要想多投票的话可以通过赞助的方式向NOWC购买. 除了售卖选票外,NOWC还依靠个人资助,售卖商品(例如衬衫,杯子等),售卖转播权等生存
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Contents [hide]
1 History
2 New Seven Wonders contenders
3 C*ticism
4 References
5 External links
[edit] History
According to the NOWC milestones page[2], Swiss businessman Bernard Weber launched the project in September 1999. By November 24, 2005, 177 monuments were up for consideration. To be included on the new list, the wonders had to be man-made, completed before 2000, and in an "acceptable" state of preservation. On January 1, 2006, the NOWC said the list had been narrowed to 21 sites [3] which are currently into a voting phase[4].
NOWC官方网站上说,瑞士商人BERNARD WEBER在1999年9月发起了这个活动, 知道2005年12月24号,117个景观入选. 为了符合要求,这些景观必须是人造的,完成于2000年前,而且保存良好的. 在2006年1月1号, NOWC宣布这个名单将会被缩小的21个景观,就是现在投票名单中所见的
In addition to free votes, votes can be bought from NOWC by any individual, organization or goveent. As explained in its Terms and Conditions, NOWC "reserves the ght at its absolute discretion to exclude [any] votes" that are cast.[5]
除了免费投票外, 选票可以又任何个人,组织和政府向NOWC购买. 而对于评选情况的解释, NOWC"保持对评选的最终解释权"
(:D 真恶心,世界奇迹就是这么产生的.这句是我个人的评价,非翻译原文)
The final list is planned to be announced on July 7, 2007, or 07.07.07, in Li*on.
最终名单将于2007年7月7日在LI*ON宣布.
NOWC is not connected with UNESCO. Fede*co Mayor who was a former UNESCO Director General, is associated with the project, but only as an individual.
NOWC于UNESCO(联合国科教文组织), FEDERICO MAYOR,一个联合国科教文组织的策划官员,参与组织了这次活动,但是仅限于他个人
( :D 这明显就是NOWC花钱雇来的一个枪手 ,这句是我个人的评价,不是翻译原文的)
[edit] New Seven Wonders contenders
The 21 finalists[6], listed alphabetically, are:
Wonder Location Image
Acropolis of Athens Athens, Greece
Alhambra Granada, Spain
Angkor Wat Angkor, Cambodia
Chichen Itza Yucatan, Mexico
Ch*st the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Colosseum Rome, Italy
Easter Island Moais Easter Island, Chile
Eiffel Tower Pa*s, France
Great Wall China
Hagia Sophia Istanbul, Turkey
Kiyomizu Temple Kyoto, Japan
Kremlin and Red Square Moscow, Russia
Machu Picchu Cuzco, Perú
Neuschwanstein Castle Füssen, Germany
Petra Jordan
Pyramids of Giza Egypt
Statue of Liberty New York City, United States
Stonehenge Ame*ury, United Kingdom
Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
Taj Mahal Agra, India
Timbuktu Mali
[edit] C*ticism
Among those ctical of the effort are some in Egypt who see it as competition to the status of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only surviving monument of the oginal Ancient Wonders. "This is probably a conspiracy against Egypt, its civilization and monuments," wrote editoalist Al-Sayed al-Naggar in a leading state-owned daily.[7] Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said the project was "absurd" and descbed its creator, Weber, as a man "concerned pmaly with self-promotion".[7] Nagib Amin, an Egyptian expert on World He*tage Sites, has pointed out that "in addition to the commercial aspect, the vote has no scientific basis."[7]
[edit] References
^ [1]
^ NOWC Milestone page
^ BBC News Article 2 Jan 2006
^ Voting page
^ NOWC Terms and Conditions
^ Finalist Page
^ a b c "Egypt fumes over fresh seven wonders competition for pyramids" AFP, article ret*eved Jan. 25, 2007
[edit] External links
New 7 Wonders Site
NPR story, 4 November 2006
Map of all 21 Candidates
Ret*eved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World"
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