Adventure of World Heritage in So Europe(探尋南歐文化遺產)-兒歌薈萃-萬維博客-萬維讀者網（電腦版）

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		Adventure of World Heritage in So Europe(探尋南歐文化遺產)	2020-04-26 14:58:31

2015-06-12

【Aiden in English】

The anticipation of another trip out of the continent is even more significant than the last day of school. The air seemed to spark as we exited the Philadelphia Intl. Airport, and so here we go.

This trip will take us to places filled with lush culture and rich history, spanning Southern Europe, for more than three weeks. We would explore the remnants of the 7,000-year-old mythical Greek Isles in the Aegean Sea, scout out some of Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria's wonders of Byzantine and Ottoman in the Black Sea, and then cap it all off with a visit to Italy's finest cities of the Roman Empire, as well as Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. This vacation is an honest exploration for me, with incredible sights and even more incredible backdrops. I began learning about ancient history as a 6th grader this year, and the knowledge taught through pictures on this trip was about to become a reality. Whatever it brings, I expect something adventurous from a tour of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

What I love about travel is the movies while I am taking international flights. They have all the famous blockbusters, and I use what the TV offers well. I watched Big Hero 6, SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water, and The Kingsman: The Secret Service. I traded sleep for movies, which, in my eyes, was worth it. I still managed to catch an hour or two of sleep. Other than that, I emerged from the tiny screen two feet from my face. It's perplexing how a small screen could be so mesmerizing. The children of the new generation are increasingly addicted to screens. All they do are tiny pixels changing color to form pictures, telling tales. They're advanced storytelling machines. These machines are highly addictive because, I think, they are using the very thing that every kid prays on their imagination. The same thing that keeps the world moving and technology advancing, ironically, also acts as a poison to children. Adults are no different. However, since they lack the same imagination, they are drawn to more realistic movies. These stories are based on what we can imagine, and it's as if to say that the world's creative people are the most vulnerable to screens and electronics. Video games are all too similar, but in games. Players forge their own stories, choosing and imagining their path instead of a movie written out before them. Imagination takes dangerous forms, and people can go in either direction in this world. But another factor in our society with electronics wasn't a problem 20 years ago, so they seem like a one-two-punch combo. Kids are taking video games over sports and TV over chores. This is the start of society's breakdown. The key to our success is our imagination, as exemplified by Steve Jobs. But the saving key is also a lethal knife. At present, people are changing sides.

Now, I am ready for a new adventure. When the plane lands in Rome, Italy, things become much more real than a screen with pixels of light on it.

【紅霞譯】

今天離開美洲大陸重又開始嶄新的旅途，說來要比暑假前最後時刻更激動人心。在去費城國際機場的路上，連空氣都洋溢着歡快，我們動身了。

此次旅行我們打算花費三個多星期的時間鑑賞文化底蘊深厚歷史古蹟豐富的南部歐洲，奔愛琴海飽覽閃耀着七千年城邦神話色彩的希臘島嶼，到黑海探尋遍及土耳其、羅馬尼亞和保加利亞拜占庭奧斯曼君主文明，去地中海涉獵影響意大利馬耳他繁榮興旺的古羅馬帝國，對我而言，整個假日集瘋狂觀光及超級考察之大成。時下身為初中一年級學生，剛好學過古代歷史，然而百聞不如一見，實踐出真知，無論如何，我將從探尋世界文化遺產之旅中期待各種收穫。

我喜歡旅行的另一個方面就是藉助乘坐國際航班之機觀賞電影，它們都是出了名的好萊塢迪斯尼大片，而我偏偏輕易不肯放過任何一個，已看過《超能陸戰隊》、《海綿寶寶:海陸大出擊》、《王牌特工：特工學院》。每每此刻，我熬夜作戰，從未虛度光陰；當然，我也捨得忙裡偷閒眯瞪小憩，除此而外，我目不轉睛緊緊盯住眼前兩英尺之遠半米開外的微型屏幕，真搞不懂丁點大的熒光板怎麼會具有這般魅力，年輕一代趨之若鶩沒有不着魔的，可顯像器無非將各種顏色的細微像素轉換成圖片並依據情節播放出來，實際上，它們不過是個單一的高級故事器，我覺得電影之所以具有魅力無非就是善於調動少年兒童的想象力。不無諷刺地，這類玩藝既驅動世界進步領導科技潮流，又可成為迷惑孩童的毒劑；大人們沒啥兩樣，只不過他們早已過了幻想階段更傾向反映現實生活的電影而已，因為故事情節全部基於人類的想象，所以說世界上最富創意的人最迷戀屏幕和電子產品。視頻遊戲並無不同，只是側重遊戲罷矣，玩遊戲的人選擇特有方式及再現手段來編造故事，不像電影事先需要寫好劇本。想象具有危險性，大千世界裡人們發揮想象力的方式有好有壞，廿年前有限的家電使用不會給社會造成什麼問題，而如今廣泛的電子產品卻給社會帶來難以調和的矛盾，青少年一玩上遊戲就忘了運動，一看上電視就忘了家務活，十足打破了固有傳統。成功離不開想象，史蒂夫·喬布斯堪稱時代先驅，但事物都有反正兩面，人們往往顧此失彼。

現在我已做好新的冒險準備，一旦飛機着陸，現實世界將取代由像素構成的虛幻畫面，活脫脫的。

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