Chichen Itza

Chi -Chen It -Sa, written by Hannah Wheatley. Focus question. What makes Chi -Chen It -Sa an important landmark?

《奇琴伊察》，汉娜·惠特利 著。 焦点问题 是什么让奇琴伊察成为重要的地标呢？

A building in the jungle. Long ago, two men were exploring a jungle in Mexico. People had told them about the ruins of an old city nearby. Suddenly, the men spotted a tall building covered with plants. They had found one of the most important old cities in Mexico, Chichen Itza.

丛林里的一座建筑。 很久以前，两个人正在墨西哥的一片丛林里探险。 人们跟他们提起过附近有一座古城的废墟。 突然，这两个人发现了一座被植物覆盖的高大建筑。 他们找到了墨西哥最重要的古城之一——奇琴伊察。

The Yucatan. Chichen Itza is on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Most of the land on the peninsula has stayed the same for hundreds of years. There are a few big cities, but the land near Chichen Itza is still jungles, forests, and farms.

尤卡坦半岛。 奇琴伊察位于墨西哥的尤卡坦半岛上。 数百年来，半岛上的大部分土地都没怎么变化。 这里有几座大城市， 但奇琴伊察周边的土地依然是丛林、林地和农场。

An old city. Chichen Itza was built many hundreds of years ago by the Maya people. They made stone buildings that still stand today. The building that the two men saw is called El Castillo, Spanish for the castle.

一座古老的城市。 奇琴伊察建于数百年前，由玛雅人建造。 他们建造的石制建筑至今仍然矗立着。 那两个人看到的那座建筑名叫埃尔卡斯蒂略，西班牙语里是城堡的意思。

The Great Ball Court in Qichen Itza is a big field with a stone wall. Men played a game using a huge, heavy rubber ball. Scientists are still trying to learn how the game was played.

奇琴伊察的大球场是一片带石墙的宽阔场地。 人们会用又大又重的橡胶球玩一种游戏。 科学家们至今还在研究这种游戏的玩法。

Building Chichen Itza It took the Maya hundreds of years to build the city. The older buildings are low and flat. They often have plain stones on the bottom and fancy carved stones on top. The newer buildings, like El Castillo and the Great Ball Court, are different. They have snake carvings and tall columns.

建造奇琴伊察，玛雅人花了数百年的时间才建成这座城市。 更古老的建筑低矮平坦。 它们底部通常用的是普通石材，顶部是雕刻精美的石材。 像埃尔卡斯蒂略和大球场这类较新的建筑都不一样。 它们有蛇形雕刻和高大的柱子。