Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan, written by Maria Diaz. Focus question. Why do so many people want to know more about Teotihuacan?

《特奥蒂瓦坎》，作者：玛丽亚·迪亚斯 核心问题 为什么这么多人都想了解更多特奥蒂瓦坎的故事呀？

A huge city. More than 600 years ago, a group of Native Americans found a very old city. There were two huge pyramids, but no people. No one knows who built the city. They named the city Teotihuacan. That was their word for place where the gods were born.

一座超级大的城市 六百多年前，一群美洲原住民发现了一座非常古老的城市 城里有两座巨大的金字塔，可是一个人都没有 没人知道是谁建造了这座城市 他们给这座城市起名叫特奥蒂瓦坎 在他们的语言里，这个词的意思是“众神诞生之地”

A mysterious city. When it was built almost 2 ,000 years ago, Teotihuacan was one of the biggest cities in the world. At that time, most people lived in small communities. What made Teotihuacan grow so big?

一座神秘的城市 差不多两千年前，这座城市刚建成的时候， 特奥蒂瓦坎是全世界最大的城市之一哦 那时候，大多数人都住在小小的聚居村落里 是什么让特奥蒂瓦坎发展得这么大呢？

The people who ruled the great city left few clues about themselves. We do not know who they were. They wrote with pictures, but no one knows how to read the pictures today. Experts must search the area for clues about the people.

统治这座伟大城市的人几乎没有留下关于自己的线索 我们都不知道他们是谁 他们用图画写字，可现在没人看得懂这些图画啦 专家们必须在这片区域搜寻，寻找关于这些人的线索

Clues about the city. We know the rulers found a good place for farming. The soil was rich, and water flowed from the mountains. There were caves there, too. Evidence shows that the people believed their gods were born in caves.

关于这座城市的线索 我们知道统治者们找到了一块特别适合耕种的好地方 这里土壤肥沃，还有山泉水流淌下来 这里还有很多洞穴 有证据表明，当时的人们相信他们的神明就是诞生在洞穴里的

The city grew slowly at first. That changed when two nearby volcanoes erupted. Thousands of people had to run for their lives. Many came to Teotihuacan. These people were from other cultures, but they were welcomed. They helped the city grow.

一开始这座城市发展得很慢 后来附近两座火山喷发，一切都变了 成千上万的人不得不逃命 很多人都逃到了特奥蒂瓦坎 这些人来自不同的文化族群，不过都受到了欢迎 他们也助力了这座城市的发展