資料來源：《英語暢談世界文化》

每天一分鐘，我們一起玩轉(zhuǎn)世界文化瑪雅文明對(duì)于2012世界末日的預(yù)言將這個(gè)古老神秘的沒落文明重新推進(jìn)了人們的視線中，無論預(yù)言真假，瑪雅文明都是古代文明中最璀璨的一顆。
童鞋們注意引號(hào)不寫，是英式拼寫哦~~

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Mesoamerica 中美洲
plaza
ceramics 陶器
pestilence 瘟疫
Maya
That's amazing! It says here that they were very religious too, but they accepted science and religion together. That's interesting, because nowadays we think of science and religion as being totally different things. Their architecture was very interesting too, like all cultures in Mesoamerica. They built tall pyramidal temples, warren-like single story palaces and courts around a broad central plaza. Hmm, they painted many exotic murals too, usually containing the human form. They were also very talented in working with ceramics and stoneware. But why did such a wonderful, gifted civilization fall? Why did they disappear? Now that, my friend, is an interesting story. I've heard some people say that aliens took them away because they were much too advanced to be human. That can't be true! Maybe it was because of insufficient food supply, earthquakes, pestilence, invasion by outsiders, internal rebellion or a combination of these factors. Well, whatever it was, by AD 900 the Maya's numerous ceremonial centers had been abandoned.