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這是一篇批評盲目建造水壩的文章

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Aswan High Dam

Ataturk Dam

Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the ideal of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do more harm than good. The lesson from dams is that big is not always beautiful. It doesn't help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. Egypt's leadership in the Arab world was cemented by the Aswan High Dam. Turkey's bid for First World status includes the giant Ataturk Dam.
在重大技術(shù)所創(chuàng)造的東西中很少能像大型水壩這樣激起人們想象力的?？赡苷且驗槿祟愰L期遭受旱澇災(zāi)害的擺布才使得人們治理江河、供我驅(qū)策的理想如此令人癡迷。但讓人著迷有時也就使人盲目。有幾個巨型大壩項目就有弊大于利的危險。 建造大壩的教訓(xùn)是：大的未必總是美的。但這個教訓(xùn)也無法阻止修建高大雄偉的大壩已成為那些力爭得到自我肯定的國家和人民的偉大成就的象征。埃及由于建造了阿斯旺大壩而鞏固了在阿拉伯世界的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位。土耳其在力圖躋身第一世界的努力中也包括修建阿塔特克大壩。