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小雁塔是一座密檐式砖结构建筑，塔壁不设柱额，每层砖砌出檐，檐部叠涩砖，间以棱角牙子（三角砖）。塔身宽度由下而上逐层递减，呈自然缓和的锥状。每层南北中央各开弓形洞门一个，塔内每层都有塔室，可攀梯而上塔顶。塔底南北作为出口，门框用石条砌成。石门楣上有精美的蔓草花纹，还有供养天神线刻画。其工艺精巧，线条流畅，反映了唐代精湛的石刻艺术水平。整个砖塔造型别致，秀丽玲珑。

小雁塔建于唐中宗李显景龙年间（707—709年），至今已有1 300余年的历史。塔原为15级，高约45米。公元1555年，陕西关中发生大地震，塔顶遭到破坏，现存13级，高约43米。平面呈正方形，底层每边长11.83米。

小雁塔先后共经历了70多次地震，特别是1847年的那一次地震时，塔身被震裂，而在34年后1881年的地震中，裂缝又被震合了。当时人们称为神合，自那以后，塔身安然无恙。1965年，本着对古建筑“整旧如旧”的原则，对小雁塔进行了彻底修复。塔身用钢筋混凝土腰箍加固，塔壁一砖一石都经过检查，并重建了塔内旋梯，安装了照明和避雷设备。

经过整修后的小雁塔，因遵循了“整旧如旧”的原则，仍然保持了小雁塔挺拔秀丽的身姿，而残缺的塔顶又仿佛在向世人诉说着岁月的悠远……

现在我们去参观城墙吧。

We have now arrived at the Xiaoyan Pagoda. It is as famous as the Dayan Pagoda.

The Xiaoyan Pagoda is a brick tower with compact eaves.With no capital made onto the pillars round the pagoda wall，each layer of bricks is made to jut out a little further than the next one，thus forming eaves on each story.The eave is again laid with other layers of bricks with some of them in a triangular shape.The pagoda body is gradually reduced from the bottom up to the top，forming a natural conic shape.With caved cabin on each floor the arched gates are opened in the middle of each story to face north and south.There are flights of stairs in the pagoda for visitors to climb to the top. The gates at the bottom layer serve as an entrance and exit and the doorframes are built of stone－slabs. The stone lintels are carved with flowery patterns of creeping plants and heavenly deities in curved lines of an exquisite and elegant style.

The Xiaoyan Pagoda was built in the period of Emperor Zhongzong's reign（707－709 AD）in the Tang Dynasty.The pagoda used to have 15 stories and be 45 meters high.In 1555，it was destroyed in a severe earthquake.Now it stands about 43 meters high with only 13 stories.The plane figure of the bottom layer of the pagoda is square with each side measuring 11.83 meters long.

The Xiaoyan Pagoda has so far suffered more than 70 earthquakes.One in 1847left a cleft in the pagoda's exterior.However，ano－ther earthquake that happened 34 years later sealed the cleft up，and the pagoda remained unchanged ever since.In the spirit of“repair－ing thing old as they used to be”，the local government embarked on a repair program on the pagoda in 1965.Its main framework was reinforced with steel and concrete.Every brick and stone was checked.The staircase was also rebuilt.Lighting was provided inside，and a lightning rod was fixed on the top.

The Xiaoyan Pagoda was repaired in line with the principle“to repair things old as they used to be”and after its renovation it still looks very smart and elegant，yet the broken tower top seems to tell a remote story about the time...

Now let's go to visit the City Wall.

一位游客正在墨西哥旅游，看见地上的恐龙骨架感到非常惊奇。

“这些骨架有多少年历史了？”游客问导游。

“整整103万年。”

“你怎么这么肯定呢？”游客询问道。

“噢，”导游回答道，“一位地质学家曾路过这里，他告诉我说这骨架已有100万年的历史啦，而那恰好是3年前的事。”

A tourist was visiting Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bone lying about.

“How old are these bones？”the tourist asked his guide.

“Exactly one hundred million and three years old.”

“How can you be so sure？”inquired the tourist.

“Well，”replied the guide，“ageologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old，and that was exactly three years ago.”