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rice07
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 Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:16 am Post subject: help verify my understanding of ... |
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Hi
The following excerpt was from a piece of report talking about " Saving Pompeii from the ravages of time and tourists ". Please help me verify my understanding of that. Thanks!
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Frescoes in the ancient Roman city, one of Italy's most popular attractions, fade under the blistering sun or are chipped at by souvenir hunters. Mosaics endure the brunt of tens of thousands of shuffling thongs and sneakers. Teetering columns and walls are propped up by wooden and steel scaffolding. Rusty padlocks deny access to recently restored houses, and custodians seem to be few and far between.
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My understanding of the parts above in bold is whether:
the 1st part in bold means " with too many tourists visiting this area, the mosaics (on this area) bear the brunt of the damage caused by tourists trampling too frequently on them(the mosaics)"?
the 2nd part in bold means " there're very few custodians at the site"
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Bob S.
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Yes, you got it.
Very good! There's a lot of colloquial metaphors in that paragraph.
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