Terracotta Warriors The Eighth Wonder of the World

兵马俑 世界第八大奇迹

--《陕西：中华文明的肇始之地》（英文版）P10

作者 /贾贺童

指导教师 /剧叶玲 高正

More than 2,000 years ago, Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin, who had swept away rival states and unified all states in one China, attached great importance to the construction of his mausoleum.

2000 多年前，一扫六合、统一中国的秦始皇嬴政十分重视自己的陵墓修建。

After inspecting many places and taking feng shui into account, he finally chose a site at the foot of Lishan Mountain.

他考察了许多地方后，最后看中了骊山脚下的这块风水宝地。

He appointed Li Si, the prime minister, to oversee the planning and design of the mausoleum and recruited skilled craftsmen from all over the country to build a huge army of terracotta figures, not only with soldiers, but also with war horses, chariots and real weapons, which had to be made life sized.

秦始皇任命李斯主持陵墓的规划设计，并征调全国的能工巧匠，烧制规模庞大的陶俑军队，不仅要有军士，还要有战马、战车、兵器，并要求必须按原物的真实大小进行制作。

According to the system used at that time, the names of the artisans who made the terracotta figures were also engraved on the body, thereby enabling inspectors to check the work of the artisans, eliminating substandard products and improving efficiency and quality.

陶俑身上还刻有制作工匠的名字，这是秦国当时的一项制度，即器物的制造者必须把自己的名字刻在上面，供管理者检查。这样可以杜绝以次充好的现象，提高生产效率和质量。

贾贺童

计算机科学与技术B2306班

我是来自计算机学院计算机科学与技术B2306班的贾贺童。我向大家介绍的是有关陕西兵马俑建造的介绍，选自--《陕西：中华文明的肇始之地》（英文版）P10。兵马俑是世界八大奇迹之一，修建于两千多年前的秦朝，历史悠久，显示了古代人们的勤劳与智慧。