2006年VOA标准英语-Spanish Architects Win Tsunami Memorial De

By Ron Corben
Bangkok
17 May 2006

An international panel in Thailand has awarded the tsunami¹ memorial design to a team of Spanish architects in a competition that had drawn² entries from more than 40 countries. The memorial will honor the thousands of people who died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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There was much fanfare³ Wednesday in Bangkok with the announcement of the winner of an international tsunami memorial design competition that had drawn more than 350 submissions⁴ from more than 40 countries.

There were five finalist design teams from Australia, China, Finland, Spain, and the United States.

Matt Tungpanich, president of the Council of Architects of Thailand and chairman of the tsunami memorial competition, announced the winner.

"Unanimously awarded the commission for the memorial to proposal C - "Mountains of Remembrance" by the Spanish based Ana Somoza, Juana Canet, Architecture..." he said.

Tsunami memorial design presented by Spanish team   
  
The design by the Spanish team comprises a cluster of five towers rising from trees, which will house a teaching center, a meditation⁵ space, a museum, an amphitheater and restaurants and shops. It will be permanently⁶ built in Lamu National Park in Phangnga province in southern Thailand, which had borne the brunt of the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

David Stuart Elliott, a panel member as well as a curator and art historian, said the panel had been influence by the local people in Southern Thailand.

"It wasn't decisive, but we were guided by the response of the local people of Phangnga who actually looked at the plans and this certainly did feed into our final decision,"

More than 5,000 people were killed in Thailand - one of 12 countries hit by the disaster. More than 240,000 people died in the tragedy.

1 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 fanfare   

n.喇叭；号角之声；v.热闹地宣布

参考例句：

• The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。

4 submissions   

n.提交( submission的名词复数 )；屈从；归顺；向法官或陪审团提出的意见或论据

参考例句：

• The deadline for submissions to the competition will be Easter 1994. 递交参赛申请的截止时间为1994年的复活节。 来自辞典例句
• Section 556(d) allows the agency to substitute written submissions for oral direct testimony in rulemaking. 第五百五十六条第（四）款准允行政机关在规则制定中用书面提交材料替代口头的直接证言。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

5 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

6 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。