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高中英语单元测试-Unit 2 English around the world
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In 1810,during his first Grand Tour of Europe,Byron carved his name into a column base of the Temple of Poseidon on the Aegean coast.Although Byron himself might not have actually written the name that is left there,the story has become part of the history of the monument,searched for by his admirers among the hundreds of other names carved all over the temple.
Modern graffiti,however,is met with a very different reaction.In 2014 a Russian tourist was fined €20,000 for carving a large " K " on a wall of the Colosseum in Rome,the fifth such incident that year.
What is the thinking behind such acts?Are tourists aiming for ill fame to become part of the monument's history?Or is it simply part of the experience of visiting the site?And,further,why is historical graffiti,which was equally destructive,considered historic heritages?The motives behind them are,after all,probably the same,however,graffit