"I like
that boulder. That is a nice boulder"
Villagers in Monsanto, Portugal have
made their homes around ancient boulders.
居住在這裡的人們可是很喜歡這些迷人的石頭呢！
Living
beneath a roof that weighs more than the average cruise ship may make some
people a little nervous.
But it is
commonplace for the residents in the Portuguese village of Monsanto, who adapted their homes around the environment filled
with gigantic granite boulders.
In the
mountaintop village, homes are sandwiched between, under and even in the
200-tonne rocks.
如果你家客廳屋頂的重量超過一般的遊輪，可能會令一些人有些緊張。
但對於葡萄牙的孟山都村的居民可是很平常的一件事，在這裡，大家早已習慣周圍環境充滿了巨大的花崗岩巨石。在山頂的村莊，家與家之間都夾著石頭，有些甚至是200噸的岩石呢！
- granite(n) 花崗岩
- adapt(v) 適應
The enormous boulders have been utilised as walls, floors, and most astoundingly, as roofs for houses that date
back to the 16th century. In 1938,
Monsanto was named 'the most Portuguese village in Portugal', though its jaw-dropping land forms make it anything but
regular.
Located in the municipality of
Idanha-a-Nova, in eastern Portugal near the Spanish border, Monsanto sits at
2,486 feet above sea level and has spectacular views.
Donkey is the preferred form of
transport for Monsanto's 800 residents, who have managed to maintain the
village's medieval character.
Xalima Miriel 700-miles from her
home in Irun, Spain to take these extraordinary pictures of this rock village
that time forgot.
這些巨大的石塊被用作牆壁ˋ地板，最令人嘆為觀止的是，這些屋頂可以追溯到16世紀的房屋。1938年，孟山都被評為”葡萄牙最葡萄牙的村”，其令人瞠目結舌的土地形式讓這裡什麼都有但又有規律。
孟山都位於東部葡萄牙，靠近西班牙邊境的Idanha-a-Nova的直轄市，座落在2486英尺的海拔，有著壯觀的景色。“驢子”是孟山都800名居民的交通工具，其保持著中世紀的特色。
來自西班牙的Xalima Miriel，她拍攝了這些美麗非凡，卻被時間遺忘的岩石村莊。
- enormous(adj) 巨大的
- astoundingly(adj) 令人震驚的
- jaw-dropping(adj) 令人瞠目結舌的
- spectacular(adj) 壯觀的,壯麗的
Inspiration for
Hobbiton？
The lush green land with homes built into the landscape looks like
something out of Lord of the Rings
哈比屯的靈感？這綠意盎然的土地建成的山水家園，就像電影魔戒裡的呢！
Adapting to the
environment: Villagers have formed their homes around the existing boulders,
rather than attempt to move them
居民們選擇和這樣特別的環境共存，而不是試著搬移它們。
Medieval: The ancient village, formed out of the granite
rocks on the mountain, has stood the test of time.
這個中世紀的古村落承受住時間的考驗，形成了花崗岩的山。
Read more：
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2820089/The-stunning-medieval-Portugal-village-build-gigantic-200-tonne-BOULDERS.html
