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1、FarewelltotheThreeGorgesSeentheThreeGorgesinChinayet?That'sthebigquestionthistouristseason,andifyouranswerisno,welltoobad.Toolate,too.Carvedoutovermillennia,themagnificentYangtzeRivercanyonsdownriverfromthissouthernChinacityhavecaptivatedpoetsandpaintersforeons.Sadly,thego
2、rgeswillsoonbegone,dammedup,submerged.Atleast,that'swhattravelagentswouldhaveyoubelieveifyoudon'thastilyshelloutbigbuckstoboardaboatforChina'smosthypedtouristsite.Touristseasononthemist-shroudedYangtzeusuallyrunsApriltoMay,andthenresumesSeptembertoOctoberfollowingsummerrai
3、nsandfloods.ButthisyearontheYangtzeislikenoother,andnotjustduetosoaringwaterlevels.Risingjustasfastisvisitorhysteria.Toursaresoldout,evenintoNovember,provingpeoplewillqueueuptoseeanythingprovidedtheythinkitwillsoonbegone.Creditthepublicity,andwe'veseenitbefore.In1997,whena
4、bypasschannelbeganfunnelingboatsaroundtheThreeGorgesDam,abarrageof"FinalTour"hooplasparkedatouristboomthatswampedlocalhandlingcapacity.Newboatswerelaunchedintimeforthepredictablebacklash;ittookyearsforauthoritiesandtouristagenciestolurebackvisitors,tellingthem,ineffect,tha
5、titwasallabighoax,thatthegorgeshadn'tgoneanywhere.They'restillhere,infact,bigasever.Justlikethehype.Mostofithascenteredontheenormouspricetag(somesayupto$30billion),humanandenvironmentalconsequencesoftheworld'slargest,mostcontroversialdam.Theenormousconstructionzonehasitsel
6、femergedasanoddtouristattraction,yetit'sthesenseoffinalityfortheThreeGorgesthatisfillingalltheboats.Andthetruth?ThisGreatWallofconcretewillcreatea400-mile-longlake,swampinghundredsoftownsandthousandsofvillages.Onetotwomillionpeoplewillberelocated.Fortourists,theloomingdate
7、comesinNovemberwhenthe1997diversionisclosedandbigboatswon'tfitthetemporarylock.Trafficwillresumeafterthedambecomesoperationalnextsummer,butitwillstillbedecadesbeforethelakefillsin.Beyondthat,3,000-footmountainswillstilltowerovertheriver,snakingthroughthesamecraggyterrain."
8、ThiswholetripisthebiggestscaminChinatourism,"saysPeterNeville-Hadley,Chinaguidebookauthor
