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Russian tycoon, Alisher Usmanov, is to finance the restoration of one of ancient Rome’s biggest public buildings, topping up the funding that Italy urgently needs to prop up its crumbling monuments after three years of recession.

俄羅斯大亨，艾里謝．烏斯曼諾夫將資助古羅馬最大公共建築之一的重建，填補義大利在三年衰退後急需拯救其搖搖欲墜歷史遺跡的資金。

Usmanov, 61, Russia’s third-richest person according to U.S. magazine Forbes, said he had donated 1.5 million euros to renovate the nave of the Basilica Ulpia, built almost 2,000 years ago under Emperor Trajan.

根據美國雜誌「富比世」，61歲的烏斯曼諾夫為俄羅斯排名第三的富人，據報導他已捐了150萬歐元修復鄔庇亞大會堂的中殿，該建築興建於近2000年前的羅馬皇帝圖拉真時代。

Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini is under pressure after major collapses of walls at Pompeii over the last two years raised concerns about Italy’s ability to maintain some of the world’s most treasured ancient sites.

過去兩年來龐貝古城城牆發生重大倒塌，義大利文化部長達里歐．弗蘭切斯基尼承受莫大壓力，引發外界關切義大利維護部分世界最重要珍貴古遺址的能力。

Luxury leather group Tod’s is donating about 25 million euros to the Roman Colosseum and fashion house Fendi is paying to spruce up the Trevi Fountain.

奢侈皮件集團Tod’s捐了大約2500萬歐元給羅馬競技場，高級時裝品牌Fendi則正資助妝點特萊維噴泉。

新聞辭典

basilica：名詞，（古羅馬時代審判或集會用的）長方形集會堂，大教堂、聖堂。直譯為巴西利卡，指古羅馬時代以長方形和柱廊為特徵的公共建築風格，見於諸多教堂。

top up：片語動詞，裝滿 、加滿、斟滿。如top up a battery（將電池充滿）。

spruce up：片語動詞，打扮、翻修。例句：We are all spruced up for the concert.（我們都打扮漂亮去聽演唱會。）