The ancient Roman Colosseum is once again going to have a floor thanks to a new, hi-tech project announced by Italy's culture ministry.

由于意大利文化部宣布了一项新的高科技项目，古罗马斗兽场将再次开张。

"It is an extraordinary project," said Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, detailing the plans to create a flexible floor to give tourists a clearer idea of how the arena would have looked when gladiators fought to the death there.

“这是一个非凡的项目。”文化部长达里奥·弗朗切斯基尼(Dario Franceschini)表示，他详细介绍了建造灵活地板的计划，这样游客能更清楚地了解当角斗士这里战斗至死时竞技场的样子。

"You will be able to walk on it and go to the centre of the Colosseum, seeing it in the same way as visitors used to up to the end of the 19th century," Franceschini said.

弗朗切斯基尼说：“你可以沿着它，走到斗兽场的中心，像19世纪末以前的游客一样欣赏斗兽场。”。

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An Italian engineering firm, Milan Ingegneria, won the $22.2 million (18.5 million euro) contract to design the new flooring and has committed to complete the project by 2023.

意大利工程公司Milan Ingegneria获得了这项价值2220万美元(1850万欧元)的新地板设计合同，并约定在2023年前完成该项目。

The wooden platform will be made up of hundreds of slats that can be rotated to bring natural light into the underground chambers that once used to house the gladiators and animals before their deadly combat.

新的木制平台将由数百块板条组成，这些板条可以旋转，将自然光引入地下室，这些地下室曾经是角斗士和动物在致命战斗前的住所。

The Colosseum is Italy's most popular tourist attraction, drawing some 7.6 million visitors in 2019, before the coronavirus struck.

罗马斗兽场是意大利最受欢迎的旅游景点，疫情前，2019年曾吸引了大约760万游客。

Built 2,000 years ago, the stone arena was the biggest amphitheatre in the Roman empire.

斗兽场建于2000年前，是罗马帝国最大的竞技场。

It used to have up to 70,000 seats and hosted gladiator fights, executions and animal hunts.

它曾经有高达70000个座位，举办过角斗士厮杀、处决和动物猎杀等项目。

It could also be filled with water to re-enact sea battles.

这里也可以装满水，以重新上演海战。