We can see many buses and cars in our city. If you see a city without cars, do you feel strange? Venice is such a city that there are few cars or buses there.
Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but was on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that could guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery(风景) and cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along.
Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped(逃跑) from a war more than 1, 500 years ago, and built homes there. Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem.
Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋) melt(融化).
Every year, high water hits the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is under the water.
| Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It was built on 110 islands. There are few cars or buses in the city, but you can see seawater everywhere. People in Venice have to around by boat. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges. Venice grew out of small islands in lakes. Some Italians escaped from a war and they built homes there. Water makes the city , but it also brings some problems. Because people use too much underground water and the seawater is rising, now the city is getting . |
