世界各地溝通的語言差異或許可參考The Tower of Babel的由來。
中文譯為:巴別塔(巴貝爾塔、巴比倫塔、通天塔)。
《聖經》創世記第11章記載,
當時人類聯合起來,
希望能建造通往天堂的高塔。
上帝為了阻止人類計劃,
讓人類說不同語言,
使人類相互不能溝通,
計劃因此失敗,
人類自此各散東西,
為世上出現不同語言和種族提供解釋。
來自阿拉比的同學說,
古蘭經記載相同類似的故事。
有趣的是,先是台北101大樓,
現今人類又將杜拜塔建造成『世界最高大樓』,
爾後的競爭,名符其實的通天塔,也許真會出現。
Things always make a great impact on me.
The Tower of Babel, which was called Babel "because God there confounded the language of all the Earth". The Qur'an has a story with similarities to the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel.
It's interesting that could it be happened to have The Tower of Babel, due to the competition among humans to build skyscrapers. For instance, the highest building preceded by Taipei 101, and now the one is Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai.
By IreneNi @ Dublin
(2009,09 photo in Taipei)
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