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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：宗教旅游业来自天堂的便士 GRE阅读文章：GRE阅读练习：宗教旅游业来自天堂的便士 GRE考试精品课程训练  MECCANS say they do not need agriculture, for God has given themthe pilgrimage as their annual crop.  这就是那条路，我相信麦加人说他们不需要农业，因为神已将朝圣之行当作他们 一年的作物。  Millions of Muslims are now setting out to take part in thisyears haj, a trek to Islams holiest site, in Saudi Arabia.  几百万穆斯林现正开始了艰苦跋涉，去沙特阿拉伯的伊斯兰圣地麦加朝圣。  The haj, which all Muslims aspire to do at least once in theirlifetimes, now brings in 16.5 billion, around 3% of Saudi GDP.  所有穆斯林们渴望在他们 一生中至少实现 一次的麦加朝圣占沙特的GDP约3%，也就是165亿美元。  Jerusalem, a holy city for all three Abrahamic religions, alsodraws crowds of pilgrims, and huge numbers of Shia Muslims visit shrines inIraq.  作为三个亚伯拉罕教圣地的耶路撒冷，也吸引了成群结队的朝圣者，还有大量的什叶派穆斯林去参观位于伊拉克的神龛。  The UNs World Tourism Organisation estimates that over 300mpeople go on pilgrimages each year. Countless others visit shrines or sacredplaces.  联合国世界旅游组织分析每年有超过3亿人进行超生活动。无数的游客直接参观神龛和圣地。  The numbers are increasing because the Middle Easts growingmiddle class means more tourists, three-quarters of whom travel within theregion.  因中东中产阶级不断扩大而增加的人数意味着更多的游客，四分之三的游客是宗教式的旅行。  Abundant tumult is less likely to deter those travelling forreligious reasons than ordinary tourists.  相对于普通游客，再多的骚乱也不太可能打消那些为了宗教原因去旅行游客的念头。  Shia pilgrims still flock toKarbalaand Najaf inIraq, despite thethreat of bombs.  什叶派朝圣者不顾炸弹的威胁仍聚集到伊拉克的卡尔巴拉和纳贾夫。  The person who sees their holiday as a cultural experience will beput off by bad security, but the believer will not, says Kevin Wright, anobserver of new tourist markets.  那些被危险吓走的人只是把他们的假期看做 一次文化体验，而信仰者们不会信旅游市场观察员KevinWright说。  Faith-based tourism in the region dates back to Moses leading hispeople through Sinai with God as their tour guide, jokes Peter Tarlow, a travelconsultant who is also a rabbi.  宗教里以信念为基础的旅行可追溯到摩西在上帝的指引下带领他的人民通过西奈半岛,犹太教律法专家顾问PeterTarlow开玩笑说。  In medieval times