模仿文本：First, perhaps the most famous thing about the sophisticated Maya civilisation is the complex calender which they developed, and which forecasts an end to the world in 2012 - next month, in fact, athough that's obviously unlikely to happen. But the minds of Maya civilisation might teach us a few things about where our own is heading. Their impressive architecture in the Central American rainforest, particularly the pyramids, and their incredible arts and maths and astronomical findings, and now just ruins and relics. 

 

译文：首先,丰富深邃的玛雅文明最为著名的或许就是玛雅人发明的复杂日历了，也正是它预言世界将在2012年终结--事实上,就是下个月。尽管此事明显不太可能发生,玛雅文明的消亡还是能给我们一些启示,指点我们自己的文明将何去何从。在中美洲的雨林里，他们令人赞叹的建筑，尤其是金字塔，还有在艺术、数学和天文学方面不可思议的发现，而今只剩下残垣断壁，成了历史遗迹。