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1. From the way the article is structured, what function does the reference to Eat, Pray, Love serve?

A. It explains why local authorities restricted new construction

B. It illustrates the contrast between Bali's marketed image and current overcrowding

C. It proves that Bali's popularity has declined in recent decades

D. It shows the role of Western literature in shaping Balinese religious practices

无注释原文：

Instagram vs reality: Bali is becoming a victim of its own success

From: BBC

Bali, Indonesia's famed tropical paradise, has charmed plenty of tourists over the years.

But it's also leaving a growing number disillusioned - recently among them Zoe Rae.

"Since landing in Bali, something for us has just not felt quite right," she said in a YouTube video in July, filmed in her hotel room.

"We came to Bali with high expectations because we'd seen on social media everyone having such a lovely time."

She added: "If you took a picture of the coffee shop and zoomed out, you would see what the reality was."

Ms Rae did not describe the reality she saw - nor reply to the BBC's questions. But it was unsettling enough to make her book an impromptu flight to Dubai to continue celebrating her wedding anniversary there instead.

One does not need to look far for clues.

Social media posts about "expectations vs reality" in Bali abound.

Diners enjoy the sunset at a beach-side restaurant - and the piles of rubbish along the rickety stairs to get there.

The bikini-clad pose in front of a waterfall, while a snaking line of tourists await their turn on slippery rocks.

Millions flock to Bali every year in search of the spiritual Shangri-La promised in the noughties memoir and film Eat, Pray, Love.

What they're greeted by instead are crowds, traffic and the cacophony of construction, which has ramped up alongside a post-pandemic boom in tourism.

The growing strain on the island had produced plenty of eye-rolls and grumbles, but this month events took a sombre turn.

More than a dozen people died in rare floods on the island. Poor waste management and unchecked urban development had worsened the situation, officials said.

The local government has since announced it will restrict new construction. But many see such interventions as too little, too late.

How did Bali, celebrated for decades as the "last paradise", get to this point?

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Instagram vs reality: Bali is becoming a victim of its own success

From: BBC

Bali, Indonesia's famed tropical paradise, has charmed plenty of tourists over the years.

印尼著名的热带天堂巴厘岛多年来吸引了无数游客。

tropical /ˈtrɒp.ɪ.kəl/ 表示“热带的”，英文解释为“from or relating to the area between the two tropics”如：tropical fish 热带鱼。

paradise /ˈper.ə.daɪs/ 表示“天堂，乐园”，英文解释为“a place or condition of great happiness where everything is exactly as you would like it to be”，如：a tropical paradise 一处热带天堂，举个🌰：This mall is a shopper's paradise. 这个商业中心是购物者的天堂。

charm /tʃɑːm/ 表示“吸引；迷住；使着迷”，英文解释为“to attract someone or persuade someone to do something because of your charm”举个🌰：We were charmed by his boyish manner. 我们被他天真烂漫的男孩气质迷住了。

But it's also leaving a growing number disillusioned - recently among them Zoe Rae.

但如今却让越来越多旅客感到失望——佐伊·雷（Zoe Rae）是其中之一。

disillusioned /ˌdɪs.ɪˈluː.ʒənd/ 表示“理想破灭的；不抱幻想的”，英文解释为“disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected”举个🌰：He's become a disillusioned man. 他成了梦想破灭的人。

"Since landing in Bali, something for us has just not felt quite right," she said in a YouTube video in July, filmed in her hotel room.

“自从抵达巴厘岛后，我们就一直觉得哪里不太对劲。”她在七月的一段YouTube影片中说道，影片拍摄地点是她所在的酒店房间。

"We came to Bali with high expectations because we'd seen on social media everyone having such a lovely time."

“我们对巴厘岛抱有很高的期待，因为在社群媒体上看到大家都玩得很开心。”

She added: "If you took a picture of the coffee shop and zoomed out, you would see what the reality was."

她补充说：“如果你拍下咖啡店的一角，再把镜头拉远，你就会看到现实是怎样的。”

zoom /zuːm/ in/out表示“（使照相机或计算机）画面放大/缩小”，英文解释为“to (cause a camera or computer to) make the image of something or someone appear much larger and nearer, or much smaller and further away”举个🌰：At the beginning of the film, the camera zooms in to show two people sitting by the side of a river. 影片一开始，镜头拉近，对准了坐在河边的两个人。

Ms Rae did not describe the reality she saw - nor reply to the BBC's questions. But it was unsettling enough to make her book an impromptu flight to Dubai to continue celebrating her wedding anniversary there instead.

雷女士并未具体描述她所看到的“现实”，也未回覆BBC的提问。但这段经历让她感到不安，甚至决定临时改订机票飞往迪拜，改在那里继续庆祝结婚周年纪念日。

unsettling /ʌnˈset.əl.ɪŋ/ 表示“令人不安的，使人担忧的”，英文解释为“causing worry or anxiety”举个🌰：One of the documentary's many unsettling images is of a child playing with her father's gun. 纪录片中最令人不安的镜头之一是一个小孩在摆弄父亲的枪。

impromptu /ɪmˈprɒmptjuː/ 表示“无准备的；即兴的；即席的”，英文解释为“done or said without any preparation or planning”如：impromptu speech/meeting 即兴演讲/临时会议。

类似的：

📍unscripted表示“（广播、演讲等）不用稿子的；不事前准备的”，英文解释为“an unscripted broadcast, speech etc is not written or planned before it is made”

One does not need to look far for clues.

而要找出原因，其实并不困难。

Social media posts about "expectations vs reality" in Bali abound.

社群媒体上关于巴厘岛“期望vs现实”的贴文到处皆是。

abound /əˈbaʊnd/ 表示“大量存在；有很多”，英文解释为“to exist in large numbers”举个🌰：Theories abound about how the universe began. 关于宇宙的起源有各种各样的理论。

🎬电影《刺杀肯尼迪》（JFK）中的台词提到：In Washington, rumors abound that JFK has cut a secret deal with Russian Premier Khrushchev 在华盛顿 有谣传说肯尼迪和苏联总理赫鲁晓夫有暗盘交易。

Diners enjoy the sunset at a beach-side restaurant - and the piles of rubbish along the rickety stairs to get there.

海边餐厅里用餐者在享受夕阳美景，但通往餐厅的破旧楼梯旁却堆满垃圾。

diner /ˈdaɪ.nər/ 表示“（尤指餐馆里的）进餐者，食客”，英文解释为“someone who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant”或者表示“（美国的）路边小餐馆”，英文解释为“in the US, a small informal and inexpensive restaurant, often at the side of the road”

pile /paɪl/ 1）表示“摞；垛；堆”，英文解释为“objects positioned one on top of another”如：a pile of books 一摞书；

2）表示“（建筑物的）柱，桩”，英文解释为“a strong column or post of wood, metal, or concrete that is pushed into the ground to help support a building”

a pile of sth/piles of sth表示“一大堆，许多”，英文解释为“a lot of something”举个🌰：I've got piles/a pile of things to do today. 我今天有一大堆事情要做。

rickety /ˈrɪk.ə.ti/ 表示“快要散架的；摇摇晃晃的；不结实的”，英文解释为“in bad condition and therefore weak and likely to break”举个🌰：Careful! That chair's a bit rickety. 小心！那把椅子不结实。

The bikini-clad pose in front of a waterfall, while a snaking line of tourists await their turn on slippery rocks.

网红在瀑布前穿着比基尼摆拍，背后是一长排在湿滑岩石上排队等候的游客。

表示“穿…衣服的；覆盖着…的”，英文解释为“(of people) dressed, or (of things) covered”举个🌰：A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white. 一个奇怪的人出现在门口，穿着白衣服。

slippery /ˈslɪp.ər.i/ 表示“湿滑的，容易打滑的”，英文解释为“If something is slippery, it is wet or smooth so that it slides easily or causes something to slide.”如：slippery soap 湿滑的肥皂。

Millions flock to Bali every year in search of the spiritual Shangri-La promised in the noughties memoir and film Eat, Pray, Love.

每年有数百万人涌入巴厘岛，寻找那个在21世纪初的回忆录与电影《享受吧！一个人的旅行》（Eat, Pray, Love）中所描绘的灵性桃花源。

flock /flɒk/ to 表示“成群结队地去，蜂拥而至”，英文解释为“if people flock to a place, they go there in large numbers because something interesting or exciting is happening there”举个🌰：People have been flocking to the exhibition. 看展览的人络绎不绝。

noughties /ˈnɔː.tiz/ 表示“世纪初的首个十年（通常指2000至2010年）”，英文解释为“the period of years between 00 and 10 in any century, usually 2000–2010”举个🌰：They were born in the noughties and grew up completely at ease with computer technology. 他们出生在世纪初的首个十年，完全适应电脑技术。

What they're greeted by instead are crowds, traffic and the cacophony of construction, which has ramped up alongside a post-pandemic boom in tourism.

但迎接他们的，却是人潮、塞车，以及随着疫情后观光热潮而加剧的施工噪音。

cacophony /kəˈkɒf.ə.ni/ 表示“刺耳嘈杂的声音；杂音”，英文解释为“an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds”举个🌰：What a cacophony! 多么刺耳的声音！

1）表示“（公司）扩大，增加，增多（业务等）”，英文解释为“If a business ramps up its activity, it increases it.”举个🌰：The company announced plans to ramp up production to 10,000 units per month. 这家公司宣布了每月生产1万件的增产计划。

2）表示“加快（速度）；增加（威力）；提高（费用）”，英文解释为“to increase the speed, power, or cost of something”举个🌰：Mitsubishi has ramped up the speed of its new micro-controllers. 三菱公司已经提高了其新生产的微控制器的运行速度。

The growing strain on the island had produced plenty of eye-rolls and grumbles, but this month events took a sombre turn.

岛上的压力日益加剧，虽然过去多是引来翻白眼与抱怨，但本月情况发生了严峻的转变。

strain /streɪn/ 1）表示“压力；重负；重压之下出现的问题（或担忧等）”，英文解释为“pressure on sb/sth because they have too much to do or manage, or sth very difficult to deal with; the problems, worry or anxiety that this produces”举个🌰：You will learn to cope with the stresses and strains of public life. 你要学会怎样应付公众人物生活的紧张和辛劳。

2）表示“（动植物的）品系，株系，品种”，英文解释为“an animal or plant from a particular group whose characteristics are different in some way from others of the same group”举个🌰：Scientists have discovered a new strain of the virus which is much more dangerous. 科学家们已经发现了一种危险得多的新病毒。

📍此前9000名乘客因鼻拭子重复使用受害文中出现的例句：The health ministry confirmed this week that it had recorded two cases of the more infectious strain that was first detected in India. 卫生部本周证实，已发现了两例在印度首次发现的更具传染性的病毒株。

3）表示“（肌肉等软组织的）损伤，拉伤，扭伤”，英文解释为“an injury to a muscle or similar soft part of the body caused by using that part too much”如：a groin/hamstring strain 腹股沟/腘旁腱拉伤。

4）strains 表示“旋律；曲调”，英文解释为“the sound of music being played or performed”举个🌰：I could hear the strains of Mozart in the background. 我听见背景音中有莫扎特的旋律。

表示“翻白眼”，英文解释为“an action of moving your eyes upwards as a way of showing that you are annoyed or bored after someone has done or said something”

grumble /ˈɡrʌm.bəl/ 可以作名词（相当于complaint），也可以作动词，表示“发牢骚，抱怨，嘟囔”，英文解释为“to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way”举个🌰：She spent the evening grumbling to me about her job. 她一晚上都在向我抱怨她的工作。

📍mustn't grumble表示“没有什么好抱怨的，日子过得还不错”，英文解释为“something you say to mean that your life is not bad and that you should not complain about it”举个🌰："How's it going then, LR?" "Oh, not too bad. Mustn't grumble."“那么，一切还好吧，卤肉？”“哦，挺好，没有什么好抱怨的。”

🎬电影《老爸上战场》（Dad's Army）中的台词提到：But one mustn't grumble. 字幕组译为：差强人意啦。

sombre /ˈsɒmbə/ 1）表示“沉痛的”，英文解释为“If someone is sombre, they are serious or sad. ”举个🌰：She cried as she described the sombre mood of her colleagues. 她在描述同事们沉痛的情绪时哭了。

2）表示“灰暗的”，英文解释为“Sombre colours and places are dark and dull.”举个🌰：His room is sombre and dark. 他的房间阴森黑暗。

More than a dozen people died in rare floods on the island. Poor waste management and unchecked urban development had worsened the situation, officials said.

巴厘岛罕见地发生洪灾，造成十多人死亡。当地官员指出，糟糕的废弃物管理与失控的都市开发使情况恶化。

The local government has since announced it will restrict new construction. But many see such interventions as too little, too late.

当地政府随后宣布将限制新建工程，但许多人认为这样的措施为时已晚、力度不足。

How did Bali, celebrated for decades as the "last paradise", get to this point?

巴厘岛，这个数十年来被赞誉为“最后的天堂”的地方，究竟是如何走到今天这一步？

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