Then there are the landmarks which are very famous and very busy - but which, on close inspection, turn out to be rather smaller than legend has it. Not in terms of popularity or the number of other tourists clustered around, but in actual physical size.

有些标志性旅游景点非常出名，也非常繁忙，但近前一看会发现比传说的小很多。我们指的不是知名度或聚集在周围的游客数量，而是该景点的真实体积。

Take Stonehenge as an example. There it is above, as postcards intended - the very image of Bronze Age Britain at its most romantic. It looks huge, seismic, a timeless temple assembled by the hands of neolithic giants. It is only when you see it in person - or when a load of Summer Solstice revellers are allowed to go goo-goo for the sun in the middle of the main circle - that you realise those colossal slabs are not quite as colossal as you might think. Each standing stone measures 13ft (4.1m) - roughly the combined height of two averagely tall men. Impressive but not gargantuan.

以巨石阵为例。上面的这张巨石阵图片是很多在明信片上看到的样子，把英国青铜时代表现得要多浪漫有多浪漫。它看上去高大而富有震撼力，就像是新石器时代的巨人们用双手搭建起来的超越时间的庙堂。只有当你自己亲眼见到，或者一群夏至狂欢者们齐聚在巨石阵中看日出时，你才会意识到这些石柱并没有你想象的那么大。每根石柱高13英尺（4.1米），约等于两个高个子男性的身高之和。令人印象深刻，但还不足以让人惊叹。

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