导读:陕西省一条省级高速公路在建设过程中损毁了大量长城遗址和史前遗迹，引起极大批评。
A provincial highway in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province is still under construction, despite suspicions that it has damaged three sections of the great Wall, media reported Thursday.
本周四有媒体报道称，陕西省一条省级高速公路在建设过程中损毁了3段长城，而目前该建设工程还在继续。
A 94-kilometer highway linking the cities of Yulin and Jingbian in northern Shaanxi crossed parts of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Great Wall under State-level protection, news site thepaper.cn reported.
据澎湃新闻网报道，这段长达94公里的高速公路连接了陕西的榆林和靖边两省，穿过了国家级保护的秦（前221-前206）长城和明（1368-1644）长城部分地区。
The Yulin Bureau of Cultural Heritage urged authorities to halt the project, which involved six Great Wall relics sites and 48 prehistoric sites, according to a document issued by the bureau in July.
据榆林市文化遗产局在7月份发布的一份文件显示，该局曾敦促政府停止该项目。据悉，这一高速公路建设项目涉及到了6处长城文物遗址和48处史前遗址。
Parts of the road had already been paved without approval from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, said an employee of the bureau.
榆林市文化遗产局的一名工作人员表示，在没有国家文化遗产管理局批准的情况之下，这条高速公路的部分地段已经被铺设好了。
Construction was still ongoing in late August, and at least three historic sites have been damaged, thepaper.cn reported.
据澎湃新闻网报道，8月下旬建设工程仍在继续，至少有3个历史遗迹已经被破坏掉了。
"We are improving the plan to protect the relics … The builders will cooperate with the bureau to investigate the [damaged sites]," a staffer on the project said Tuesday.
该项目一名工作人员在本周二表示说：“我们正在改进施工计划来保护文物，施工人员会和文化遗产局合作来对受损遗址进行调查。”
The remnants of the Great Wall face threats from both nature and humans across the country. about 30 percent of a 6,200 kilometer section of the wall built in the Ming Dynasty has disappeared, the Xinhua News Agency reported in July.
全中国的长城遗迹都面临着来自自然和人类的双重威胁。新华社曾经在7月份报道说，在一条建成于明代的6200公里长城中，30%的城墙已经消失不见了。
