Editor's note: This story is one of the winning entries from the " Teach Us about Ukraine " writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal.
编者注：这个故事是由美国之音学习英语和 GoGlobal 主办的“教我们了解乌克兰”写作比赛的获奖作品之一。
Hi, my name is Kate, and I am from Odessa region.
大家好，我叫凯特，来自敖德萨地区。
Imagine you are standing on the slope of the mountain, and a breathtaking view opens to you. The sun shines brightly and clear. The breeze is barely noticeable and warm. You see a large bay underneath. The water flows quietly and calmly. The leaves on the trees rustle gently. You feel peace. You feel happiness. No thoughts. No feelings. No worries. Only harmony of the inner and outer world. You are in Bakota, one of the most beautiful and amazing places in Ukraine.
想象一下，你站在山坡上，一幅令人惊叹的景色展现在你面前。阳光明媚而清澈。微风几乎不明显，而且很温暖。你可以看到下面有一个大海湾。水静静地、平静地流着。树上的叶子轻轻地沙沙作响。你感到平静。你感到幸福。没有想法。没有感觉。不用担心。只有内在与外在世界的和谐。您现在身处巴科塔，乌克兰最美丽、最神奇的地方之一。
Bakota was a village in the Khmelnytskyi region in the west of Ukraine. The name Bakota was first mentioned in writings in 1024. In the 12th century, it was a large trading port on the Dniester River with a population of about 2,500 people.
巴科塔是乌克兰西部赫梅利尼茨基地区的一个村庄。巴科塔这个名字于 1024 年首次在文献中被提及。在 12 世纪，它是德涅斯特河上的一个大型贸易港口，人口约 2,500 人。
The region was ruled in succession by the Mongol-Tatars, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and the Kingdom of Poland. Despite pressure from the invaders, Bakota managed to fight for freedom and preserve its cultural identity.
该地区先后被蒙古鞑靼人、立陶宛大公和波兰王国统治。尽管受到入侵者的压力，巴科塔仍设法争取自由并保留其文化特征。
In 1972, the government started construction of the Dniester hydroelectric station in this region. And Soviet authorities decided to flood the settlement. All the buildings were to be destroyed. Trees were cut down and burned. And cemeteries were moved to new places.
1972年，政府开始在该地区建设德涅斯特水电站。苏联当局决定淹没该定居点。所有建筑物都将被摧毁。树木被砍倒并烧毁。墓地也搬到了新的地方。
The locals had to destroy their own houses - their history - and stop farming and gardening. The planned resettlement took eight years. In 1981, the village of Bakota ceased to exist. Officials spent the next six years to fill the area with water.
当地人不得不摧毁自己的房屋——他们的历史——并停止耕作和园艺。计划的重新安置历时八年。 1981年，巴科塔村不复存在。官员们在接下来的六年里给该地区注满了水。
The only thing left of the old village is a cave monastery.
老村里唯一剩下的就是一座石窟寺。
The cave is located inside White Mountain, about 70 meters above the Dniester River. The oldest archaeological finds in the area date back to the second millennium BC.
该洞穴位于白山内，距德涅斯特河约70米。该地区最古老的考古发现可以追溯到公元前二千年。
The website Blog about tours to Ukraine says the monks first came to the cave in the 11th century. There were also reports that St. Anthony, the founder of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra cave monastery, once visited the area. During the Mongol invasion in the middle of the 13th century, both monks and peasants from nearby villages used the cave as a hiding place. By the 15th century, the monks left the area as several landslides destroyed many of the caves inside the soft sandstone of White Mountain.
关于乌克兰旅游的博客网站称，僧侣们在 11 世纪首次来到该洞穴。还有报道称，基辅-佩乔尔斯克修道院洞穴修道院的创始人圣安东尼曾访问过该地区。 13世纪中叶蒙古入侵期间，附近村庄的僧侣和农民都将这个洞穴作为藏身之所。到了 15 世纪，由于几次山体滑坡摧毁了白山松软砂岩内的许多洞穴，僧侣们离开了该地区。
There are several springs on the mountain, just below the cave. The cool spring water is tasty. Locals believe that the spring water can heal and treat different diseases.
山上有几处泉水，就在洞的下面。清凉的泉水味道鲜美。当地人相信泉水可以治愈和治疗多种疾病。
Today, Bakota Bay, the cave and the springs often draw visitors to the area, about 300 kilometers from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. And many leave behind ribbons and personal items along the path to the healing springs.
如今，巴科塔湾、洞穴和泉水经常吸引游客来到该地区，距离乌克兰西部城市利沃夫约 300 公里。许多人在前往疗愈泉水的路上留下了丝带和个人物品。
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