每年夏天都会消失的湖

这个湖会故意消失。把这个故事分享给那个总是丢东西的朋友。在斯洛文尼亚，有一个湖并不是一直都在的。冬天，它是全国最大的湖之一；到了夏天，它却不见了。

This lake vanishes on purpose. Send this to a friend who loses things all the time. In Slovenia there is a lake that is not always there. In winter it is one of the biggest lakes in the country. In summer it is gone.

这片山谷的地下岩石布满了孔洞和通道。秋天，湖水会顺着这些孔洞往下流走，直到山谷完全干涸。到了冬天，雨水和融化的雪又从同样的孔洞往上涌，湖水重新灌满，有时只需要短短几天。

The ground under the valley is full of holes and tunnels in the rock. In autumn, water drains down through these holes until the valley is dry. In winter, rain and melting snow push back up through the same holes, and the lake fills again, sometimes in just a few days.

水位高的时候，人们在湖上划船、观鸟；水位低的时候，农民就走到同一片土地上割草。两千年前，古代的作家就已经写过这个奇怪的湖，而今天它依然让来访的人感到困惑。

When the water is high, people row boats and watch birds on the lake. When the water is low, farmers walk out and cut hay on the same ground. Old writers wrote about this strange lake two thousand years ago, and it still confuses visitors today.