噴泉里的許愿幣最后都去了哪里？

It's a balmy afternoon and you've decided to take a leisurely stroll in the park. You soon come across a favorite feature: a large fountain with a statue at its center, gracefully spouting water in all directions to the shallow pool underneath. Feeling lucky, and perhaps a bit wistful, you fish a coin from your pocket, make a wish and toss it into the fountain. Then you notice all the other coins littering the bottom of the fountain. What happens, you wonder, to all that money?

那是個陽光溫和的下午，你決定到公園里走一走，散散步。很快，你就走到了最受大家歡迎的標志物那里：那是一眼大大的噴泉，噴泉中間豎著一座雕像，清澈的泉水優(yōu)雅地往各個方向噴出，最終落入雕塑下方淺淺的水池里。懷著對過去的感恩，和對未來美好生活的渴望，你從口袋里掏出了一枚硬幣，對噴泉許愿后，將硬幣丟到了水里。水底下都是別人留下的硬幣。你不僅有點好奇，這些錢最終都去了哪里。

The practice of tossing coins into fountains likely began in ancient times, when people thought spirits lived inside them. If a person passed by a fountain, well or other water source without tossing in a coin, he or she would surely be followed by a bad luck. The tradition evolved into a more personalized act, and people began making wishes as they tossed coins into fountains and wells. Some coins are thrown into fountains in the hope the coin-bearer will be able to return to the fountain in the future. Whatever the reason, throwing a coin into a fountain is a practice seen all over the world.

將硬幣拋進噴泉的習俗可能從古代就開始了，那時候，人們認為噴泉里面住著神靈。假如有人經過噴泉、水井或者其它什么水源的時候不往里面扔枚硬幣，就會有噩運纏身。隨著時間流逝，這項習俗變得越來越個性化了，往噴泉和水井里面扔硬幣的時候，人們還會順便許個愿。有的人在扔硬幣的時候，還會希望自己未來能夠回來還愿。不管原因是什么，往噴泉里扔硬幣都已經成了全世界人民都在做的事情。