八达岭长城的“洗脸”工程不久将启动，据悉，每年八达岭长城的中外游客达400多万，“某某到此一游”的刻痕在万里长城的砖石上随处可见，看来，现代游客们比古代野蛮部落更具“侵略性”。

报道如下：The popular Badaling section of China's Great Wall, which has suffered more at the hands of modern visitors than the barbarian¹ invaders² it was meant to keep out, may soon get a face lift.

报道中的face lift指的是“翻新”，lift有一个义项是“整容（除去面部皱纹的手术）”，face lift可以指整容，也能指建筑物外观的改造和翻新，把长城上的那些刻痕给去掉，不就是给它“整容、翻新”吗？看来，用face lift来比喻“翻新”，真是很贴切。