时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2015年(八月)


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New York Carousel 1 Simulates Fish Swimming Patterns


NEW YORK—


The millions of tourists who visit New York City have a new and exciting attraction to experience. 


The fish flash before your eyes….they undulate…they change color….


“You never know what it’s going to do.  You know it’s going to come back down and started to go. It’s going to go up and down. It’s really fun," said one boy.


It’s a merry-go-round for the modern age...an aquatic 2 carousel called the SeaGlass.  Thirty large, luminous 3 fish up to three meters wide and four meters high.  Fiber-optic lighting 4 glows from within each fish, constantly changing the colors during the three-and-one-half minute ride.


The building itself is a shell design, with a steel frame, stainless 5 steel roof and 46 monolithic 6 glass windows. The area is called The Battery because it once housed cannons 7 that protected the young city of New Amsterdam. 


The Battery Conservancy began working on this $16 million project 10 years ago.


“There's never been these monumental fish figures that were molded and the way they’re light-filled and the way the dichronic disc, you know, undulate within the fish.  This is all a one-of-a-kind," said Warrie Price, founder/president of The Battery Conservancy.


The architects tried something new by placing three turning rings inside the one large master ring.


“So what that gives you the tools to do is make people at certain points start to feel a little bit weightless. So is the feeling you have in water," said architect Claire Weisz.


And, it was Broadway and Olympic production designer George Tsypin, who developed the concept.


“The whole idea was to capture that wonder, that magic of the underwater world—in theory for children, but God knows. All adults will be riding this  because we are all children," said Tsypin.


“It was amazing.  It’s unlike any other carousel we’ve rode, and we’ve ridden pretty much every single one here in New York City," said a rider.


Admission to SeaGlass Carousel is $5 per ride. That money will offset 8 some of the operating expenses of this new addition to New York City. 



n.旋转式行李输送带
  • Riding on a carousel makes you feel dizzy.乘旋转木马使你头晕。
  • We looked like a bunch of awkward kids riding a slow-moving carousel.我们看起来就像一群骑在旋转木马上的笨拙的孩子。
adj.水生的,水栖的
  • Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
  • We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。
adj.发光的,发亮的;光明的;明白易懂的;有启发的
  • There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house.我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
  • Most clocks and watches in this shop are in luminous paint.这家商店出售的大多数钟表都涂了发光漆。
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
adj.无瑕疵的,不锈的
  • I have a set of stainless knives and forks.我有一套不锈钢刀叉。
  • Before the recent political scandal,her reputation had been stainless.在最近的政治丑闻之前,她的名声是无懈可击的。
adj.似独块巨石的;整体的
  • Don't think this gang is monolithic.不要以为这帮人是铁板一块。
  • Mathematics is not a single monolithic structure of absolute truth.数学并不是绝对真理的单一整体结构。
n.加农炮,大炮,火炮( cannon的名词复数 )
  • Cannons bombarded enemy lines. 大炮轰击了敌军阵地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • One company had been furnished with six cannons. 某连队装备了六门大炮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.分支,补偿;v.抵消,补偿
  • Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
  • He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
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