时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:国家地理2007年


英语课
If you've ever wondered what makes the cobra dance, this is the place to find out. For Marrakesh's street performers, an ordinary afternoon means out of the ordinary entertainment.

Enchanted 1 serpents are just a small part of the action on Djemma el Fna square. Just inside Marrakesh's ancient ramparts, this is a cultural crossroads of a very theatrical 2 kind. It's Marrakesh's answer to the 3 ring circus and it's been show time here every day since the 11th century. Every afternoon, Djemma el-Fna transforms itself into a festival of sights and sounds.

It used to be that every city in Morocco had a place like this, a sort of entertainment free-for-all in the center of town. But the country has moved into the TV age and people are leaving the old ways behind. Now, Djemma el-Fna is the only one left.

W. T. works to protect this unique part of Marrakesh's culture as part of a grassroots organization dedicated 3 to the square. It's essential because it's the memory of the city if you want to learn the history of this city, if you want to get to know its sensibilities, if you want to learn about its habits, its tastes, its desires, come to the square.


There's something for everyone. Street preachers give sermons on the Koran while fortune tellers 4 read the stars. Public scribes write letters for the illiterate 5 and herbal pharmacies 6 dispense 7 medicines and advice. But when Marrakeshes want to just sit back, relax and listen, they turn to the storytellers. L. is telling the story of the inheritance, the son of a rich merchant is advised by his dying father to live a virtuous 8 life. But he falls victim to temptation and suffers the consequences. Old men and young boys gather around, hanging on his every word.


adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的
  • The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果,叫人失望。
  • She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
n.(银行)出纳员( teller的名词复数 );(投票时的)计票员;讲故事等的人;讲述者
  • The tellers were calculating the votes. 计票员正在统计票数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The use of automatic tellers is particularly used in large cities. 在大城市里,还特别投入了自动出纳机。 来自辞典例句
adj.文盲的;无知的;n.文盲
  • There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。
  • I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲,今天也认字了。
药店
  • Still, 32 percent of the pharmacies filled the prescriptions. 但仍然有32%的药剂师配发了这两张药方。 来自互联网
  • Chinese herbal pharmacies, and traditional massage therapists in the Vancouver telephone book. 中药店,和传统的按摩师在温哥华的电话簿里。 来自互联网
vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施
  • Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
  • The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱,可自行适当分配。
adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的
  • She was such a virtuous woman that everybody respected her.她是个有道德的女性,人人都尊敬她。
  • My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife.叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲。
学英语单词
2-(4'-morpholinodithio)-benzothiazole
Aberdeen terriers
AHES
all interests
Anthophyllite-asbestos
ashcan
atrolactamide
bats an eye
bioelectrical integrator
caeruleus
carbunule on scapular area
clearwell
coffs
cogradient matrix
counseller
countach
cutting logging
density fluids
destructive plate margin
detect idle time
different in a thousand and one ways
Dingalan B.
dioxygenase
doppler correction
double electric conductor seal
electromagnetic cam group
electroneutrqlity principle
Empire of the West
enanthema
engine synchroscope
Eupheterochlorina
flosser
free piercing
gastro-
graphical integral
Groszowiec
hardness ratio
hemicraniectomy
hot rolled steel
human agancy
index of import volume
inflectional ending
internal phasing
invisible stock
iron lead matte
Kodaira
loadsa
macebearers
map direction
methoxyaspidofractinine
Miss Nancy
monstered
motorjets
mousse
multiday
multiforous
multiple microprocessor system
N-ethylpyrrole
Namkyo
non-ionogenic linkage
non-productive thinning
nonmetallic sheathed cable
nonrecurrent apomixis
nothing to write home about
output file collation control
pagehood
peterbaylissite
place-brick
Polaris
polite behaviour
polymethyl aromatic
porcelain paper
projection screen
reduce weight
reflection efficiency
resmooth
rip one
ruds
sandification
sentence length
separation manoeuver
Siderocalcite
sleeveful
solely
spanner double ends
standard instruction memonic
structural skin panel
surface scratch
testing with Seleroscope
the female sex
thematic overprint
thickness by reflection
trading service product
travelling down tilter
trendoids
Tridin
tubular magnet
uncommon
up convert
variable argument
welken
x-ray diffraction powder camera