时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:雾都漫步


英语课

Two fascinating and historic boats sit by the river's edge. They each represent in their own very different way, the special relationship that the people of Britain have with the sea.

The Cutty Sark is a sleek 1 sailing clipper. Built in 1869, it was one of the last in the China tea trade. Britain's wealth depended upon the sea. As an island nation and as a colonial power, her trading vessels 2 fueled her economy. Before the Age of Steam, the Cutty Sark was one of the fastest, most efficient ships afloat. But while the clipper ship was museum bound, Britain's love of sailing lives on.

Sitting next to the clipper is the tiny Gipsy Moth 3 IV . In this boat, Sir Francis Chichester single-handedly sailed around the world in 1968. All the world loved his true life adventure, but to his fellow Brits, this man of the sea was more than an adventure. Chichester in his little boat in that huge ocean seemed to epitomize the strength of their island on this globe.

Ok, that's our London Sunday, we can top it off with a leisurely 4 cruise up the river and even learn something about Romanesque architecture from the boat. That's the Tower of London. Its White Tower was the first Romanesque building in England. Begun by the Roman conquerors 6, the style is referred to as Norman. To keep things simple, we'll think of Norman architecture as a form of Romanesque.

Begun in the 11th century, it exhibits the classic design of the Romanesque period, round arches, small windows, and thick walls. These are 15 feet thick. Medieval builders had adopted these characteristics from the Romans, hence the name, Romanesque. Their buildings reflected the need for stability and security in a chaotic 7 and warring world. The tower of London is actually 19 towers. The first, the White Tower was built by William the Conqueror 5, ten years after he earned his nickname. It was added on to over the years/ in Tele-guru into the largest fortress 8 in Medieval Europe. Never attacked, it became instead a royal residence and prison.

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fuel vt. To support or stimulate 9 the activity or existence of 刺激, 推动

afloat adv.&adj. at sea. 在海上地(的)

epitomize vt. To be a typical example of 代表是…的典型范例

Norman n.诺曼底人; 诺曼底法兰西人



adj.光滑的,井然有序的;v.使光滑,梳拢
  • Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
  • The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
  • The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.蛾,蛀虫
  • A moth was fluttering round the lamp.有一只蛾子扑打着翅膀绕着灯飞。
  • The sweater is moth-eaten.毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。
adj.悠闲的;从容的,慢慢的
  • We walked in a leisurely manner,looking in all the windows.我们慢悠悠地走着,看遍所有的橱窗。
  • He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.他从容的吃了早餐,高兴的开车去工作。
n.征服者,胜利者
  • We shall never yield to a conqueror.我们永远不会向征服者低头。
  • They abandoned the city to the conqueror.他们把那个城市丢弃给征服者。
征服者,占领者( conqueror的名词复数 )
  • The Danes had selfconfidence of conquerors, and their security precautions were casual. 这些丹麦人具有征服者的自信,而且他们的安全防卫也是漫不经心的。
  • The conquerors believed in crushing the defeated people into submission, knowing that they could not win their loyalty by the victory. 征服者们知道他们的胜利并不能赢得失败者的忠心,于是就认为只有通过武力才能将他们压服。
adj.混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的
  • Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
  • The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
n.堡垒,防御工事
  • They made an attempt on a fortress.他们试图夺取这一要塞。
  • The soldier scaled the wall of the fortress by turret.士兵通过塔车攀登上了要塞的城墙。
vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋
  • Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
  • Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
学英语单词
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acrrospiroma
aesthetases
ambient networking
an angle of incidence
arithmetic frequency scale
atmospherics
automatic production
Barkhera
Bora Bora
Burpies
cd-xes
centrilobular
chrysopal
church organ
clearance loading gage
cross disking
crosslinked polyester
curly maple
cyber-school
DDVF (dimethyl-dichlorovinylphosphate)
deep volar arch
defect of eyebrow
derating curve
dictamnolid
DLEUROTOMARIOIDEA
dodgerblues
doubletree
dulias
dwight lyman moodies
environment contamination
fair sex
feed inlet
fibrae arcuatae externae dorsales
flap extraction of cataract
glass tube pressure gauge
glucosephosphate
Gujranwala Division
Haeju-man
handybilly
heliotropian
hemicorporeal
hermetic sealing
high-voltage switch
hot trim
hydrous bucholzite (hydrobucholzite)
i-peinted
ice drink
induced labour
iraggic
jamstec
kindermuseum
Lascari
latent defect
luminol
M'F. R.
main and by-product production
malinski
manganese copper alloys
mechanical pressure recorder
Mobert
multicolor Nanking brocade
museumwide
Nephroselmis
newbies
nimbility
nonmarine
nonmultiplicative
normatron
Numto Uval
option charge
overprioritizing
Pan-American Highway
prometaphase movement
property information system
prororoca
rastle
revivor
Ribostamin
rivalty
roquin
RSLD
schiafino
Schultze's placenta
sea water science
sialism
spiral scale
stab(punctured)
susceptibility to failure
tabular cell
thermoplastic welding strip
thin skinned ingot
trampler
treaty of brest-litovsk
tsung
Turbotville
twospeed axle
uncontent
Urban Cowboys
ventilated supercavitating propeller
walking dragline excavator