时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2010年


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Believe it or not. They are arguing about Noah's Ark in the heartland tonight and whether it's right to use taxpayer 1 dollars to build it, complete with animals. Not in anticipation 2 of rain but tourists. Linsey Davis takes us insight to this debate.

Hollywood imagine Noah's Ark like this. But if developers in Kentucky can flow their newest idea. This will be the sight of a real life replica 3.

we'll  be using about 160 acres to build the Ark in Canada.

They are building it on a, well, biblical scale, using dimensions from Genesis Chapter 6, 450 feet long, about 600 train cars can fit inside.The deck, longer than 35 tennis courts, taller than a three-storey building. There will be a Tower of Babel and live animals too.

Why not to every animal?

Because we are talking about 10,000 pairs of animals.

A 150-million-dollar lifeboat expected to create 900 jobs and attract 1.6 million visitors a year, 250 million dollars in state revenue.

The Ark, that's planned to be built on its 800-acre site has opened up the floodgates of controversy 4. Critics say it's a direct violation 5 of separation between church and state.

That's because Kentucky's governor promise the developers almost 40 million dollars in tax breaks to build there. "People of Kentucky didn't elect me governor to debate religion. They elected me governor to create jobs." But not everyone's on board.

The government shouldn't be using its money to advance religion. That's what's unconstitutional about this.

This combination, Half Theme Park Half Sunday School has been done before.

If you read your Bible, then you are learning what God says to do.

But not with state funding.The Creation Museum is 40 miles away from the Ark. In just a few years, it's had more than a million visitors. As for this Noah's Ark, it has a new mission to help weather an economic storm.



1 taxpayer
n.纳税人
  • The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
  • The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。
2 anticipation
n.预期,预料,期望
  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着,期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安,像是感到了地震即将发生。
3 replica
n.复制品
  • The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
  • The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。
4 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
5 violation
n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯
  • He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说,那是违反规则的。
  • He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
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