时间:2019-01-27 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   The Anglican cathedral in Christchurch was badly damaged in the February 22nd earthquake. Later after-shocks have caused more damage and it is now not a safe building. Today the Bishop 1 announced that the cathedral will be taken down, slowly, to about 2 to 3 metres in height. This is so that someone can remove stained 2 glass windows and other important things inside the building.


  This cathedral was built 130 years ago in The Square in the centre of Christchurch. In 1888, the spire 3 on top of the steeple fell off in an earthquake but it was rebuilt. In recent years, the cathedral was strengthened to make it safer in an earthquake, but maybe it was not strengthened enough. It was a beautiful building, built in stone in a Gothic style. It was like the heart of the city. Although it belonged to the Church of England, the Christchurch City Council 4 helped to pay for the new roof a few years ago and for earthquake strengthening. Christchurch people therefore think that the cathedral belongs to the whole city, to everybody.
  There will be strong protests 5 from people who are angry about losing this beautiful building. They say that it could be saved if we can find the money to save it. Other people say, “Let’s build a new, safe cathedral.” And some people ask, “Do we need a cathedral?”
  Vocabulary
  the Bishop – she is the head of the church in Canterbury
  high (adj) height (noun)
  stained glass windows – coloured glass is used by artists to make pictures in the windows
  steeple – tall tower, with big bells inside it
  spire – like a pointed cone on top of the tower
  strong (adj) strengthen (verb) = make strong
  minor – only a little; opposite is ‘major’
  Church of England – Anglican church

n.主教,(国际象棋)象
  • He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
  • Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
adj.污染的,玷污的
  • My dress was stained. 我的连衣裙弄上了污渍。
  • The doors are then stained and varnished. 这些门还要染色涂清漆。
n.(教堂)尖顶,尖塔,高点
  • The church spire was struck by lightning.教堂的尖顶遭到了雷击。
  • They could just make out the spire of the church in the distance.他们只能辨认出远处教堂的尖塔。
n.理事会,委员会,议事机构
  • The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律,禁止散发传单。
  • The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。
n.[体]抗议;抗议,反对( protest的名词复数 )v.声明( protest的第三人称单数 );坚决地表示;申辩
  • The protests have forced the government to back-pedal on the new tax. 抗议活动已迫使政府撤销新的税目。
  • Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。
学英语单词
Aconitum sungpanense
acrobatic stunts
actigraphic
adversarially
aerial image simulation
angiostomy
anti-frosting equipment
applicant for a patent
ASCALAPHIDAE
asphalt felt
Bakhany
bearing oil pipe union
britzskas
built-in stabilization
burgio
bushtit
bypass gate valve
call confirmation
care in the community
chalkone
chute spillway
collar for a horse
community agency
comparative static derivative
counter-current electromigration
courant
cyclotrimethylenet-rinitramine
deoxyuridine diphosphate
diekman
dissipative flow
emhata
Every Jack has his Jill.
eyeblinks
face pumping
fishery factory ship
fussy as a hen with one chick
gilvus
Giraldes' organ
glass transition temperature (tg)
gordonia soli
Granges-St-Marie
hemofilter
herpetotheriids
ichneumon wasp
indefinite storage
indurative pneumonia
inner nuclear layer
innoblesse
inter-repeater links
intraocular lens
Izvaly
jazzophone
Jija Sarai
kurisko
layaways
lepista nuda
Macrothyry
maytansinol
mechanosensillum
metal removal factor
model specification
mollweide's projection
muiclage hair
natroalunite
needful
Nodi lymphatici gluteales superiores
Nomzha
Norfolk Broads
Pergolarin
Petsamo(Pechenga)
pipe pilot
plate making machine
play hell
presentation file
profiteered
pseudomutation
rotary latch
rotating head
roxbyite
Sapindales
sapphirite
scissorlike
single-funnel
slender configuration
solenoid-operated circuit-breaker
sorting chute
spin freezing
Splanchnomicry
spore output
statistic processes
straight roller bearing
Toros Daglari
torus rheometer
tugboats
uist north i.
urban economic base theory
uricosuria
vapor compression refrigerating machine
variable frequency starting
Wirtschaft
Yaredes
zoning mechanism