英语听力精选进阶版 6336
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Many Britons say we have a lot to thank HM Queen Elizabeth for.
This week certainly most of her subjects are thankful for a two-day holiday in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee 1. A weekend of feasting, pageantry and water on Sunday is followed by an evening of song, celebration and fire on Monday.
Sunday Lunch is a great British tradition and The Big Jubilee Lunch aimed to re-kindle a sense of community with people all over the UK sharing lunch with neighbours and friends in street parties or picnics to celebrate the Queen's 60-year reign 3. At these lunches, people have been tucking into some Great British food - pies, roasts, fish and chips, cream teas... even jellied eels 4.
Another highlight of the weekend festivities was The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant 2 with more than 1,000 boats – traditional and modern – escorting the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh aboard a specially 5 decorated Royal barge 6. Red, white and blue – the colours of the Union Jack 7 – adorned 8 bridges and buildings with sounds of church bells and foghorns 9 floating along the River.
Monday evening brings music and light to Buckingham Palace. A special pop concert featuring artists including Elton John, Paul McCartney and Ed Sheeran is followed by a spectacular firework display. No doubt it will all go off with a bang. Before the fireworks, more than 4,000 beacons 11 are to be lit in the UK and around the world. The Queen herself lights the UK's last beacon 10 – the National Beacon – at about 22:30 BST. Whilst there are some who protest – surveys suggest around 20% of Britons feel the UK would be better off without a monarchy 12 – most people will see HM Queen Elizabeth as a beacon of hope in an uncertain world and will be raising a glass to the Diamond Queen.
Quiz 测验
What are most Britons thankful for this week?
A two-day holiday
What noisy phrase is used to describe an event that went well?
To go off with a bang
What phrase means to start eating with enjoyment 13?
To tuck into something
True, false or not given: The Queen will light the first beacon at about 22:30BST?
False - she will light the last beacon
Which of these is a way of toasting someone?
To raise a glass to someone
Glossary 词汇表
to be thankful for 感激，感谢
feasting 盛宴
pageantry 壮观，盛会
to re-kindle 重新点燃
a street party 街头派对
a picnic 露天野餐
to tuck into 开怀大吃
a cream tea 英式奶茶和松饼
jellied eels 鳗鱼冻
festivities 庆祝活动
to escort 护送
the Royal barge 皇家游艇
adorned 装饰
spectacular 壮观的
to go off with a bang 极为成功，大受欢迎
a beacon 灯塔，烽火
a beacon of hope 希望的灯塔
to raise a glass 祝贺，庆祝
- They had a big jubilee to celebrate the victory.他们举行盛大的周年纪念活动以祝贺胜利。
- Every Jubilee,to take the opposite case,has served a function.反过来说，历次君主巡幸，都曾起到某种作用。
- Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
- The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。
- The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
- The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
- Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames. 鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。
- She bought some eels for dinner. 她买回一些鳗鱼做晚餐。
- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
- The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
- Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- The walls were adorned with paintings. 墙上装饰了绘画。
- And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers. 他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。
- The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
- The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。
- A chain of beacons was lit across the region. 整个地区点起了一系列灯塔。
- Lighthouse and beacons flash at night. 晚上灯塔与信号台闪着光。
- The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
- The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。