英语听力精选进阶版 6370
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
What is your favourite design? Do you think it will still be stylish 1 in a hundred years' time? This week a group of UK designers have submitted their favourite designs to be placed in a time capsule and buried underground - it will not be reopened until the year 2112.
The burial of the sealed container celebrates the start of construction at the new home of London's Design Museum. The building will house exhibitions and galleries of contemporary and classic designs from around the world and is due to open to the public in 2015.
The museum approached some venerable British designers and architects to ask them which of their favourite symbols they would like to see placed in the capsule. The European flag was selected by artist Cecil Balmond, while Kenneth Grange offered a cylindrical 2 coffee pot, designed by Arne Jacobsen.
As 2012 is London's Olympic year, an Olympic torch was chosen by the director of the museum. British fashion designer Paul Smith opted 3 for a set of limited edition stamps and Thomas Heatherwick - designer of the Olympic cauldron - picked a standard light bulb.
When these souvenirs are rediscovered in a century's time, no one really knows if they will still be in use; whether they maintain their status as style icons 4, or if they will be dismissed as a passing fad 5.
Sir Terence Conran bucked 6 the trend and decided 7 to include a simple tin of anchovies 8. His idea for including the tinned fish was, he claimed, to demonstrate the ineffective use of expiry dates on tinned food. The container is likely to preserve the contents and it may even still be edible 9 in 2112.
So what designs do you think deserve to be remembered in 100 years' time?
Quiz 测验
1. Where is a time capsule buried?
underground
2. What word is used to describe a container when it is tightly closed?
sealed
3. What word describes an object that is round or tube-shaped?
cylindrical
4. What noun is given to an object that is a reminder 10 of the past?
souvenir
5. What idiom describes an action that is different from the way a situation develops in general?
buck the trend
Glossary 词汇表
stylish 有风格的，时髦潇洒的
submitted 递交
time capsule 时间舱
sealed 密封
venerable 令人尊敬的
designers 设计师
architects 建筑设计师
cylindrical 圆柱（筒）形的
limited edition 限量版
souvenirs 纪念品
icons 标志
fad 趋势，潮流
bucked the trend 反潮流
expiry dates 到期日
preserve 保存
edible 可食用的
remembered 记住
- He's a stylish dresser.他是个穿着很有格调的人。
- What stylish women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.巴黎女性时装往往会引导世界时装潮流。
- She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
- After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
- Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- His interest in photography is only a passing fad.他对摄影的兴趣只是一时的爱好罢了。
- A hot business opportunity is based on a long-term trend not a short-lived fad.一个热门的商机指的是长期的趋势而非一时的流行。
- When he tried to ride the horse, it bucked wildly. 当他试图骑上这匹马时，它突然狂暴地跃了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The plane bucked a strong head wind. 飞机顶着强烈的逆风飞行。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- a pizza topped with cheese and anchovies 奶酪鳀鱼比萨饼
- Pesto, mozzarella, parma ham, sun dried tomatoes, egg, anchovies. 核桃香蒜，马苏里拉，巴马火腿，干番茄，鸡蛋，咸鱼。
- Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
- This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。