听美文故事记6级单词05-01
时间：2018-11-30 作者：英语课 分类：听美文故事记6级单词
UNIT 5 1. The Temple of Zeus
In his right hand a figure of Victory made from ivory and gold.In his left hand, his scepter inlaid with all metals, and an eagle perched on the sceptre.The sandals of the god are made of gold, as is his robe. Pausanias the Greek (2nd century AD)
This is the statue of the god in whose honor the Ancient Olympic games were held.It was located on the land that gave its very name to the Olympics.At the time of the games, wars stopped, and athletes came from Asia Minor 1, Syria, Egypt, and Sicily to celebrate the Olympics and to worship their king of gods: Zeus.
Location
At the ancient town of Olympia, on the west coast of modern Greece, about 150 km west of Athens.
History
The ancient Greek calendar starts in 776 BC, for the Olympic games are believed to have started that year.The magnificent temple of Zeus was designed by the architect Libon and was built around 450 BC.Under the growing power of ancient Greece, the simple Doric-style temple seemed too mundane 2, and modifications 3 were needed.The solution: A majestic 4 statue.The Athenian sculptor 5 Pheidias
was assigned for the "sacred" task, reminiscent of Michelangelo's
paintings at the Sistine Chapel 6.
For the years that followed, the temple attracted visitors and worshippers from all over the world.In the second century BC repairs were skillfully made to the aging statue.In the first century AD, the Roman emperor Caligula attempted to transport the statue to Rome.However, his attempt failed when the scaffolding built by Caligula's workmen collapsed 7.After the Olympic games were banned in AD 391 by the emperor Theodosius I as Pagan practices, the temple of Zeus was ordered closed.
Olympia was further struck by earthquakes, landslides 8 and floods, and the temple was damaged by fire in the fifth century AD.Earlier, the statue had been transported by wealthy Greeks to a palace in Constantinople.There, it survived until it was destroyed by a severe fire in AD 462.Today nothing remains 9 at the site of the old temple except rocks and debris 10, the foundation of the buildings, and fallen columns.
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
- I hope I can get an interesting job and not something mundane.我希望我可以得到的是一份有趣的工作，而不是一份平凡无奇的。
- I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact on our awareness.我发现生活有时挺诙谐的，即使是最平凡的事情也能影响我们的感知。
- The engine was pulled apart for modifications and then reassembled. 发动机被拆开改型，然后再组装起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The original plan had undergone fairly extensive modifications. 原计划已经作了相当大的修改。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
- He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。
- A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
- The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。
- The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
- She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。