英语听力：自然百科 真实的庞贝—10
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2015年
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So this is how it begins. The 17 years between the earthquake and the final eruption 1 are, on a geological scale, just a blink of an eye. But in the world in which the Romans live, a natural disaster is the action of an angry god. So instead of heeding 2 the warning and abandoning a doomed 3 city, the people of Pompeii do just the opposite. They try to appease 4 their gods, remaking the temples of the forum 5 bigger and grander than before, cladding white marble on the eve of the eruption, it appears indestructible.
2000 years later at the ruins, the forum is now the focus of a surprising piece of research. For decades, this building has puzzled archaeologists. It's one of the largest here, but no one has ever determined 6 its purpose.
We stand in some kind of colonnaded 7 porch with a special feature which is a raised platform, the sort of space which could be used for giving speeches, making public announcements, and almost certainly for auctions 8. The question is, what was actually auctioned 9 here?
1 eruption
n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作
- The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
- The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
2 heeding
v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的现在分词 )
- This come of heeding people who say one thing and mean another! 有些人嘴里一回事，心里又是一回事，今天这个下场都是听信了这种人的话的结果。 来自辞典例句
- Her dwarfish spouse still smoked his cigar and drank his rum without heeding her. 她那矮老公还在吸他的雪茄，喝他的蔗酒，睬也不睬她。 来自辞典例句
3 doomed
命定的
- The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
- A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
4 appease
v.安抚，缓和，平息，满足
- He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
- The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。
5 forum
n.论坛，讨论会
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
6 determined
adj.坚定的；有决心的
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
7 colonnaded
adj.有列柱的，有柱廊的
- Here, the colonnaded streets, arches and theaters are in exceptional condition. 在这里，廊柱的街道，拱门、剧院都非平常。 来自互联网
- The colonnaded temples of ancient Greece are famous. 古希腊有柱廊的神殿十分著名。 来自互联网