202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side1-20-Ex3.2C
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：202 Useful Exercises for IELTS
Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with Manchester and Liverpool:
i. King John - (gave Liverpool a Royal Charter in 1207; chief port for trade with Ireland)
ii. John Kay - (inventor of the flying shuttle in 1733 which began the revolution in spinning)
iii. Richard Arkwright - (patented a machine for spinning cotton thread in 1769)
iv. George Stephenson - (his locomotive was the first to be used on the Liverpool-Manchester Railway)
v. William Lever - (English soap maker 1 and industrialist 2 who built a Sunlight soap factory)
vi. Friedrich Engels - (manager of textile factory in Manchester, and co-founder of Communism)
vii. Alfred Waterhouse - (designed the imposing 3 Victorian neo-Gothic Town Hall in Manchester)
viii. Ford 4 Madox Brown - (painter, whose series of frescoes 5 depict 6 historical events in Manchester)
ix. Keir Hardie- (politician who urged workers to strike leading to riots in Liverpool in 1911)
x. John Lennon - (Liverpudlian singer, whose songwriting career helped create worldwide acceptance of working-class ethics; murdered in New York in 1980)
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- The industrialist's son was kidnapped.这名实业家的儿子被绑架了。
- Mr.Smith was a wealthy industrialist,but he was not satisfied with life.史密斯先生是位富有的企业家，可他对生活感到不满意。
- The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
- He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
- The Dunhuang frescoes are gems of ancient Chinese art. 敦煌壁画是我国古代艺术中的瑰宝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The frescoes in these churches are magnificent. 这些教堂里的壁画富丽堂皇。 来自《简明英汉词典》