聽好書學(xué)英語人文類the rise and fall of the great powers 02

<p>[ti:未知]<br /> [ar:]<br /> [al:]<br /> [by:]<br /> [00:02.95]知行英語<br /> [00:31.13]the rise and fall of the great powers<br /> [00:34.28]大國的興衰<br /> [00:40.25]The power struggles between 1600 and 1815<br /> [00:45.15]were more complicated<br /> [00:46.78]as Spain and the Netherlands declined<br /> [00:49.89]while France, Britain, Russia,<br /> [00:53.43]Austria and Prussia rose to dominate diplomacy, and warfare.<br /> [01:00.06]Britain gained an advantage<br /> [01:02.19]by creating an advanced banking and credit system and,<br /> [01:06.54]together with Russia had the capacity to intervene<br /> [01:10.36]while being geographically sheltered<br /> [01:13.16]from the center of conflict.<br /> [01:15.62]Britain also started the industrial revolution<br /> [01:18.76]before the others,<br /> [01:20.54]providing a great wealth creation advantage.<br /> [01:25.37]講解<br /> [02:06.14]語言點<br /> [02:07.82]together with  連同，和<br /> [02:10.47]He sent me the book, together with a letter.<br /> [02:20.79]as well as / along with / in addition to / besides<br /> [02:28.37]George, as well as his brother, has gone abroad.<br /> [02:35.60]Tobacco is taxed in most countries, along with drink.<br /> [02:46.21]For a century after 1815<br /> [02:49.13]no single nation was able to make a bid for domination,<br /> [02:54.03]allowing Britain to rise to its zenith in naval,<br /> [02:57.98]colonial and commercial terms<br /> [03:00.73]based on its virtual monopoly<br /> [03:03.33]of steam-driven industrial production.<br /> [03:07.41]講解<br /> [03:25.67]Industrialization spread in the second<br /> [03:28.61]half of the 19th century tilting the balance of power<br /> [03:33.36]but also introduced more complicated<br /> [03:36.67]and expensive weaponry that transformed the nature of war<br /> [03:41.60]and made the world less stable and more complex.<br /> [03:47.28]講解<br /> [04:06.93]The European Great Powers declined<br /> [04:09.38]while the US and Russia moved to the forefront.<br /> [04:13.79]Germany was the only European country<br /> [04:16.37]to stay with the future world powers;<br /> [04:19.54]Japan was intent only on domination<br /> [04:22.59]in East Asia and Britain,<br /> [04:25.16]with its declining relative position,<br /> [04:27.60]found it more difficult to defend its global interests.<br /> [04:32.66]講解<br /> [04:55.21]語言點<br /> [04:58.75]be intent on<br /> [05:04.55]be intent on one's studies<br /> [05:09.21]be intent on<br /> [05:12.88]He's intent on going to Australia.<br /> [05:18.62]intend<br /> [05:20.19]intent<br /> [05:24.94]intend  計劃，打算<br /> [05:28.74]Today, I intend to finish reading this book.<br /> [05:44.57]World War I was an exhausting struggle<br /> [05:47.69]that left Europe and Russia weakened,<br /> [05:50.27]Japan better off<br /> [05:52.07]and the US indisputably the strongest power in the world.<br /> [05:57.14]However, US and Russian isolationism<br /> [06:01.67]allowed France and Britain<br /> [06:03.70]to remain center-stage diplomatically<br /> [06:06.95]- a position they did not justify in power terms<br /> [06:11.10]- but by the 1930s Italy,<br /> [06:14.82]Japan and Germany became challengers<br /> [06:18.24]while Russia was becoming an industrial superpower.<br /> [06:22.42]World War II eclipsed France,<br /> [06:26.50]irretrievably weakened Britain,<br /> [06:28.63]brought defeat to the Axis nations<br /> [06:31.80]and left a bipolar world with military<br /> [06:35.53]and economic resources roughly in balance.<br /> [06:40.62]講解<br /> [07:28.34]語言點<br /> [07:31.34]in…terms<br /> [07:33.60]in terms of<br /> [07:39.09]In terms of money,<br /> [07:40.60]he's quite rich, but not in terms of happiness.<br /> [08:02.32]出版社：國際文化出版公司<br /> [08:04.35]出版日期：2006-1<br /> [08:06.54]頁數(shù)：527<br /> [08:14.94]知行提示</p>

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