3L英語第四冊lesson111

[00:02.82]第111課 倫敦塔 [00:05.64]Gretel recently went to the Tower of London She enjoyed her visit very much. [00:09.80]最近格萊托參觀了倫敦塔她非常喜歡這次訪問. [00:13.95]She saw the Crown Jewels in the museum there. [00:16.14]她見到了那兒博物館展出的皇冠上的寶石. [00:18.34]The jewels are carefully guarded by men who still wear 16th century costumes [00:21.79]這些寶石被小心的守護(hù)著,被一些穿著16世紀(jì)服裝 [00:25.23]and are known as "Yeomen of the Guard" or "Beefeaters". [00:27.99]叫做王室警衛(wèi)或英國皇家禁衛(wèi)軍儀仗的衛(wèi)士守護(hù)著 [00:30.75]Gretel enjoyed walking round the old buildings and on the well-kept lawns [00:33.84]格萊托喜歡漫步在古老的建筑中或漫步在悉心照管的草坪上. [00:36.94]She saw the famous Tower ravens. [00:38.94]她看到了那個著名塔上的渡鴉. [00:40.93]There is a legend that if these birds ever fly away the Tower will fall. [00:44.12]有個傳說講若這些渡鴉飛走了塔也就倒塌了. [00:47.31]It was a bright day and everything looked cheerful. [00:50.05]那天陽光明媚,一切看上去都那么生氣勃勃. [00:52.79]But,as she walked round, [00:54.44]但就在她東逛西逛時, [00:56.08]Gretel read about the terrible history of the Tower in her guidebook. [00:58.83]格萊托在導(dǎo)游小冊子上讀到該塔一段可怕的歷史. [01:01.57]It was once a prison for kings and queens and important people [01:04.37]它曾是監(jiān)禁國王,王后及顯貴的牢房, [01:07.16]many of whom were executed there. [01:09.05]他們中間許多人在這兒被處決. [01:10.95]Gretel looked at the Traitors' Gate [01:12.75]格萊托看著叛徒門 [01:14.55]and imagined famous people walking through it on their way to execution: [01:17.65]想象著那些有名望的人在去刑場路上經(jīng)過此門時的情景. [01:20.74]two of Henry VIII's wives,Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard; [01:23.64]這些人當(dāng)中有亨利八世的2個妊子:安妮.博林和凱瑟.霍華德 [01:26.54]the great writer,Sir Thomas More and many others. [01:29.35]大作家托馬斯.莫爾先生和其他許多的人. [01:32.16]On such a sunny day, [01:33.86]在這么個晴朗的日子里, [01:35.56]it was hard to imagine so many dreadful things happening at this place. [01:38.51]很難想象得出這么多可悲的事競?cè)痪驮诖说匕l(fā)生過 [01:41.46]Wherever she looked, [01:42.80]無論到哪兒, [01:44.15]Gretel could see tourists everywhere,laughing and enjoying themselves. [01:47.10]格萊托都能看到旅游者.他們笑啊,樂啊!？ [01:50.05]How terrible it must have been [01:51.80]過去那番情景是多么可怕 [01:53.55]and how different it all is today! [01:55.55]跟今天情況相比真是天壤之別.

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