第十三篇  the 0ld gate

1       in the middle ages中世纪 the vast大量的 majority大多数的 of european cities had walls around them. this was partly for defensive(1) __ but another factor was the need to keep out阻止进入 anyone regarded as视为undesirable不受欢迎的, like people with contagious感染性的(2) __．the old city of london gates were all(3) __ by the end of the 18th century. the last of london’s gates was removed a century ago, but by a(4) __ of luck,运气it was never destroyed．

1.a)grounds 地面     b)reasons 理由    c)causes原因     d)purposes目的

for defensive reasons    为了防御的原因

2.a)injuries伤害      b)symptoms症状   c)colds感冒    d)diseases疾病

contagious diseases    传染病 

3.a)devoted奉献       b)demolished 毁坏  c)declared 宣布      d)decreased减少

4.a)stroke中风打击        b)wave波浪   c)hit 打击       d)blow吹，打击

固定词组：a stroke of luck     一次好运，幸运的机缘

2 this gate is, in(5) __ fact, not called a gate at all; its name is temple bar圣殿酒吧区, and it marked the(6) __ between the old city of london and westminster. 威斯敏斯特in 1878 the council议会of london took the bar down拆掉, numbered 编号the stones and put the gate in(7) __ because its design was(8) __ it was expensive to(9) __ and it was blocking the traffic．阻塞交通

5.a)real 真正地     b)contemporary同时代的  c)actual 实际的    d)current现在的

固定词组：in actual fact   事实上   = actually = as a matter of fact

6.a)borders 边界    b)part部分    c)boundary分界线   d)line 路线

7.a)storage 存储，仓库   b)store商店储备c)storing储存        d)stock股票股份

固定搭配：in storage

8.a)unrealistic不切实际的     b)unfashionable 过时的

c)unavailable 不能利用的     d)unbearable难以忍受的

9.a)maintain维持维修     b)afford给予提供c)repair修理        d)fix安装

3 the temple bar trust圣殿酒吧区信托基金 was(10) __ in the 1970’s with the intention 意图目的of returning the gate home. the aim of the trust is the(11) __ of the nation’s architectural 建筑的heritage遗产．transporting运输 the gate will mean physically身体上地 pulling it(12) __，stone by stone, removing 移动and rebuilding重建 it near st paul’s cathedral.圣保罗大教堂 transporting运输 the gate will mean physically身体上地 pulling it(12) __，stone by stone, removing 移动and rebuilding重建 it near st paul’s cathedral.圣保罗大教堂

10.a)set out出发开始   b)set up建立开业

c)set off引起动身   d)set back推迟，使—受挫折

11.a)preservation保存建筑    b)reservation 预约

c)conservation保护环境   d)recreation娱乐

1 2.a)up停下来阻止  b)over开到路边  c)on 穿戴   d)down摧毁推翻

most of the facade表明外观of the gate will probably be(13) __，though there is a good(14) __ that the basic structure will be sound.可靠的the hardest (15) __ of all, however, will be to recreate在创造 the statues雕像 of the monarchs君主 that once stood on top of the gate．

1 3.a)replaced取代代替 b)substituted用—代替c)exchanged 交换 d)overtaken赶上

14.a)capacity能力容量   b)opportunity机会 c)possibility可能性 d)chance机会运气

固定搭配：  there is a good chance that    有-----的机会    很有可能发生某事

15.a)requirement要求必需品   b)job 工作 c)necessity需要 d)obligation义务职务