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The National Trust

The National Trust in Britain plays an increasingly important part in the preservation for public enjoyment of the best that is left unspoiled of the British countryside. Although the Trust has received practical and moral support from the Government, it is not a rich Government department. It is a voluntary association of people who care for the unspoiled countryside and historic buildings of Britain. It is charity which depends for its existence on voluntary support from members of the public. Its primary duty is to protect places of great natural beauty and places of historical interest.

The attention of the public was first drawn to the dangers threatening the great old houses and castles of Britain by the death of Lord Lothian, who left his great seventeenth-century house to the Trust together with the 4, 500-acre park and estate surrounding it. This gift attracted wide publicity and started the Trust's “Country House Scheme”. Under this scheme, with the help of the Government and the general public, the Trust has been able to save and make accessible to the public about one hundred and fifty of these old houses. Last year about one and three quarters of a million people paid to visit these historic houses, usually at a very small charge.

In addition to country houses and open spaces the Trust now owns some examples of ancient wind and water mills, nature reserves, five hundred and forty farms and nearly two thousand five hundred cottages or small village houses, as well as some complete villages. In these villages no one is allowed to build, develop or disturb the old village environment in any way and all the houses are maintained in their original sixteenth-century style. Over four hundred thousand acres of coastline, woodland, and hill country are protected by the Trust and no development or disturbances of any kind are permitted. The public has free access to these areas and is only asked to respect the peace, beauty and wildlife.

So it is that over the past eighty years the Trust has become a big and important organization and an essential and respected part of national life, preserving all that is of great natural beauty and of historical significance not only for future generations of Britons but also for the millions of tourists who each year invade Britain in search of a great historic and cultural heritage.

词汇：

preservation 维护，保留 castle 城堡

unspoiled 没有毁坏的 accessible 可以到达的，可以得到的

charity 慈善团体 acre 英亩

注释：

1.It is charity which depends for its existence on voluntary support from members of the public.它是个慈善机构，靠公众中的会员资源支持它得以生存。depend on someone for something：在某事上依靠某人。又如：We depend on John for news supplies.在消息来源方面我们依靠约翰。原句中由于depend on 的宾语voluntary support from members of the public 较长，因此，将for its existence 提前。这种现象本文中海油另外两处。第一句中的for public enjoyment和第二段倒数第二句中的accessible to the public都分别被提前。

2.…the Trust has been able to save and make accessible to the public about one hundred and fifty of these old houses.：……托管委员会拯救了大约150座这样的老房子，并使大众能餐馆这些老房子。make something accessible to someone：使某人能接触（或使用）某物。又如：The school has decided to make sports facilities more readily accessible to students.学校决定让学生能更方便地使用体育设施。

3.wind and water mills：靠风力和水流驱动的磨坊。

4.nature reserves：自然保护区

练习：

1. The National Trust is financed by both personal donations and government allocations.