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Eiffel Is an Eyeful1

　　Some2 300 meters up, near the Eiffel Tower"s wind-whipped summit the world comes to scribble3. Japanese,Brazilians, Americans — they graffiti4 their names,loves and politics on the cold iron — transforming the most French of monuments into symbol of a world on the move5.
　　With Paris laid out in miniature6 below，it seems strange that visitors would rather waste time marking their presence than admiring the view7. But the graffiti also raises a question ： Why, nearly 114 years after it was completed,and decades after it ceased to be the world, s tallest structure,is la Tour Eiffel still so popular8?
　　The reasons are as complex as the iron work that graces9 a structure some 90 stories high. But part of the answer is, no doubt, its agelessness. Regularly maintained, it should never rust away. Graffiti is regularly painted over,but the tower lives on.
　　"Eiffel represents Paris and Paris is France. It is very symbolic”，says Hugues Richard10,a 31- year-old Frenchman who holds the record for cycling up to the tower"s second floor 一 747 steps in 19 minutes and 4 seconds, without touching the floor with his feet. "It"s iron lady，It inspires us11 ”， he says.
　　But to what12? After all,the tower doesn" t have a purpose. It ceased to be the world’ s tallest in 1930 when the Chrysler Building13 went up in New York. Yes，television and radio signals are beamed from the top,and Gustave Eiffel,a frenetic builder who died on December 27，aged 91 ,used its height for conducting research into weather, aerodynamics and radio communication.
　　But in essence the tower inspires simply by being there — a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will14. To the technically minded15, it"s an engineering triumph. For lovers, it"s romantic.
　　"The tower will outlast all of us,and by a long way16”，says Isabelle Esnous, whose company manages Eiffel Tower.

 

词汇：

Eiffel Tower (法国巴黎的)埃菲尔铁塔
eyeful /" ˈaɪfʊl / n.引人注目的景象
scribble / "skrɪbl / v.乱涂，乱画
graffiti / grəˈfi:ti：/v.&n .涂写,涂画
iron work 铁制品；铁工
agelessness /" eɪdʒ"ləsnəs / n.永恒，永不过日寸
rust / rʌst / v.生锈（rust away 锈烂掉）
frenetic / frəˈnetɪk / adj.极度激动的，狂乱
aerodynamics / ˌeərəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks / n?空气动力学

 

注释：

1.Eiffel Is an Eyefiil:引人注目的埃菲尔铁塔。由于Eiffel和Eyeful读音相似，使用Eyeful而 不是其他的词是有其修辞效果的。埃菲尔铁塔是古斯塔夫·埃菲尔（Gustave Eiffel，1832— 1923，法国工程师)为1889年的巴黎博览会设计的。该塔在塞纳河南岸，高300公尺（984 英尺）。埃菲尔铁塔的法文是第二段最后一句中的“la Tour Eiffel"。
2.some:意为“approximately;about，，（大约，将近）。如它 40 people attended the rally.大约 有40个人参加了集会。
3.the world comes to scribble:世界各地的人们来此涂鸦。
4.raffiti:在此用作graffito的动词形式，意思是“涂鸦，在墙或其他表面上创作的画或铭刻”。
5.transforming the most French of monuments into symbol of a world on the move.使最有法兰西 色彩的纪念碑成为动感世界的象征。the most + adj. + of + n.意为“在……中最为…… 的” 如：Beethoven is the greatest of musicians.贝多芬是最伟大的音乐家。on the move:在 运动中。
6.in miniature:小型的，小规模的，缩影的
7….would rather waste time marking their presence than admiring the view.宁愿花时间留下到此一游的痕迹,而不去观赏风景。would rather…than:宁愿……而不……： He would rather stay at home watching DVD than going to the cinema.他宁愿待在家里8.看 DVD,而不愿到电影院去看电影。
8.在原句Why is la Tour Eiffel still so popular?的 Why 与 la Tour Eiffel still so popular?之间插 AT nearly 114 years after it was completed, and decades after it ceased to be the world"s tallest structure.
9.graces:在此作动词，意为“to give beauty, elegance, or charm to”（使……优美，优雅或具有魅力）o
10.Hugues Richard:法国自行车运动员，多次打破自行车运动的世界纪录，于2002年4月8日 以19分钟零4秒的成绩骑自行车登上埃菲尔铁塔的第二层，第六次打破自行车运动的世 界纪录。
11.“It’s iron lady,it inspires us. ”：“这是铁娘子，能让人产生灵感。”It指埃菲尔铁塔。
12.But to what?这是一个省略句,接着上段Hugues Richard的话发问，完整的句子可以是:But what does it inspire people to?
13.the Chrysler Building:是美国纽约帝国大厦（the Empire State Building)建成之前，世界第一 高楼，共77层，设计师是William Van Alen。
14….a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will:—张空白的画布，任游客自由遐想
15.To the technically minded:对于那些善于从技术角度考虑问题的人来说，从技术的角度来 说。
16."The tower will outlast all of us,and by a long way. ”：“这座塔将在我们所有的人离去后长 久存在。”outlast：意为“ to last longer than”（比……持久）。out-：前缀，意思是“比…… 更…”。如：Women are said to outlive men.据说女人比男人长寿。
by a long way ：副词，意思是“大大地”。

Which of the following is nearest in meaning to “（The Eiffel Tower is like)a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will”?

A:Visitors can do whatever they want on the tower. B:Visitors can paint on the tower whatever they want. C:Visitors can imagine freely what the tower represents. D:Visitors can draw on a blank canvas provided by the Tower management company.

Eiffel Is an Eyeful1

    Some2 300 meters up, near the EiffelTower"s wind-whipped summit the world comes to scribble3. Japanese, Brazilians, Americans — they graffiti4 their names, loves and politics on the cold iron — transforming the most French of monuments into symbol of a world on the move. 5

    With Paris laid out in miniature6 below，it seems strange that visitors would rather waste time marking their presence than admiring the view7. But the graffiti also raises a question ： Why, nearly 114 years after it was completed, and decades after it ceased to be the world, s tallest structure, is la Tour Eiffel still so popular8?

    The reasons are as complex as the iron work that graces9 a structure some 90 stories high. But part of the answer is, no doubt, its agelessness. Regularly maintained, it should never rust away. Graffiti is regularly painted over,but the tower lives on.

    "Eiffel representsParisandParisisFrance. It is very symbolic”，says Hugues Richard10, a 31- year-old Frenchman who holds the record for cycling up to the tower"s second floor 一 747 steps in 19 minutes and 4 seconds, without touching the floor with his feet. "It"s iron lady，It inspires us11 ”， he says.

    But to what12? After all, the tower doesn" t have a purpose. It ceased to be the world’ s tallest in 1930 when the Chrysler Building13 went up inNew York. Yes，television and radio signals are beamed from the top, and Gustave Eiffel, a frenetic builder who died on December 27，aged 91 ,used its height for conducting research into weather, aerodynamics and radio communication.

    But in essence the tower inspires simply by being there _ a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will14. To the technically minded15, it"s an engineering triumph. For lovers, it"s romantic.

    "The tower will outlast all of us, and by a long way16”，says Isabelle Esnous, whose company manages Eiffel Tower.


词汇：

Eiffel /"aifel/ Tower (法国巴黎的)埃菲尔铁塔

eyeful /"aiful/ n.引人注目的景象

scribble /"skribl/ v.乱涂，乱画

graffiti /grs"fizti：/ 涂写,涂画

iron work 铁制品；铁工

agelessness /"eid3lisnis/ n.永恒，永不过日寸

rust /rASt/ v.生锈（rust away 锈烂掉）

frenetic /frs"netik/ a办极度激动的

tinker /"tiqko/ n.白铁匠，能做各种小修小补的人

aerodynamics /leorsudai"naemiks/ 空气动力学


注释：

1.Eiffel Is an Eyeful:引人注目的埃菲尔铁塔。由于Eiffel和Eyeful读音相似，使用Eyeful而 不是其他的词是有其修辞效果的。埃菲尔铁塔是古斯塔夫?埃菲尔（Gustave Eiffel，1832— 1923，法国工程师)为1889年的巴黎博览会设计的。该塔在塞纳河南岸，高300公尺（984 英尺）。埃菲尔铁塔的法文是第二段最后一句中的“la Tour Eiffel"。
2.some:意为“approximately; about，，（大约，将近）。如它 40 people attended the rally.大约 有40个人参加了集会。
3.the world comes to scribble:世界各地的人们来此涂鸦。
4.graffiti:在此用作graffito的动词形式，意思是“涂鸦，在墙或其他表面上创作的画或铭刻”。
5.transforming the most French of monuments into symbol of a world on the move.使最有法兰西 色彩的纪念碑成为动感世界的象征。the most + adj. + of + n.意为“在……中最为…… 的” 如：Beethoven is the greatest of musicians.贝多芬是最伟大的音乐家。on the move:在 运动中。
6.in miniature:小型的，小规模的，缩影的
7.would rather waste time marking their presence than admiring the view.宁愿花时间留下到此一游的痕迹,而不去观赏风景。would rather…than:宁愿……而不……： He would rather stay at home watching DVD than going to the cinema.他宁愿待在家里看 DVD,而不愿到电影院去看电影。
8.在原句Why is la Tour Eiffel still so popular?的 Why 与 la Tour Eiffel still so popular?之间插 AT nearly 114 years after it was completed, and decades after it ceased to be the world"s tallest structure.
9.graces:在此作动词，意为“to give beauty, elegance, or charm to”（使……优美，优雅或具有魅力）
10.Hugues Richard:法国自行车运动员，多次打破自行车运动的世界纪录，于2002年4月8日 以19分钟零4秒的成绩骑自行车登上埃菲尔铁塔的第二层，第六次打破自行车运动的世 界纪录。
11.“It’s iron lady, it inspires us. ”：“这是铁娘子，能让人产生灵感。”It指埃菲尔铁塔。
12.But to what?这是一个省略句,接着上段Hugues Richard的话发问，完整的句子可以是:But what does it inspire people to?
13.the Chrysler Building:是美国纽约帝国大厦（the Empire State Building)建成之前，世界第一 高楼，共77层，设计师是William Van Alen。
14.a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will:—张空白的画布，任游客自由遐想
15.To the technically minded:对于那些善于从技术角度考虑问题的人来说，从技术的角度来说。
16."The tower will outlast all of us, and by a long way. ”：“这座塔将在我们所有的人离去后长 久存在。”outlast：意为“ to last longer than”（比……持久）。out-：前缀，意思是“比…… 更…”。如：Women are said to outlive men.据说女人比男人长寿。by a long way ：副词，意思是“大大地”。

Which of the following is nearest in meaning to “（The Eiffel Tower is like)a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will ______？

A:Visitors can do whatever they want on the tower. B:Visitors can paint on the tower whatever they want. C:Visitors can imagine freely what the tower represents. D:Visitors can draw on a blank canvas provided by the Tower management company.

Across the Deserts

　　The SaharaDesertis the largest desert in the world. It stretches across Africa fromSenegaltoEgypt. TheSaharaDesertis an unfriendly environment. During the day it"s very hot, and at night it’s sometimes very cold. It is also difficult to find water in theSahara.

　　In 2006, Kevin Lin, Ray Zahab, and Charlie Engle decided to do something very difficult. They made the decision to run across the Sahara Desert 4,300 miles (6,920km). It seemed impossible to do, but they wanted to try. The three men liked to test themselves, and this would be a very big test.

　　On the morning of November 2, Kevin, Ray, and Charlie started their trip across theSahara. Every morning they began running at 5:00. At11 a.m. they stopped and rested until 5 p.m. Then they ran again until 9:30 in the evening. Each day they ran about 40 miles (64 km). Every day it was the same thing. They got up and ran. They listened to music on their iPods, and they ran and ran.

　　Kevin, Ray, and Charlie needed to eat a lot of food during their trip. Most people need about 2,000 calories of food each day. Kevin, Ray, and Charlie needed between 6,000 and 9,000 calories every day. That"s a lot of food! They also needed to drink a lot of water.

　　The three men had some problems on their trip, and many times they wanted to quit and go home. It was often very hot (140°F/60°C) during the day, and the heat made them sick. Their legs and feet hurt. Sometimes it was very windy, and they couldn"t see. One time they got lost. But they didn"t quit. After 111 days, Kevin, Ray; and Charlie successfully finished their trip across theSaharaDesert. They hugged each other and put their hands in the water of theRed Sea. Then they ran to a hotel to take a long shower.

　　词汇：

　　Stretch / strɛtʃ / v. 延伸，伸展

　　Calorie / "kælərɪ / n. 卡(路里)，小卡，大卡

　　Quit / kwɪt / v. 停止，放

　　注释：

　　1. ... made the decision to run across ...：......决正跑步横跨......

In the middle of the day: the men usually stopped running.

A:Right B:Wrong C:mentioned


Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.

I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, 21 that was over twenty years ago. During the war, I was at school in the north of England. As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to 22 me as a pupil. I used to go with him but he had such a 23 time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near we lived, but the more my father argued, the more 24 it became. In the end, we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for 25 an hour. While we were waiting, I 26 around at the school building, which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finally 27 us into his office. Mr. Andrews spoke to me first. "Why do you want to come here" he asked. I had been thinking of saying something about studying but I couldn’t 28 remembering the boys outside. "I don’t know anyone in London," I said. "I like to play with the other boys. I like to read a lot of books too." I 29 . "All right," Mr. Andrews said. "We have one place 30 , in fact."
My two years at that school were the happiest of my life.

A:empty B:free C:blank D:bare

Have you filled up the form

Of all things in the world, I most dislike filling up forms ; in fact, I have a (51) horror of it. Applying for a living license, (52) for an evening course, booking a holiday abroad-everything nowadays seem to involve (53) information about one’s personal life and habits that has little or nothing to do with the matter (54) hand. When applying for a job, it may be (55) some obscure interest to a (56) employer to learn that I collect stamp or had measles as a child, but why should he conceivably want to know that my father was a tobacconist who died in 1988
The authorities who (57) one to fill up forms, frequently demand answers to questions that one would hesitate to put (58) one’s intimate friends. The worst of it is that, when (59) with such questions, my mind goes blank. Have I ever suffered from a serious illness My mother always assured me I was "delicate". Do I suffer from any personal defects Well, I wear contact lenses and my upper teeth are not my own, but perhaps the word "defects" (60) to my character. Am I supposed to (61) that I like gambling, and find it difficult to get up in the morning Both of them are true.
Of all, I think job applications are the worst, "education"—previous experience—post held give (62) ... Terrified by the awful warning about giving false (63) which appear at the bottom of the form, I struggle to remember what exams I passed and how long I worked for what firms. (64) hard I try, there always seems to be a year or two for which I cannot satisfactorily account and which I am certain, if left (65) , will give the impression that I was in prison or engaged in some occupation too dubious to mention.

A:vacant B:empty C:blank D:unwritten


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