四大学英语四级美文欣赏：现代建筑林立思维导图

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2023-03-17

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　　Bad news. Unesco may soon stripLondon's two most prominent tourist sites, Westminster's Parliament Square and the Tower of London in the City of their world heritage statu

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Therough-and-tumbleoldcitadelhasbecomesuchaLondonfamiliarthatfewpeoplereallyknowit.WilliamtheConqueror'sWhiteTowerstillsitsnoblyinthecentreofthecomposition,sadlydeprivedoftheoriginallimewashthatgaveititsname.Insidearetheoriginalapartments,twochamberstoeachfloor,andaNormanchapel.Inthebasementisamagnificentarmourymuseum.Thisremainsthefinest11th-centurystructureinBritain.

WilliamtheConqueror征服者威廉，即威廉公爵，法国诺曼底公爵。英格兰第一位诺曼人国王。

depriveof剥夺；失去

armourymuseum兵器博物馆

OntheriversideoftheTowerisTraitor'sGateandasuiteofmedievalchambersfittedoutforHenryIII(whokeptazoointhegrounds).Thismini-palacehasbeenrecreated,completewiththroneroomandpeacefuloratorylookingoutovertheThames–asereneviewtouchedbythesadnessofthosepassingtotheirdeathsbeneath.

throneroom王宫大殿

theThames泰晤士河

sereneadj.平静的；安详的

WithinthispalacerunsthelastmedievalstreetinLondon,amazeofancientwalls,stepsandturrets.HerearetheBloodyTower,Raleigh'sprisonchambers,theCrownJewelsandthe"leads"wherePrincessElizabethwalkedandcontemplateddeathorcoronationduringthereignofherCatholichalf-sister,Mary.TheTowerenclaveasawholeisaremarkablemedievaltownwithinatown.Wheninside,wecanjustaboutloseourselvesinBeefeaters,ravens,blood,gutsandhistory.

amazeof像迷宫般的

loseoneselfin沉浸于；沉迷于

Untilthe1960sTowerHill,overlookingthetoweritself,wassurroundedbythebuildings,mostlywarehouses,ofaworkingGeorgianandVictoriancity.Mosteye-catchingofall,TowerBridge,designedbytheCityarchitect,HoraceJones,in1886,rosedownstreamindeferencetothetoweritself.Themostfamousbasculebridgeintheworldandstillworking,itperfectlycomplementsthebattlementsandvigouroftheConqueror'sfortress.Visitorscanclimbitandlookdownonriverandcitybeneath,gettingacloserandmoreevocativeviewthanfromthebigwheelupstream.

eye-watchingadj.引人瞩目的

TowerBridge伦敦塔桥（从英国伦敦泰晤士河口算起的第一座桥，也是伦敦的象征，有“伦敦正门”之称。）

Thatisaboutit.AsUnescorightlysuggests,nocityinEuropehasshownlessconcernforthesettingofitshistoricbuildingsthanLondon.StKatherine'sDockjustdownstreamofthebridgehasbeenpartlyrestored,butitstowerfacadeiswreckedbyanoverwhelmingglassboxbyLordRogers,andbytheappallingconcreteTowerHotel.Whoeverallowedthistobeputupshouldbeshot,andonedayIassumeitwillbetakendown.

showlessconcernto对……关注较少

takedown拆下；推倒

Acrosstheriverliesthebenightedsiteofwarehousesclearedinthe1970sandleftfallowasplannersargueoverwhattodonext.Hadthewaterfrontbeenrestored,ashappeneddownstreaminWapping,thisareawouldhavebeenyieldingrentandjobsforaquarterofacentury.Thatisthetruecostofso-calledredevelopment.

DirectlyoppositetheToweristhemayorofLondon'sovalbuildingdesignedbyLordFosteranddescribedbyformermayorKenLivingstoneasa"glasstesticle".Itlurchesstrangelytowardstheriverwith,toitsright,thefrigidMoreLondondevelopment.Meanwhile,onthenorthbankupstreamoftheTower,isagiantatriumblockalsobyFoster,blunderingacrossthecontour.

ThesebuildingsshownottheslightestrespectfortheTowerorTowerBridge.Theyaremonumentsonlytoinsipidsteelandglass.

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