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Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark Cutty Sark?in dock, Greenwich - January 2005 The?Cutty Sark?is a?clipper?ship高速帆船. Built in 1869, she served as a?merchant vessel?商船, and then as a training ship教练船 until being put on public display in 1954. Cutty Sark?was destined for the?tea?trade, then an intensely competitive race across the globe from?China?to?London, with a substantial bonus to the ship to arrive with the first tea of the year. ? In the most famous race against?Thermopylae?[θ?m?p?li:] in 1872, both ships left?Shanghai?together on 18 June, but two weeks later?Cutty Sark?lost her?rudder?船舵af