B1 Unit 10 Text 1 英汉对照(原Unit10) 课件.docVIP

Tｅｘt Onｅ Lonｄon 　 Lｏndon, with the　Ｒiver Thａmeｓ　flowiｎg　thrｏugh　it,　ｈas　ｓeeｎ a ｌong ｈistｏrｙ aｎｄ has grown　ｉnto　one vａst　uｒｂan area duｒing the ｐasｔ centuriｅs、　Iｔ is ｔhe poliｔical, cultｕral, aｎd fiｎancial　ｃentre of　Great Ｂritａiｎ。 Aｎｄ there are world—ｆａmouｓ museｕms and aｒt gａlleries、 Reａd the folｌowｉng tｅxt　and　ｙｏｕ　wilｌ　kｎow more abouｔ Lｏｎdon、 　 Wｈen we ｔhink　of Pａｒis,　Romｅ, Mａｄｒid, Aｔｈｅnｓ and other Ｅurｏpｅａn caｐitａls, wｅ think oｆ　thｅｍ as ＂citｉｅs＂。 When we　thinｋ oｆ the whoｌe of modｅrn Lonｄon, thaｔ great area covering sｅvｅｒal　ｈundred squaｒe ｍileｓ, wｅ do nｏt ｔhink ｏf it as　＂a　citｙ”, ｎot　ｅvｅn　as ａ citｙ　ａnd　iｔｓ　suburbs.　Modeｒn Lonｄon iｓ　ｎoｔ oｎｅ cｉtｙ tｈat has stｅａdｉly groｗｎ larｇer througｈ the ｃeｎｔｕries; it　iｓ a　number of cｉtiｅs,　townｓ and　villagｅs　thaｔ　haｖe, during ｔhｅ past　ceｎｔurieｓ,　ｇrown　ｔｏgether tｏ maｋe oｎe ｖast　urbａn area. 　　 　Lonｄｏn　today ｓtretcheｓ　fｏｒ neａｒly thｉrｔy ｍｉleｓ　fｒoｍ noｒtｈ to souｔｈ and for ｎearly tｈirty ｍｉles　ｆrom easｔ ｔo weｓt、 Thｉs iｓ　ｔhe area knｏwｎ aｓ ”Greaｔｅr London, wiｔｈ a ｐｏｐulａtion ｏｆ　nｉne ｍｉｌｌion。 Ｔhe ”Ciｔｙ ｏf London＂ ｉs a veｒy　ｓmaｌl paｒｔ of　ｔhe　whoｌe; iｔ　iｓ oｎly　one ｓqｕａrｅ ｍilｅ in arｅa, ａnd the nｕmｂｅｒ　of　pｅople　whｏ livｅ and sｌeep in ”tｈe Ｃity is onｌy aｂoｕt ｔｅｎ thｏusａnd、 　 Ｉｆ　yｏu couｌd ｆｌy ｌｏｗ ｏver　Lｏndon ｉn aｎ aerｏplane, ｆｏr example, ｙoｕ wｏｕld see below you tｈe Riｖｅr Ｔhaｍｅs,　flowing fｒｏm　west ｔo eaｓt anｄ　dｉｖiｄiｎg London inｔo the tｗo ｐaｒts ｋnowｎ　ａs tｈe north banｋ　and ｔhe sｏｕｔh bank。　The ｄiviｓｉon bｅtween　＂the　Cｉｔy” and　the　＂Ｗesｔ End” woｕｌd ｂｅ ｌeｓs obviouｓ　frｏｍ　thiｓ bird’ｓ－eye vｉｅw。 Ｉf, fｒom　the aｉr, ｗe picｋ oｕt a few laｎｄｍarks, we　will find it　easier ｔo ｕnderstand hｏｗ Loｎdon hａs grｏwn.　Two　ｌandmarkｓ stanｄ out　clｅａrly: St。 Ｐauｌ’s　Catheｄｒal in ｔhe City, and, abｏｕt twｏ mｉlｅｓ westｗards, the gｒoup of ｂｕｉldings nｅａr　Wｅsｔmiｎsｔer Bridge, the Palacｅ of Westｍｉnstｅr　and Westｍｉnsteｒ Abbｅｙ、 Liｎkｉng tｈem we ｍaｙ seｅ a ｍaｉn　strｅeｔ calｌｅd　the Strａnd、 　 Ｔhese two landmarks　are a gｕｉde ｔo the groｗth of Lｏndon、 Ｒoｕnｄ Ｓt.　Paulｓ ｉｓ ｔhｅ　ｏriginａl　Ｌoｎｄon,　the　oｌｄest