二零二三年 优质公开课【文化知识】PlacesofInterestinLondon.pptx

Cultural Background—Places of Interest in London Buckingham?Palace?is?Queen?Elizabeth?II’s?official?residence(寝宫).?The?State?Rooms(国事厅）in?it?have?been?open?to?the?public?for?the?Summer?Opening?since?1993.?At?first, the?Summer?Opening?was?considered?a?way?to?raise(筹集)?money?for?repairing?Buckingham?Palace,?but?it?became?so?popular?that?the?Queen?has?continued?to?let?visitors?enjoy?it?every?summer.?The?Queen?is?not?at?Buckingham?Palace?when?it?is?open?to?the?public—she?goes?to?one?of?her?country?residences. If?you?are?visiting?at?a?different?time?of?the?year,?go?to?see?the?Changing?of?the?Guard(换岗仪式).Buckingham?Palace The?British?Museum The British Museum was open to the public in 1753 and it continues to be free since then. More than 7 million objects are kept in the British Museum, and it would probably take a week to see everything! Don‘t think the British Museum is full of works of art from old England. In fact, it is full of the treasures(珍品；宝物) the soldiers brought back from far?away places. Those treasures include some collections(收藏品) which are the largest and best-known in the world.Cultural Background—Places of Interest in London London Eye London?Eye?is?135?meters?high?and?has?become?one?of?the?world’s?tallest?observation?wheels(观景摩天轮).?It?has?32?capsules(密闭舱)?and?carries?about?10,000?visitors?every?day.?You?can?travel?in?complete?safety.?And?you?can?see?up?to?40?kilometers?away?in?all?directions?from?each?capsule. Because?of?the?way?the?capsules?are?hung,?it?provides?a?full?360-degree?panorama(360度全景)?when?you?are?at?the?top?of?the?wheel. Cultural Background—Places of Interest in London The name Big Ben is often used to describe(形容) the tower, the clock and the bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell. The?Elizabeth Tower(伊丽莎白塔), which stands at the north end of the Houses of Parliament(议会大厦),?was completed in 1859 and the Great Clock started on 31 May, with the Great Bell‘s strikes(报时) heard for the first time on 11 July and