Hello，boys and girls！we will talk about the castles around the world.Do you know something about that？

There are lots of castles in the world. Some were the homes of kings and queens. Some were for wars. Every castle has its own interesting stories.世界上有很多的城堡，有一些是國王和王后的家，有一些是戰(zhàn)爭的需要。每一個城堡都有屬于它自己的故事。

Talk about a fairytale童話城堡：新天鵝城堡

Germany has many old and beautiful castles. Neuschwanstein Castle （新天鵝城堡） is a famous one. Disneyland Parks Sleeping Beauty Castle copies （復制） it. Newschwanstein Castle is on a cliff （懸崖）. People built it for King Ludwig II in 1869. The king was not good at ruling （統(tǒng)治） the country. He lost his power. But he loved art. He always wanted a fairytale castle. It took 23 years to build the castle.

德國有許多古老而又美麗的城堡，新天鵝城堡就是最著名的一座。迪士尼樂園的睡美人城堡就是仿照它來建造的。新天鵝城堡建在懸崖上，它是1869年人們?yōu)榘头ダ麃唶趼返戮S希二世建造的行宮，這位國王并不善于統(tǒng)治國家，所以他失去了他的權(quán)力，但他很愛藝術(shù)，他一直想要一座童話般的城堡。建造這座城堡用了23年。（棉花糖：一個天生的藝術(shù)家降生在帝王家，對路德維希二世來說，并不是件好事。）

Spooky castle吸血鬼城堡：拜恩古堡

Bran Castle has a long story. Many years ago， a cruel （殘暴的） man lived in the castle. He liked to drink the blood of people.拜恩古堡有一個很悠遠的故事。很久以前，有一個很殘暴的人住在這座城堡里，他喜歡喝人血。

Bran Castle has 57 rooms. But theres not a single（沒有一個）bathroom.拜恩古堡有57個房間，但一間浴室也沒有。（棉花糖：也許是吸血鬼不喜歡洗澡吧，哈哈?。?img alt="" src="https://cimg.fx361.com/images/2017/04/05/xycc201609xycc20160923-1-l.jpg" style="">

A lot of people thought vampires （吸血鬼） lived there. No one went near the castle at night. But its just a story. Actually （實際上）， no vampires lived there. The castle is in Romania （羅馬尼亞）.許多人認為吸血鬼就住在那里，所以在夜晚，沒有人敢靠近這座城堡。但它只是一個故事，實際上并沒有什么吸血鬼住在那里。這座城堡坐落在羅馬尼亞。（棉花糖：故事歸故事，但這樣的故事讓城堡更加神秘、更有魅力啦！）

Castle for wizards魔幻城堡：安尼克城堡

Alnwick castle is in England. It is around 900 years old. Harry Potter and his classmates have broomstick （掃把） flying lessons outside this castle in the movie.安尼克城堡坐落在英格蘭，它已經(jīng)有900多年的歷史了。在電影《哈利波特》中，哈利波特和他的同學們就是在這座城堡的外邊上掃把飛行課的。（棉花糖：難怪這座城堡看上去那么眼熟呢，對吧？）

People built the castle for wars a long time ago. Then， some noblemen （貴族） bought （買） the castle. Some of their children still live there now.很久以前，人們建造這座城堡是為戰(zhàn)爭的需要。如今，他們的子孫們?nèi)匀簧钤谀抢?。（棉花糖：安尼克城堡最早建?1世紀，那時古堡還十分簡陋，主要用來抵抗北方的蘇格蘭人和諾曼人。這座城堡見證了英格蘭和蘇格蘭之間長期的殘酷戰(zhàn)爭。）

Himeji Castle櫻花下的城堡：姬路城堡

Himeji Castle is the largest castle in Japan. It has 83 buildings. Theyre all made of （由……制成） wood. People like to call it the“White Heron Castle （白鷺城）”because of its beautiful white walls.姬路城堡是日本最大的城堡，一共有83個建筑，它們?nèi)坑赡绢^制造。因為它那美麗的白色城墻，所以人們更喜歡稱它為“白鷺城”。（棉花糖：更具體一點的說，它白色的城墻及蜿蜒的屋檐造型，非常像展翅欲飛的白鷺，所以叫它“白鷺城”很貼切。）

Grammar

Because of 后面接名詞，意思是“因為……”。

比如：Tom walks slowly because of his bad legs.（湯姆走得很慢是因為他的腳受傷了。）

那么它和because有什么區(qū)別呢？because后面接完整的句子。比如：I ran because I was afraid.（我跑是因為我害怕。）

Have a go請你根據(jù)劃線的部分提問。

1. It took 23 years to build the castle.

_____ _____ did it take to build the castle？