阿格拉
——一座以泰姬陵馳名的城市

Agra—City of the Taj Mahal

本篇適合：跟讀，背誦

本站我們到達(dá)阿格拉（Agra），一座擁有世界三大文化遺產(chǎn)的城市。

阿格拉擁有世界上最美麗的陵墓——泰姬陵。泰姬陵是世界七大奇跡之一，任何照片和辭藻都無法真正地表達(dá)泰姬陵的美和神奇。除泰姬陵外，阿格拉還有兩處世界文化遺產(chǎn)：阿格拉紅堡和法塔赫布爾西格里古城。阿格拉是典型的印度北方城市，喧鬧、擁擠，但同時(shí)，它也是印度的歷史名城。從16世紀(jì)到18世紀(jì)初，阿格拉一直都是印度的首都，這里融合了登峰造極的藝術(shù)成就與刻骨銘心的愛情故事。

by 璇璣

Agra Fort 阿格拉紅堡

Agra Fort is built with red sandstone, so it is also called Red Fort. You can see many fairy-tale palaces in it.

Taj Mahal 泰姬陵

The Taj Mahal, like the Great Wall, is one of the “Seven Wonders”of the world. It is a tomb in India. A king built it for his dear queen. About 20,000 workers took almost 22 years to build it. Its name means the “crown of the palace”. More than 43 kinds of precious stones make up the jewels in this crown.

This garden tomb is famous for its perfect symmetry: it is as wide as it is high. When people visit it, they need to take off their shoes. And the tickets are expensive in morning and evening, but cheap during the day. Can you guess why?

Henna 海娜手繪

Henna is a form of body art from ancient India. It is traditionally used for happy occasions like holidays, birthdays and weddings in India.

fort [f??t] n. 堡壘

sandstone ['s?ndst??n] n. 砂巖

fairy-tale ['fe?rΙteΙl] adj. 宛如童話故事中的

tomb [tu?m] n. 墳?zāi)?/p>

India ['Ιndj?] n. 印度

crown [kra?n] n. 皇冠

precious ['pre??s] adj. 珍貴的

jewel ['d?u??l] n. 寶石（復(fù)數(shù)：jewels）

perfect ['pз?fΙkt] adj. 完美的

symmetry ['sΙmΙtrΙ] n. 對(duì)稱

wide [waΙd] adj. 寬的

high [haΙ] adj. 高的

take off [teΙk ?f] 脫下

ticket ['tΙkΙt] n. 票（復(fù)數(shù)：tickets）

form [f??m] n. 形式

ancient ['eΙn??nt] adj. 古代的

occasion [?'keΙ??n] n. 場(chǎng)合（復(fù)數(shù)：occasions）

Yoga 瑜伽

Yoga is a way to learn and understand the spiritual India.

Sari 莎麗

The sari is the traditional clothes of an Indian woman. The Indian Sari, believe it or not, is more than 5000 years old!

中文大意請(qǐng)見第45頁。

yoga ['j??ɡ?] n. 瑜伽

spiritual ['spΙrΙtj??l] adj. 精神的

同學(xué)們，背誦是學(xué)習(xí)英語很重要也很有效的一個(gè)途徑。多背誦優(yōu)美的文章，可以讓大家的口語和寫作水平迅速提高喲。

請(qǐng)大家根據(jù)以下英文和中文提示，試著把文章一句一句背下來吧。

1. The Taj Mahal, like ___________, is one of the “__________” of the world.

泰姬陵和長城一樣，是世界“七大奇跡”之一。

2. It is a _____in India.

泰姬陵是位于印度的一座陵墓。

3. A ____ built it for his dear ____.

它是由一位國王為他深愛的王后修建的。

4. About 20,000 workers ____ almost 22 years to ____ it.

大約兩萬名工人花了將近22年時(shí)間來修建泰姬陵。

5. Its ____ means the “crown of the palace”.

泰姬陵名字的意思是“宮廷的皇冠”。

6. More than 43 kinds of precious _____ make up the jewels in this crown.

“皇冠”上的珠寶用了超過43種珍貴的石頭。

7. This garden tomb is ________ its perfect symmetry: it is as wide as it is high.

這座花園墓以它的完美對(duì)稱聞名：整座陵墓的寬度和高度是一樣的。

8. When people _____ it, they need to take off their _____.

進(jìn)入泰姬陵參觀的游客需要脫鞋。

9. And the tickets are ______ in morning and evening, but ______ during the day.

泰姬陵的門票早上和晚上貴，白天則便宜。

10. Can you _____ why?

你知道為什么嗎？

泰姬陵

由于泰姬陵在早晚和白天的景色受光線的影響有一定的差異，所以，它的票價(jià)是實(shí)行早中晚不同價(jià)格收費(fèi)的。如果是在夏天的中午去泰姬陵的話，由于印度夏天氣溫非常高，游客脫了鞋走在燙腳的地面上，便只能蹦蹦跳跳地前行了。所以，要盡量避開夏天中午去哦。這也是為什么下午的票價(jià)會(huì)比早上和晚上高。

法塔赫布爾西格里古城

在阿格拉，有三處世界文化遺產(chǎn)：泰姬陵、阿格拉紅堡和1526年至1658年期間莫臥兒帝國的首都法塔赫布爾西格里（Fatehpur Sikri）古城。法塔赫布爾西格里古城的遺址得名于其附近的一個(gè)名叫西格里的小村，于1986年被列入世界文化遺產(chǎn)。法塔赫布爾西格里古城原意為“勝利城”，始建于16世紀(jì)下半葉，坐落在印度北方城邦阿格拉境內(nèi)。該遺址擁有眾多頗具特色的寺廟和一座氣勢(shì)宏大、裝飾豪華的皇宮，突出地體現(xiàn)了莫臥兒文明的輝煌成就。城市的主體建筑以赤沙石為原料，裝飾著嵌出圖案并刻上各種細(xì)密精致花紋的白色大理石。城中的清真寺是印度最大的清真寺之一，可以容納1萬多名信徒。此外，它還是圣人謝赫·沙利姆·奇斯蒂的陵墓所在地。