Zurich—the Little Big City in Switzerland
蘇黎世——瑞士的“迷你大城市”
本站我們到達(dá)瑞士第一大城市蘇黎世。
本篇適合:跟讀,背誦
蘇黎世是瑞士聯(lián)邦(Swiss Confederation)最大的城市、主要的商業(yè)和文化中心,也是瑞士銀行業(yè)的代表城市、世界金融中心之一。
蘇黎世是全歐洲最富裕的城市,也是世界上最宜居的城市之一。它坐落在蘇黎世湖北岸,阿爾卑斯山的腳下,景色優(yōu)美,綠樹成蔭;它歷史悠久,中世紀(jì)的古堡、噴泉與現(xiàn)代的住宅、旅館交錯其中。漫步城中,市容整齊、潔凈,處處是鮮花綠草與別致的建筑物,因此蘇黎世也被譽為“湖上的花園城”。
by WJ
Lake Zurich·蘇黎世湖
Switzerland is a small country in the middle of Europe. It is famous for its high mountains, thick forests and blue lakes.
Bahnhofstrasse·班霍夫大街
Zurich is Switzerland’s largest city, but it is not its capital. Though it is the largest city, it likes to call itself the “Little Big City”.
Zurich is famous for banking and stock exchange in the world. It is also the business and financial centre for Switzerland.
In Zurich, there are some beautiful churches. One of them is St. Peter Church. Zurich it is not all about business and churches, the Bahnhofstrasse and Lake Zurich are also its landmarks. Every year, Zurich hosts a great Street Parade in the month of August.
Zurich has a small population of 360,000. It is a small city but it has a big charm to attract travellers.
St. Peter Church·圣彼得教堂
中文大意請見第45頁。
Zurich [?z??rΙk] n. 蘇黎世
Switzerland [?swΙts?l?nd] n. 瑞士(歐洲中部國家)
Europe [?j??r?p] n. 歐洲
mountain [?ma?ntΙn] n. 山,山脈(復(fù)數(shù):mountains)
forest [?f?rΙst] n. 森林,林木(復(fù)數(shù):forests)
large [lɑ?d?] adj. 大的,巨大的(最高級:largest)
capital [?k?pΙt?l] n. 首都,首府
though [e??] conj. 雖然,盡管
banking [?b??kΙ?] n. 銀行業(yè)
stock exchange [st?k Ιks?t∫eΙnd?] 證券交易所
financial [faΙ?n?n∫?l] adj. 財政的,金融的
church [t∫з?t∫] n. 教堂,禮拜堂(復(fù)數(shù):churches)
Bahnhofstrasse [b?nh?fs?tr?s] n. 班霍夫大街(蘇黎世著名的購物街)
landmark [?l?ndmɑ?k] n. 地標(biāo)建筑,里程碑(復(fù)數(shù):landmarks)
host [h??st] v. 主辦(第三人稱單數(shù):hosts)
parade [p??reΙd] n. 游行
population [,p?pj??leΙ∫?n] n. 人口
charm [t∫ɑ?m] n. 吸引力,魅力
attract [??tr?kt] v. 吸引
填出下列橫線上所缺單詞:
1. Switzerland is _________ _________ _________ in the middle of Europe.
瑞士是歐洲中部的一個小國。
2. It is _________ _________ its high mountains, thick forests and _________ _________.它因其高高的山脈、茂密的森林和碧藍(lán)的湖泊而著稱。
3. Zurich is Switzerland’s _________ _________, but it is not _________ _________.
蘇黎世是瑞士最大的城市,但并不是首都。
4. Though it is _________ _________ _________, it likes to call itself the “_________ _________ ________”.
雖然它是最大的城市,但它喜歡自稱“迷你大城市”。
5. Zurich is famous for banking and stock exchange _________ _________ __________.蘇黎世因銀行業(yè)和證券交易所而聞名于世。
6. It is also the _________ _________ __________ centre for Switzerland.
它也是瑞士的商業(yè)和金融中心。
7. In Zurich, there are some _________ _________.
在蘇黎世,有一些美麗的教堂。
8. _________ _________ __________ is St. Peter Church.
其中一所是圣彼得教堂。
9. Zurich it is _________ _________ __________ business and churches,the Bahnhofstrasse and Lake Zurich are also _________ _________.
蘇黎世并非只有商業(yè)和教堂,班霍夫大街和蘇黎世湖也是其地標(biāo)。
10. Every year, Zurich hosts a great Street Parade in _________ _________ __________ __________.
每年,蘇黎世都會在八月主辦一場大型的街頭狂歡游行。
11. Zurich has a _________ _________ of 360,000.
蘇黎世只有區(qū)區(qū)36萬人口。
12. It is a _________ _________ but it has a _________ _________ to attract travellers.
它是一個小城市,但擁有著吸引游客的巨大魅力。
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