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美国英语听力80篇1 Lesson10

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[00:04.49]It is spring ... a time of year when many Americans like to visit historic1 homes and gardens.
[00:10.84]One such place in the eastern state of Delaware is also a museum of early American arts.
[00:17.42]It is a more than 390-hectare property called "winterthur'.
[00:23.14]Steve Ember has more.
[00:25.34]Winterthur was a working farm for 150 years before it was opened to the public.
[00:33.33]Frenchman Eleuthere Irenee du Pont bought the first 182 hectares of land in the early 1800s.
[00:41.33]His daughter Evelina and her husband Jacques Biderman built the house in 1839.
[00:47.93]They named it after his family home in Switzerland.
[00:51.46]Henry Francis du Pont became the owner of the property in 1926.
[00:57.39]He collected American furniture and art made in the United States before 1860.
[01:04.24]He began adding rooms to the house so that he could show what he had bought.
[01:09.85]Mister du Pont supervised2 the farms on the property
[01:13.61]and developed an art and history research library too.
[01:18.03]He also created and improved garden areas around the house.
[01:23.67]He opened the house and grounds to the public in 1951.
[01:29.34]Henry Francis du Pont died in 1969.
[01:34.15]He left the house,garden and library for the public to enjoy.
[01:39.84]About 200,000people visit each year,
[01:43.71]Today, the art and furniture he collected can be seen in some of the 175 rooms in Winterthur.
[01:52.69]Visitors see examples of early American furniture, rugs3, wallhangings, dishes and silver.
[02:00.63]Silver drinking mugs made by the famous colonial4 citizen, Paul Revere5,
[02:05.75]and dinner plates owned by George Washington are part of the collection.
[02:11.34]Outside, visitors enjoy beautiful gardens of flowers and plants.
[02:17.04]They can walk through the flower gardens or ride around them in a bus-like vehicle.
[02:23.60]Winterthur also holds special events on holidays like an Easter egg hunt in the spring,
[02:30.78]and Christmas tours in the winter.


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1 historic AcNxw     
adj.历史上著名的,具有历史意义的
参考例句:
  • This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
  • We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
2 supervised cec2158311659e4fa817f25aad310c2f     
v.监督,管理( supervise的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The architect supervised the building of the house. 建筑工程师监督房子的施工。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He supervised and trained more than 400 volunteers. 他指导和培训了400多名志愿者。 来自辞典例句
3 rugs ded0bc56b73ad7b9fbdb21cd72bd64da     
n.小块地毯( rug的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • rugs handmade by local craftsmen 由当地工艺师手工制作的小地毯
  • Try to avoid colours that jar when choosing curtains and rugs. 选择窗帘和地毯时,尽量避免颜色不调和。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 colonial Hq9zJ     
adj.殖民地的,关于殖民的;n.殖民地,居民
参考例句:
  • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
  • The people of Africa have successfully fought against colonial rule.非洲人民成功地反抗了殖民统治。
5 revere qBVzT     
vt.尊崇,崇敬,敬畏
参考例句:
  • Students revere the old professors.学生们十分尊敬那些老教授。
  • The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven.中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。
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