📖 Sightseeing in the United Kingdom 英国观光之旅

第 22 篇 · 共 40 篇 ｜ 高考词汇以 绿色 高亮，下方附释义
S1
After the wedding, my cousin and his wife went to the United Kingdom for nationwide sightseeing.
婚礼结束后，我表哥和妻子去了英国进行全国观光。
wedding 婚礼 cousin 表兄、堂兄 nationwide 全国性的 sightseeing 观光
S2
He faxed a letter to me in English yesterday.
他昨天用英语给我传真了一封信。
fax 用传真发送
S3
To my delight, he no longer made any tense error.
令我高兴的是，他不再犯任何时态错误了。
to my delight 令我高兴的是 tense 时态
S4
And his description clarified my questions about the UK—its currency, its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, and the historical conflicts and quarrels when Southern Ireland broke away from the UK.
而且，他的描述大致解答了我对英国的疑问——它的货币、它的行政管理、把它划分为四个地区的制度，以及南爱尔兰脱离英国时发生的那些历史冲突与争吵。
clarify 阐明、使清晰 currency 货币 administration 行政管理 break away from 脱离
S5
Unwilling to leave out any attraction, my cousin arranged his enjoyable journey carefully.
因为不愿漏掉任何一处景点，我表哥精心安排了他愉快的旅程。
unwilling 不愿意的 leave out 遗漏、省去 attraction 景点、吸引力 arrange 安排
S6
One attractive place he visited was a castle in the countryside of Scotland, which lies near a port.
他参观的一处迷人的地方是苏格兰乡间的一座城堡，它就坐落在港口附近。
castle 城堡 countryside 乡村 lie 位于、坐落 port 港口
S7
It used to be the headquarters of the Communism Union but broke down during the war.
它过去是共产主义联盟的总部，但在战争中被毁坏了。
headquarters 总部 break down 倒塌、毁坏
S8
Finding nothing could take the place of this splendid architecture, people accomplished rebuilding it in 1952.
人们发现没有什么能取代这座宏伟的建筑，于是在1952年完成了重建。
take the place of 取代 splendid 宏伟的、壮丽的 architecture 建筑（物） accomplish 完成
S9
It was to their credit that all furnished rooms are consistent with what they used to be.
值得称赞的是，所有配好家具的房间都与过去的样子保持一致。
to one's credit 值得赞扬的是 furnished 配备家具的 consistent 一致的、相符的
S10
My cousin was thrilled by its collections consisting of statues plus royal uniforms folded in glass tanks.
我表哥被这里的收藏品深深震撼了——这些收藏品包括雕像，还有叠放在玻璃柜里的皇家制服。
thrilled 非常激动、兴奋的 collection 收藏品 consist of 由……组成 statue 雕像
S11
Though there was no possibility to buy some of these exhibits, it was convenient to take photos, which he sent me along with his fax.
尽管没有可能买到其中一些展品，但拍照很方便，他把照片连同传真一起寄给了我。
possibility 可能性 exhibit 展品 convenient 方便的 along with 连同、和……一起