新托福閱讀資料:世界上最小國家待售,圓你國王夢

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    托福閱讀的關(guān)鍵是在于多看多練,為了幫助廣大考生更好的復(fù)習(xí),小編為大家整理提供托福閱讀材料:世界上最小國家正在出售.以供各位考生復(fù)習(xí)參考,生活中有很多事情需要大家細心觀察和發(fā)現(xiàn),閱讀文章不僅可以鍛煉能力還能了解各方面的知識。在托福閱讀練習(xí)中大家要多找些托福文章練習(xí),小編也會經(jīng)常找些文章讓大家參考的,下面開始今天的托福閱讀吧。
    Scientists have determined it's not advisable to hurry marriage. Get the scoop on the best age to be wed.
    許多普通人都曾有過成為一國元首一國之君的夢想,如今購買一個世界上最小的國家就能圓夢。
    For sale: the world's smallest country with its own flag, stamps, currency and passports.
    待售:世界上最小的國家,含該國國旗、郵票、貨幣以及護照。
    Apply to prince michael of sealand if you want to run your own nation, even if it is just a wartime fort perched on two concrete towers in the north sea.
    如果你想治理一個屬于自己的國家,且不計較它僅僅是由北海中兩座混凝土塔樓組成的一個戰(zhàn)時城堡,那就去向西蘭公國的邁克爾王子申請吧。
    Built in world war Two as an anti-aircraft base to repel german bombers, the derelict plat-form was taken over 40 years ago by retired army major Paddy Roy Bates who went to live there withhis family.
    該城堡建于二戰(zhàn)期間,是個用于抵御德國轟炸機的防空基地。40年前,退休少校帕迪·羅伊·貝茨帶著家人住到這里,接管了這個已廢棄的高臺。
    He declared the platform, perched seven miles off the east coast of england and just outside britain's territorial waters, to be the principality of sealand.
    他將這個距英國東海岸七英里、恰在英國領(lǐng)海外的高臺宣布為西蘭公國。
    The self-styled prince Roy adopted a flag, chose a national anthem and minted silver and gold coins.
    這位自封的羅伊王子選定了國旗、國歌還鑄造了西蘭銀幣和金幣。
    The family saw off attempts by Britain's Royal Navy to evict them and also an attempt in 1978 by a group of german and dutch businessmen to seize sealand by force.
    英國皇家海軍曾試圖驅(qū)逐他們,1978年還有一隊德國和荷蘭商人試圖用武力奪取西蘭.他們最終都被這家人趕了出去。
    Roy, 85, now lives in Spain and his son Michael told BBC Radio his family had been approached by estate agents with clients "who wanted a bit more than a bit of real estate, they wanted autonomy."
    羅伊現(xiàn)已85歲,住在西班牙。他的兒子邁克爾對英國廣播公司電臺說,一些客戶已通過房地產(chǎn)中介與他們家取得了聯(lián)系,“這些人想要的不只是一處房產(chǎn),還有自治權(quán)。”
    Notes:
    fort :堡壘
    mint [mint] n. 薄荷;造幣廠,巨款
    vt. 鑄造,鑄幣
    Royal Navy : 皇家海軍
    以上就是今天的托福閱讀材料,每天做幾篇閱讀,堅持下來,一定會有不小的進步,閱讀的同時不要忘記,積累陌生詞匯與優(yōu)秀的句子,以便考試的時候能派上用場,英語不是一朝一夕的事,所以大家一定要勤加練習(xí)。