賴世雄高級(jí)12課
Hello everybody, and welcome again to Radio English on Sunday.
This is Bruce,
/ And this is Peter. By the way, this is a program I favor, I like very best.
/ So do I. I like working with you, and I like teaching all these interesting lessons. This is not ABC English; this is at a level you will read at newspaper or higher. So I guess we can call this an advanced English radio program. Today in unit twelve, we're going to visit the romantic city, Paris, Frence, and The Louvre: The world's best museum?
/ I've been there before. Yes.
/ I envy you.
/ Oh, yeah, I hope that I may have another chance to visit the same old place again.
/ I would like to visit it once but, it would take me three or four days to really see the museum.
/ Mmm, you could say that again.
/ And we will find out why as we read through the article today, because this is not a small museum, and there're so many things to see, you cannot see these museum in just one day. Let's find out why it's so special. Please join us on page ninety four, as we look at the first paragraph.
Paris, city of light, and of art, a playland for lovers and painter's dream. What better place to situate the Louvre, considered by many to be the world's best museum of art? What makes this museum so worthy of that honor?
Yes, we'll be in Paris today, that's how we say "Bahie" in English; it is the capital and largest city of France, and it has a nickname, City of Light. When you see the City of Light, it refers to Paris; and it's a city of art. It's a playland for lovers, too. It's a place where young people like to go; it's just a very romantic kind of place; and it's a painter's dream. If you walk through Paris, you can see lots of people in parks and by the side of the road or by the side of the river painting all the time. So it seems to like a good place to situate the Louvre, or to place, or to position, or to put it. And the Louvre is considered the world's best museum of art, by quite a few of people. Now wait a minute. There're a lot of wonderful museums of art but makes the Louvre worthy of the honor of being called the world's best museum.
/ ..what better place to situate the Louvre,
Paris is the best place to place the Louvre in.
/ That's right. We can use "situate" for a lot of geographic explanation. For example, this city is situated between two rivers, or, this country is situated in that mountain range.
/Also we have another word that is also commonly used, located. But in terms of pronunciation, quite a few Chinese will say "located (第二音節(jié)重讀)" because they learn this kind of pronunciation directly from the dictionary, but, quite a few natives will say "located(第一音節(jié)重讀）" than (located 第二音節(jié)重讀）.
/ Yeah. you can hear both pronunciations.
Shall we go ahead?
/ Please.
/ The next paragraph is quite long and contain a lot of historical information, so please listen carefully.
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The museum building, or more properly, the complex of buildings themselves is a good place to start, as with most Western and a few Asian and South American museums, large palaces or other traditional architecture are used to house museums of art, and of natural science. In a case of the Louvre, officially known as (Palace du) Louvre, the palace of the Louvre, the main building used today was formally the fortress of King Philip Gustis in the twelfth century. Not until fifteen forty six did (King France the first 鳥人名）begin to redesign and add onto the fortress. Subsequent kings did the same, especially during the seventy century with major additions by Louis the Eighth, sorry, the thirteen, and Louis the Fourteen. Not only did these kings and their ministers added to the buildings, they also stocked within their rooms the finest art that money could buy. After the French Revolution, the Palace Du Louvre was opened to the public. In the early nineteen century, both Napoleon and Napoleon the third added to both the structures and the collections. A controversial see through glass pyramid-shaped structure was added by the architect IandBei, (鳥人名）in the nineteen eighties, as a consequence of centuries of continuous construction and the amassing of art treasures, today the Louvre offers a world-class of collection of both French and foreign art.
_________amass,
To gather together for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit; accumulate:
積聚，積累為某人自己積聚，如為其樂趣或利益；積累：
amassed a fortune.
積攢財(cái)富
See: gather
vt
積；積蓄；積聚
During each war the monopoly capitalists amassed fabulous wealth.
每次戰(zhàn)爭壟斷資本家們都大發(fā)橫財(cái)。
第十二, the twelfth, 注意拼法。
We call this a real mouthful.
Yeah, this is quite (beatier), but let's just cut to the chase. Let's go to the most important part of, the meaning of this long paragraph. As I said, it talks about the history of the Louvre, which is a complex of buildings, it's not only one building, it used to be a palace, in fact it started as a fortress, which is the same thing as a fort, maybe a little bigger. A fortress was the old kind of palace, which kings lived in to protect themselves. Over the centuries, by many many French kings the Louvre was expanded, it was made larger, and of course more and more art was bought and put into the rooms of the Louvre. The most recent addition, I think all Chinese are famous of, in the nineteen eighty's, Mr. IM. Pei, a Chinese, designed a pyramid-shaped structure, which is made of glass or at least a see-through material, so that you can look through it into other parts of the Louvre. Some people liked it and some people didn't. That's why we say it was controversial. And today, at least the Louvre holds a world class collection of French and foreign art, if not the world's greatest collection of art.
/ cut to the chase, this is a slang expression,
If you cut to the chase, the idea is, that you get to the main point, tell me the main idea; don't tell me all the details and background and statistics and backs of a date or people's names, just tell me the main idea. This expression comes from action movies. Some people love to see action movies, but what they really want to see car chases. The police's cars chasing the bad guys', and all the shooting and fighting, they just want to see this part of the movie. So, don't show me the beginning love story and don't give me the background, cut to the chase, that means fast forward, get right to the action part of the movie, and that's why we say, "ok, ok, don't give me all the details, just cut to the chase, what is the main idea?"
/ ..to make a long story short.
/ Yeah.
/ In terms of usage, we have a very good word, this is on line four, to the end we have this word, house. When it is used as a verb, it means...
/ to keep or stock, or supply or hold, or accommodate.
/ "accommodate" is the right word.
/ This auditorium can house two thousand students.
This auditorium can accommodate two thousand students. So we have this word, "accommodate", means exactly the same as "house". However, also I'd like to (rise) your attention, to this word, "architecture", because it is a non-count noun. 這個(gè)字是不可數(shù)的，用的時(shí)候不能加s.
/ That's right.
/ 還有一個(gè)要注意，就是那些國王的名字，要念..the first, 不要念No. 1.
/ For people's name, the first, the second, the third, but if we're talking about World War, World War One, World War Two. We can also say, the first World War, the second World War.
/ 還有一個(gè)， ..money could buy...通常跟高級(jí)的形容詞用，錢可以買到的...的。
Hey, that's the best car money could buy. 這是錢可以買到的好的車子了。
as a consequence of, = as a result of, = because of, due to, owing to, what else then?
/ on account of, 也是“由于”的意思。or in consequence of. However, you have to know this (difference), if you want to use "as", then you've got to read this article 冠詞, as a consequence of, whereas in "in consequence of", you don't have to use this article "a".
/ That's right. "as a consequence of" is more commonly used.
Well, let's go on, we have another long paragraph here, but this paragraph tells us what some of the treasures in the museum are.
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The outer shell of a museum, however, no matter how artistic or historic, cannot alone make a museum truly great. The inner collections are of course of paramount interest to both the art researcher and art lover alike. The Louvre does not disapoint them. Three of the west's premier works of art here: the statues Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo accompany Leonardo do Vinci's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. These alone attract art devotees from around the world, but far more awaits them. The French painting collection is, not surprisingly, unsurpassed. Other major painting collections include: works from the middle age, and Renaissance..The treasures of the French royalty are on display here, too, such as their bronzes, miniatures, pottery, tapestries, jewelry and furniture. Greek, Roman, Egyption and Mesopotamian antiquities as well as early Christian artifacts are also considered important collections.
This clearly is not a museum to be seen in one morning.
___________pottery,
Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat.
陶器用潮濕粘土成形然后再加熱變硬做成的器皿，如花瓶、罐、碗或盤子
__________tapestry,
A heavy cloth woven with rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture.
掛毯一種上面織有顏色鮮艷，經(jīng)常是有各種顏色的圖案或風(fēng)景的毯布，通常被掛在墻壁上作為裝飾，有時(shí)也用來覆蓋家俱
_______bronze, 銅器，
____________paramount,
adj.
Of chief concern or importance:
主要的，重要的：
tending first to one's paramount needs.
首先關(guān)注某人主要的需求
Supreme in rank, power, or authority.
至高無上的，高權(quán)力的在地位、權(quán)力或職權(quán)上高的
See: dominant
So here we find out what's inside the museum. The last paragraph we looked at the buildings which are part of the complex of the Louvre. What's inside? Quite a bit, and it's really treasures of the west. (Inforten) statues and paintings. Major collections, these would be a different period of history, such as the middle evil, sometimes we call this the middle ages, and the Renaissance, the period of awakening of the West, from about the fourteen through sixteen centuries, as well as foreign works, not only European, but very early works, Greek, Roman, Egyption and (Mesopotanium 地名）, including both African, Asian, as well as early European (syblazations). All kinds of things are on display, don't kid yourself. If you go on a tour, and make a plan one morning for you at the Louvre, forget it, you haven't seen the museum. Don't kid yourself.
/ Of course. And also by the way, I have to mention that the animals are very, in any of the zoos over there, is (kangaroo), very quiet, because all the world's on display whole people and all.
/ Mmm-hum, so don't go there to chat with your friends, because its air-conditioned. When you are in a museum in a western country, you should keep quiet. You can talk quietly to each other, but it's not a place to bring the kids who go running and screaming through the museum. Please, no.
/ And also I want to, have to, mention, though, is that you are not supposed to carry a camera..
/ That's right. You cannot take pictures in most museums and believe me you don't need to. There are postcards, there are books, and by professional photographers. They take much better pictures than you and I do. And they are not that expensive, and they are available in many many gift shops, which are placed around the museum.
/ on display, on exhibition.
Now let's continue to the next paragraph. 1722.
Finally, the site of the museum complex contributes to the mystique of the Louvre. Paris has long been considered one of the world's most charming cities, with its endless winding streets, amidst spectacular royal and religious architecture. The fortress built by King Philips Kestoes was situated on the right bank of the Sain (地名). Overlooking, at that time, splendid bucolic scenery. Today this prime location is within walking distance of many major Parisian tourist attractions, like the ...(地名) , the Royal Palace, and the National Library. One could easily spend a whole week touring the heart f Paris centered around the Louvre.
___mystique,
An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it:
神秘性，神秘氣氛圍繞某物的上升價(jià)值、利益或意義的氣氛，由把特殊能力或神秘歸因于其態(tài)度和信仰引起：
the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism.
牧童神秘感；存在主義的神秘性
n
神秘性；神秘的氣氛
the mystique of science
科學(xué)的神秘性
Although we earlier talked about how the Louvre was situated, we simply said that it was situated in Paris, but Paris is a fairly large city. It is one of the three largest cities in Europe, and the position of the Louvre within Paris is also very very special. It contributes to its mystiquel; it's in a place which makes people feel comfortable and very special; it has very good views of the city. The city itself of Paris has everything from modern architecture to one-thousand-year old buildings such as churches, (kafegrous), Palaces, fortresses, and so on. Also, near the Louvre, we say within walking distance, this is a phrase which is very useful when you travel. It means not far away from the place you are visiting, you can see, (...地名), one of the world's most beautiful buildings, the royal palace and National Library.
/ ..within walking distance,
The postoffice is within walking distance.
The postoffice is within a stone's throw.
/ Yeah, a good one.
It's just a stone's throw from here, or within a stone's throw from here, usually that would be about fifty to a hundred meters for most people, very nearby, you can walk there in a minute or two.
Ok, let's finish up with our last paragraph.
Taken altogether, then, the Louvre holds its own as one of the best museums---if not the best---among the dozens of major and internationally famous art museums around the world. Its many and varied buildings, the unparalleled collection of prestigious works of art, and the delightful site of the grounds overlooking France's most famous river all contribute to make the Palais du Louvre a must-see attraction for the serious art connoisseur and art museum-goer alike. Meet you at the Louvre!
In our concluding paragraph we remind you of the reasons that the Louvre can be considered the world's best art museum, certainly one of the best. Because of its building, architecture, the fantastic collection, collections of works of art, as well as its particular position or location in the city of Paris.
/ Overlooking, 俯瞰，
The house is located on the top of the hill, overlooking the whole valley.
/Right. And we also use this for very tall buildings in the city, they may attract you by saying, come up to our restaurant, which overlooks the city, so you can enjoy your meal and a great view at the same time.
Well, that's it for today's program on the Louvre, join us next week.
_____________Pan. 2003.6.
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Lesson 12, The Louvre: The world's Best Museum?
盧浮宮， 全世界棒的博物館？
Reading,
Paris, City of Light, and of art. A playland for lovers and a painter's dream. What better place to situate the Louvre, considered by many to be the world's best museum of art? What makes this museum so worthy of that honor?
The museum building, or, more properly, the complex of buildings themselves is a good place to start. As with most Western and a few Asian and South American museums, large palaces or other traditional architecture are used to house museums of art and of natural science. In the case of the Louvre, officially known as Palais du Louvre (the Palace of the Louvre), the main building used today was formerly the fortress of King Philip Augustus in the 12th century. Not until 1546 did King Francis I begin to redesign and add onto the fortress. Subsequent kings did the same, especially during the 17th century with major additions by Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Not only did these kings and their ministers add to the buildings, they also stocked within their rooms the finest art that money could buy. After the French Revolution, the Palais du Louvre was opened to the public. In the early 19th century, both Napoleon and Napoleon III added to both the structures and the collections. A controversial see-through glass pyramid-shaped structure was added by the architect I.M.Pei in the 1980s. As a consequence of centuries of continuous construction and the amassing of art treasures, today the Louvre offers a world-class collection of both French and foreign art. ☆
The outer shell of a museum, however, no matter how artistic or historic cannot alone make a museum truly great. The inner collections are of course of paramount interest to both the art researcher and art lover alike. The Louvre does not disappoint them. Three of the West's premier works of art are here: the statues Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo accompany Leonardo do Vinci's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. These alone attract art devotees from around the world, but far more awaits them. The French painting collection is, not surprisingly, unsurpassed. Other major painting collections include works from the middle ages and Renaissance. The treasures of the French royalty are on display here, too, such as their bronzes, miniatures, pottery, tapestries, jewelry, and furniture. Greek, Roman, Egyption, and Mesopotamian antiquities as well as early Christian artifacts are also considered important collections. This clearly is not a museum to be seen in one morning!
Finally, the site of the museum complex contributes to the mystique of the Louvre. Paris has long been considered one of the world's most charming cities, with tis endless winding streets amidst spectacular royal and religious architecture. The fortress built by King Philip Augustus was situated on the right bank of the Seine, overlooking---at that time----splendid bucolic scenery. Today this prime location is within walking distance of many major Parisian tourist attractions, like the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Royal Palace, and the National Library. One could easily spend a whole week touring the heart of Paris centered around the Louvre.
Taken altogether, then, the Louvre holds its own as one of the best museums---if not the best---among the dozens of major and internationally famous art museums around the world. Its many and varied buildings, the unparalleled collection of prestigious works of art, and the delightful site of the grounds overlooking France's most famous river all contribute to make the Palais du Louvre a must-see attraction for the serious art connoisseur and art museum-goer alike. Meet you at the Louvre!
Hello everybody, and welcome again to Radio English on Sunday.
This is Bruce,
/ And this is Peter. By the way, this is a program I favor, I like very best.
/ So do I. I like working with you, and I like teaching all these interesting lessons. This is not ABC English; this is at a level you will read at newspaper or higher. So I guess we can call this an advanced English radio program. Today in unit twelve, we're going to visit the romantic city, Paris, Frence, and The Louvre: The world's best museum?
/ I've been there before. Yes.
/ I envy you.
/ Oh, yeah, I hope that I may have another chance to visit the same old place again.
/ I would like to visit it once but, it would take me three or four days to really see the museum.
/ Mmm, you could say that again.
/ And we will find out why as we read through the article today, because this is not a small museum, and there're so many things to see, you cannot see these museum in just one day. Let's find out why it's so special. Please join us on page ninety four, as we look at the first paragraph.
Paris, city of light, and of art, a playland for lovers and painter's dream. What better place to situate the Louvre, considered by many to be the world's best museum of art? What makes this museum so worthy of that honor?
Yes, we'll be in Paris today, that's how we say "Bahie" in English; it is the capital and largest city of France, and it has a nickname, City of Light. When you see the City of Light, it refers to Paris; and it's a city of art. It's a playland for lovers, too. It's a place where young people like to go; it's just a very romantic kind of place; and it's a painter's dream. If you walk through Paris, you can see lots of people in parks and by the side of the road or by the side of the river painting all the time. So it seems to like a good place to situate the Louvre, or to place, or to position, or to put it. And the Louvre is considered the world's best museum of art, by quite a few of people. Now wait a minute. There're a lot of wonderful museums of art but makes the Louvre worthy of the honor of being called the world's best museum.
/ ..what better place to situate the Louvre,
Paris is the best place to place the Louvre in.
/ That's right. We can use "situate" for a lot of geographic explanation. For example, this city is situated between two rivers, or, this country is situated in that mountain range.
/Also we have another word that is also commonly used, located. But in terms of pronunciation, quite a few Chinese will say "located (第二音節(jié)重讀)" because they learn this kind of pronunciation directly from the dictionary, but, quite a few natives will say "located(第一音節(jié)重讀）" than (located 第二音節(jié)重讀）.
/ Yeah. you can hear both pronunciations.
Shall we go ahead?
/ Please.
/ The next paragraph is quite long and contain a lot of historical information, so please listen carefully.
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The museum building, or more properly, the complex of buildings themselves is a good place to start, as with most Western and a few Asian and South American museums, large palaces or other traditional architecture are used to house museums of art, and of natural science. In a case of the Louvre, officially known as (Palace du) Louvre, the palace of the Louvre, the main building used today was formally the fortress of King Philip Gustis in the twelfth century. Not until fifteen forty six did (King France the first 鳥人名）begin to redesign and add onto the fortress. Subsequent kings did the same, especially during the seventy century with major additions by Louis the Eighth, sorry, the thirteen, and Louis the Fourteen. Not only did these kings and their ministers added to the buildings, they also stocked within their rooms the finest art that money could buy. After the French Revolution, the Palace Du Louvre was opened to the public. In the early nineteen century, both Napoleon and Napoleon the third added to both the structures and the collections. A controversial see through glass pyramid-shaped structure was added by the architect IandBei, (鳥人名）in the nineteen eighties, as a consequence of centuries of continuous construction and the amassing of art treasures, today the Louvre offers a world-class of collection of both French and foreign art.
_________amass,
To gather together for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit; accumulate:
積聚，積累為某人自己積聚，如為其樂趣或利益；積累：
amassed a fortune.
積攢財(cái)富
See: gather
vt
積；積蓄；積聚
During each war the monopoly capitalists amassed fabulous wealth.
每次戰(zhàn)爭壟斷資本家們都大發(fā)橫財(cái)。
第十二, the twelfth, 注意拼法。
We call this a real mouthful.
Yeah, this is quite (beatier), but let's just cut to the chase. Let's go to the most important part of, the meaning of this long paragraph. As I said, it talks about the history of the Louvre, which is a complex of buildings, it's not only one building, it used to be a palace, in fact it started as a fortress, which is the same thing as a fort, maybe a little bigger. A fortress was the old kind of palace, which kings lived in to protect themselves. Over the centuries, by many many French kings the Louvre was expanded, it was made larger, and of course more and more art was bought and put into the rooms of the Louvre. The most recent addition, I think all Chinese are famous of, in the nineteen eighty's, Mr. IM. Pei, a Chinese, designed a pyramid-shaped structure, which is made of glass or at least a see-through material, so that you can look through it into other parts of the Louvre. Some people liked it and some people didn't. That's why we say it was controversial. And today, at least the Louvre holds a world class collection of French and foreign art, if not the world's greatest collection of art.
/ cut to the chase, this is a slang expression,
If you cut to the chase, the idea is, that you get to the main point, tell me the main idea; don't tell me all the details and background and statistics and backs of a date or people's names, just tell me the main idea. This expression comes from action movies. Some people love to see action movies, but what they really want to see car chases. The police's cars chasing the bad guys', and all the shooting and fighting, they just want to see this part of the movie. So, don't show me the beginning love story and don't give me the background, cut to the chase, that means fast forward, get right to the action part of the movie, and that's why we say, "ok, ok, don't give me all the details, just cut to the chase, what is the main idea?"
/ ..to make a long story short.
/ Yeah.
/ In terms of usage, we have a very good word, this is on line four, to the end we have this word, house. When it is used as a verb, it means...
/ to keep or stock, or supply or hold, or accommodate.
/ "accommodate" is the right word.
/ This auditorium can house two thousand students.
This auditorium can accommodate two thousand students. So we have this word, "accommodate", means exactly the same as "house". However, also I'd like to (rise) your attention, to this word, "architecture", because it is a non-count noun. 這個(gè)字是不可數(shù)的，用的時(shí)候不能加s.
/ That's right.
/ 還有一個(gè)要注意，就是那些國王的名字，要念..the first, 不要念No. 1.
/ For people's name, the first, the second, the third, but if we're talking about World War, World War One, World War Two. We can also say, the first World War, the second World War.
/ 還有一個(gè)， ..money could buy...通常跟高級(jí)的形容詞用，錢可以買到的...的。
Hey, that's the best car money could buy. 這是錢可以買到的好的車子了。
as a consequence of, = as a result of, = because of, due to, owing to, what else then?
/ on account of, 也是“由于”的意思。or in consequence of. However, you have to know this (difference), if you want to use "as", then you've got to read this article 冠詞, as a consequence of, whereas in "in consequence of", you don't have to use this article "a".
/ That's right. "as a consequence of" is more commonly used.
Well, let's go on, we have another long paragraph here, but this paragraph tells us what some of the treasures in the museum are.
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The outer shell of a museum, however, no matter how artistic or historic, cannot alone make a museum truly great. The inner collections are of course of paramount interest to both the art researcher and art lover alike. The Louvre does not disapoint them. Three of the west's premier works of art here: the statues Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo accompany Leonardo do Vinci's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. These alone attract art devotees from around the world, but far more awaits them. The French painting collection is, not surprisingly, unsurpassed. Other major painting collections include: works from the middle age, and Renaissance..The treasures of the French royalty are on display here, too, such as their bronzes, miniatures, pottery, tapestries, jewelry and furniture. Greek, Roman, Egyption and Mesopotamian antiquities as well as early Christian artifacts are also considered important collections.
This clearly is not a museum to be seen in one morning.
___________pottery,
Ware, such as vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat.
陶器用潮濕粘土成形然后再加熱變硬做成的器皿，如花瓶、罐、碗或盤子
__________tapestry,
A heavy cloth woven with rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture.
掛毯一種上面織有顏色鮮艷，經(jīng)常是有各種顏色的圖案或風(fēng)景的毯布，通常被掛在墻壁上作為裝飾，有時(shí)也用來覆蓋家俱
_______bronze, 銅器，
____________paramount,
adj.
Of chief concern or importance:
主要的，重要的：
tending first to one's paramount needs.
首先關(guān)注某人主要的需求
Supreme in rank, power, or authority.
至高無上的，高權(quán)力的在地位、權(quán)力或職權(quán)上高的
See: dominant
So here we find out what's inside the museum. The last paragraph we looked at the buildings which are part of the complex of the Louvre. What's inside? Quite a bit, and it's really treasures of the west. (Inforten) statues and paintings. Major collections, these would be a different period of history, such as the middle evil, sometimes we call this the middle ages, and the Renaissance, the period of awakening of the West, from about the fourteen through sixteen centuries, as well as foreign works, not only European, but very early works, Greek, Roman, Egyption and (Mesopotanium 地名）, including both African, Asian, as well as early European (syblazations). All kinds of things are on display, don't kid yourself. If you go on a tour, and make a plan one morning for you at the Louvre, forget it, you haven't seen the museum. Don't kid yourself.
/ Of course. And also by the way, I have to mention that the animals are very, in any of the zoos over there, is (kangaroo), very quiet, because all the world's on display whole people and all.
/ Mmm-hum, so don't go there to chat with your friends, because its air-conditioned. When you are in a museum in a western country, you should keep quiet. You can talk quietly to each other, but it's not a place to bring the kids who go running and screaming through the museum. Please, no.
/ And also I want to, have to, mention, though, is that you are not supposed to carry a camera..
/ That's right. You cannot take pictures in most museums and believe me you don't need to. There are postcards, there are books, and by professional photographers. They take much better pictures than you and I do. And they are not that expensive, and they are available in many many gift shops, which are placed around the museum.
/ on display, on exhibition.
Now let's continue to the next paragraph. 1722.
Finally, the site of the museum complex contributes to the mystique of the Louvre. Paris has long been considered one of the world's most charming cities, with its endless winding streets, amidst spectacular royal and religious architecture. The fortress built by King Philips Kestoes was situated on the right bank of the Sain (地名). Overlooking, at that time, splendid bucolic scenery. Today this prime location is within walking distance of many major Parisian tourist attractions, like the ...(地名) , the Royal Palace, and the National Library. One could easily spend a whole week touring the heart f Paris centered around the Louvre.
___mystique,
An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it:
神秘性，神秘氣氛圍繞某物的上升價(jià)值、利益或意義的氣氛，由把特殊能力或神秘歸因于其態(tài)度和信仰引起：
the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism.
牧童神秘感；存在主義的神秘性
n
神秘性；神秘的氣氛
the mystique of science
科學(xué)的神秘性
Although we earlier talked about how the Louvre was situated, we simply said that it was situated in Paris, but Paris is a fairly large city. It is one of the three largest cities in Europe, and the position of the Louvre within Paris is also very very special. It contributes to its mystiquel; it's in a place which makes people feel comfortable and very special; it has very good views of the city. The city itself of Paris has everything from modern architecture to one-thousand-year old buildings such as churches, (kafegrous), Palaces, fortresses, and so on. Also, near the Louvre, we say within walking distance, this is a phrase which is very useful when you travel. It means not far away from the place you are visiting, you can see, (...地名), one of the world's most beautiful buildings, the royal palace and National Library.
/ ..within walking distance,
The postoffice is within walking distance.
The postoffice is within a stone's throw.
/ Yeah, a good one.
It's just a stone's throw from here, or within a stone's throw from here, usually that would be about fifty to a hundred meters for most people, very nearby, you can walk there in a minute or two.
Ok, let's finish up with our last paragraph.
Taken altogether, then, the Louvre holds its own as one of the best museums---if not the best---among the dozens of major and internationally famous art museums around the world. Its many and varied buildings, the unparalleled collection of prestigious works of art, and the delightful site of the grounds overlooking France's most famous river all contribute to make the Palais du Louvre a must-see attraction for the serious art connoisseur and art museum-goer alike. Meet you at the Louvre!
In our concluding paragraph we remind you of the reasons that the Louvre can be considered the world's best art museum, certainly one of the best. Because of its building, architecture, the fantastic collection, collections of works of art, as well as its particular position or location in the city of Paris.
/ Overlooking, 俯瞰，
The house is located on the top of the hill, overlooking the whole valley.
/Right. And we also use this for very tall buildings in the city, they may attract you by saying, come up to our restaurant, which overlooks the city, so you can enjoy your meal and a great view at the same time.
Well, that's it for today's program on the Louvre, join us next week.
_____________Pan. 2003.6.
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Lesson 12, The Louvre: The world's Best Museum?
盧浮宮， 全世界棒的博物館？
Reading,
Paris, City of Light, and of art. A playland for lovers and a painter's dream. What better place to situate the Louvre, considered by many to be the world's best museum of art? What makes this museum so worthy of that honor?
The museum building, or, more properly, the complex of buildings themselves is a good place to start. As with most Western and a few Asian and South American museums, large palaces or other traditional architecture are used to house museums of art and of natural science. In the case of the Louvre, officially known as Palais du Louvre (the Palace of the Louvre), the main building used today was formerly the fortress of King Philip Augustus in the 12th century. Not until 1546 did King Francis I begin to redesign and add onto the fortress. Subsequent kings did the same, especially during the 17th century with major additions by Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Not only did these kings and their ministers add to the buildings, they also stocked within their rooms the finest art that money could buy. After the French Revolution, the Palais du Louvre was opened to the public. In the early 19th century, both Napoleon and Napoleon III added to both the structures and the collections. A controversial see-through glass pyramid-shaped structure was added by the architect I.M.Pei in the 1980s. As a consequence of centuries of continuous construction and the amassing of art treasures, today the Louvre offers a world-class collection of both French and foreign art. ☆
The outer shell of a museum, however, no matter how artistic or historic cannot alone make a museum truly great. The inner collections are of course of paramount interest to both the art researcher and art lover alike. The Louvre does not disappoint them. Three of the West's premier works of art are here: the statues Victory of Samothrace and Venus de Milo accompany Leonardo do Vinci's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. These alone attract art devotees from around the world, but far more awaits them. The French painting collection is, not surprisingly, unsurpassed. Other major painting collections include works from the middle ages and Renaissance. The treasures of the French royalty are on display here, too, such as their bronzes, miniatures, pottery, tapestries, jewelry, and furniture. Greek, Roman, Egyption, and Mesopotamian antiquities as well as early Christian artifacts are also considered important collections. This clearly is not a museum to be seen in one morning!
Finally, the site of the museum complex contributes to the mystique of the Louvre. Paris has long been considered one of the world's most charming cities, with tis endless winding streets amidst spectacular royal and religious architecture. The fortress built by King Philip Augustus was situated on the right bank of the Seine, overlooking---at that time----splendid bucolic scenery. Today this prime location is within walking distance of many major Parisian tourist attractions, like the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Royal Palace, and the National Library. One could easily spend a whole week touring the heart of Paris centered around the Louvre.
Taken altogether, then, the Louvre holds its own as one of the best museums---if not the best---among the dozens of major and internationally famous art museums around the world. Its many and varied buildings, the unparalleled collection of prestigious works of art, and the delightful site of the grounds overlooking France's most famous river all contribute to make the Palais du Louvre a must-see attraction for the serious art connoisseur and art museum-goer alike. Meet you at the Louvre!