Lesson 80 The Crystala palace
First listen and then answer the question
How many people visited the Great Exhibition of 1851?
Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal palace,which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 ,The Crystal Palace was diffrerent from all other buildings in the world,for it was made of iron and glass It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it,A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from xarious parts of the world There was also a great deal of machinery on display,The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer.Though in those days,travelling was not as easy as it is today,steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe.On arriving in England,they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train,There were six million visitors in all.and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and collegs,Later ,the Crystal Palace was moved to South London,It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936
音标:pəˈhæps ðə məʊst ɪksˈtrɔːdnri ˈbɪldɪŋ ɒv ðə ˈnaɪnˈtiːŋθ ˈsɛnʧʊri wɒz ðə ˈkrɪstl ˈpælɪs, wɪʧ wɒz bɪlt ɪn haɪd pɑːk fɔː ðə greɪtˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən ɒv 1851. ðə ˈkrɪstl ˈpælɪs wɒz ˈdɪfrənt frɒm ɔːl ˈʌðə ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn ðə wɜːld, fɔːr ɪt wɒz meɪd ɒv ˈaɪən ænd glɑːs. ɪt wɒz wʌnɒv ðə ˈbɪgɪst ˈbɪldɪŋz ɒv ɔːl taɪm ænd ə lɒt ɒv ˈpiːpl frɒm ˈmɛni ˈkʌntriz keɪm tuː siː ɪt. ə greɪt ˈmɛni gʊdz wɜː sɛnt tuː ði ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃənfrɒm ˈveərɪəs pɑːts ɒv ðə wɜːld. ðeə wɒz ˈɔːlsəʊ ə greɪt diːl ɒv məˈʃiːnəri ɒn dɪsˈpleɪ. ðə məʊst ˈwʌndəfʊl piːs ɒv məˈʃiːnəri ɒn ʃəʊwɒz Nasmyth's stiːm ˈhæmə. ðəʊ ɪn ðəʊz deɪz, ˈtrævlɪŋ wɒz nɒt æz ˈiːzi æz ɪt ɪz təˈdeɪ, stiːm bəʊts ˈkærid ˈθaʊzəndz ɒv ˈvɪzɪtəzəˈkrɒs ðə ˈʧænl frɒm ˈjʊərəp. ɒn əˈraɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈɪŋglənd, ðeɪ wɜː ˈteɪkən tuː ðə ˈkrɪstl ˈpælɪs baɪ treɪn. ðeə wɜː sɪks ˈmɪljən ˈvɪzɪtəz ɪnɔːl, ænd ðə ˈprɒfɪts frɒm ði ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən wɜː juːzd tuː bɪld mju(ː)ˈzɪəmz ænd ˈkɒlɪʤɪz. ˈleɪtə, ðə ˈkrɪstl ˈpælɪs wɒz muːvd tuː saʊθˈlʌndən. ɪt rɪˈmeɪnd wʌn ɒv ðə məʊst ˈfeɪməs ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn ðə wɜːld ənˈtɪl ɪt wɒz bɜːnt daʊn ɪn 1936.
训练感想:最近的朗读感觉轻松了一些,但是我并不觉得这是好事,要走出舒适区,毕竟目的是把英语学好,所以这点并不算什么,而且肯定还有很多错误。
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