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[Day 1768 2019-07-30]
Lesson 27-2The 'Vasa'
They had laboured for three years to produce this floating work of art; she was
more richly carved and ornamented than any previous ship. The high stern castle was a
riot of carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids, cherubs; and
zoomorphic animal shapes ablaze with red and gold and blue, symbols of courage,
power, and cruelty, were portrayed to stir the imaginations of the superstitious sailors
of the day.
Then the cannons of the anchored warships thundered a salute to which the Vasa
fired in reply. As she emerged from her drifting cloud of gun smoke with the water
churned to foam beneath her bow, her flags flying, pennants waving, sails filling in the
breeze, and the red and gold or her superstructure ablaze with colour, she presented a
more majestic spectacle than Stockholmers had ever seen before. All gun-ports were
open and the muzzles peeped wickedly from them.
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：
ornamented adj. (以…) 装点的，装饰的，点缀的; v. 装饰; 点缀; 美化;
castle
riot n. 暴乱; 骚乱; 丰富多彩; 品种繁多; 非常有趣的人(或事); v. 发生骚乱; 闹事;
demons n. 恶魔; 魔鬼; 技艺出众的人; 精力充沛的人; (使人担忧和不快的) 邪恶事物;
cherubs n. 小天使(常被绘为有翅膀的胖男孩); 可爱的小孩; 乖小孩;
zoomorphic 网络 动物象征; 仿生建筑; 动物形像的; 兽形;
ablaze adj. 猛烈燃烧; 闪耀; 发光; 明亮; 色彩鲜艳; 充满激情的; 情绪激动的;
portrayed v. 描绘; 描画; 描写; 将…描写成; 给人以某种印象; 表现; 扮演(某角色);
salute v. (尤指军队中) 敬礼; 致敬; 表示敬意; n. (尤指士兵和军官之间的) 敬礼; 致敬; 致意; 鸣礼炮; 鸣炮致敬;
churned v. 剧烈搅动; (使) 猛烈翻腾; 反胃，恶心(担心、忧虑、厌恶或恐惧的强烈感觉); (使) 感到不安，心烦意乱;
pennants n. (船上用作信号等的) 三角旗; (奖给棒球等联赛优胜队的) 锦旗;
superstructure n. (船舶的) 上层结构; (建筑物的) 上部结构; (社会的) 上层建筑;
muzzles n. (狗、马等动物的) 口鼻; (防止动物咬人的) 口套; 枪口; 炮口; v. (给狗) 戴口套; 压制，钳制(言论); 使缄默;
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