关于纽约的导游词
New York City is the most beguiling place there is. You may not think so at first - for the city is admittedly mad, the epitome in many ways of all that is wrong in modern America. But spend even a week here and it happens - the pace, the adrenaline take hold, and the shock gives way to myth. Walking through the city streets is an experience, the buildings like icons to the modern age, and above all to the power of money. Despite all the hype, the movie-image sentimentalism, Manhattan - the central island and the city’s real core - has massive romance: whether it’s the flickering lights of the midtown skyscrapers as you speed across the Queensboro bridge, the 4am half-life in Greenwich Village, or just wasting the morning on the Staten Island ferry, you really would have to be made of stone not to be moved by it all. None of which is to suggest that New York is a conventionally pleasing city. Take a walk in Manhattan beside Central Park, notably its east side, past the city’s richest apartments and best museums, and keep walking: within a dozen or so blocks you find yourself in the lower reaches of Spanish Harlem. The shock could hardly be more extreme. The city is constantly like this, with glaring, in-your-face wealth juxtaposed with urban problems - poverty, the drug trade, homelessness - that have a predictably high profile. Things have definitely changed during the nineties, especially in the recent, Mayor Guiliani years. Crime figures are at their lowest in years and are still dropping (statistically, New York is now one of the country’s safest big cities), and renewal plans have finally begun to undo years of urban neglect. But for all its new clean-cut image New York remains a unique place – one you’ll want to return to again and again.
大本钟中英文介绍
大本钟钟，或大本钟（Big Ben即威斯敏斯特宫钟塔，英国国会厅附属的钟楼 (Clock Tower) 的大报时钟的。
是坐落在英国伦敦泰晤士河畔的一座钟楼，是伦敦的标志性建筑之一。
钟楼高95米，钟直径9英尺，重13.5吨。
每15分钟响一次。
大笨钟的命名来源众说纷纭，有一种说法称大本钟的名字来自于本杰明·豪尔爵士。
大钟于1858年4月10日建成，是英国最大的钟。
塔起码有320英尺高（约合97.5米），分针有14英尺长（约合4.27米），大笨钟用人工发条，国会开会期间，钟面会发出光芒，每隔一小时报时一次。
每年的夏季与冬天时间转换时会把钟停止，进行零件的修补、交换，钟的调音等。
文化在英国，大本钟是人们庆祝新年的重点地方，收音机和电视都会播出它的钟声来迎接新一年的开始。
同样地，在阵亡将士纪念日，大本钟钟声的传出表示第11个月的第11天的第11个小时及2分钟的默哀开始。
独立电视新闻的“十时新闻报告”以一连串的大本钟钟声作新闻预告的配乐作开始已很多年。
大本钟的钟声今天仍会用于所有独立电视新闻 新闻快报的新闻预告，及威斯敏斯特宫大本钟的钟面图。
从1923年12月31日开始，大本钟的钟响亦可在于英国广播公司第四台的一些新闻布告（6时正、半晚及星期天的晚上10时正）的一小时前及英国广播公司国际广播部听到。
钟声是经由长期设置在钟楼内而连接著广播大楼的扩音器传送的。
大本钟可用来说明光速和音速的分别。
如果一个人到了伦敦并站在钟楼下，他会听到大本钟的钟声比那钟被敲响时的时间慢约是六分之一秒（假定钟在高55米之处）。
可是如果把一个扩音器放在钟附近并用无线电把钟声传至很远的地方（像纽约市或香港般），那地方会比那站在钟楼下的人更早听到钟声。
事实上，如果接收者把那钟声发回给在地面的那观察者，无线电传送那钟声会比那观察者听到真正钟声时更快。
（例如：纽约市距伦敦5,562公里，而无线电会在0.018552秒内把钟声传至纽约市；来回共需0.037105秒，但原来的钟声却需0.1616秒才能达到地面）钟楼的图像亦曾被用作伦敦电影的标志。
Clock Tower, Palace of WestminsterThe Clock Tower is a turret clock structure at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building in Westminster, London, England. It is popularly known as Big Ben, but this name is actually a nickname for the clock‘s main bell. The tower has also been referred to as St. Stephen‘s Tower or The Tower of Big Ben, in reference to its bell.StructureThe tower was raised as a part of Charles Barry‘s design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire on the night of October 16, 1834. The tower is designed in the Victorian Gothic style, and is 96.3 metres (316 feet) high.The first 61 metres (250 feet) of the structure is the clock tower, consisting of brickwork with stone cladding; the remainder of the tower‘s height is a framed spire of cast iron. The tower is founded on a 15 by 15 metre (49 by 49 foot) raft, made of 3-metre
关于大本钟的简介，要英语的，简单一点
The Big Ben is located in the tower at the eastern end of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, Greater London. It was designed by Edmund Beckett and Baron Grimthorpe. The Big Ben is very famous throughout the world, but nobody really knows why it is called Big Ben. There are two hearsays about this. Some people say that it was named after Benjamin Caunt, a boxer, who was called Big Ben. More people believe it was called after Welshman, Sir Benjamin Hall. He was the commissioner of the work at the time of its installation in 1859. A story was told that during a debate in the Commons on what to call the bell, Sir Benjamin was about to give his ideas when a MP who sat behind the front bench shouted, Let's call it Big Ben! Then this name came into being. The bell hasn't gone through a smooth road since the beginning of its design. Because there was great disagreement about the design of the clock, it took fifteen years to build. In 1857, the bell was completed and tested on the ground, but a four-foot crack appeared and the bell had to be cast again. Finally, the clock started ticking on 31 May, 1859, and struck its first chime on 11, July. Then in September, the bell cracked again. It was silent for four years but was eventually turned a quarter of a revolution. In this way, the crack was not under the striking hammer. Craftsmen made a square above the crack to stop it graving longer and it can still be seen today. The Big Ben is famous not only for its 13-ton weight, but also for its accuracy which is a result of its precise mechanism. Even one extra penny's weight on the balance will cause a gain of two fifths of a second in twenty four hours. Although there have been several problem, the bell is still striking today. Its chimes can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C.
演讲一分钟说多少字是正常语速
Unit 1 Can you play theguitar?guitar [ɡɪ'tɑ:(r)] n. 吉sing [sɪŋ] v. 唱；唱歌swim [swɪm] v. & n. 游泳dance [dɑːns], [dæns] v. n. 舞蹈draw [drɔː] v. 画chess [tʃes] n. 国际象棋play chess 下国际象棋speak [spiːk] v. 说（语言）；说话speak English 说join [dʒɔɪn] v. 参加；加入club [klʌb] n. 俱乐部；社团be good at… 擅长于……tell [ tel ] v. 讲述；告诉story ['stɔːrɪ] n. 故事；小说write [raɪt] v. 写作；写字show [ʃəʊ] n. 演出；节目 v. 给……看；展示；or [ɔː(r)] conj. 或者；也不（用于否定句）talk [tɔːk] v. & n. 说话；交谈talk to… 跟……说kungfu [,kʌŋ’fuː] n.（中国）功夫drum [drʌm] n. 鼓play the drums 敲鼓piano [pɪ'ænəʊ] n. 钢琴play the piano 弹钢琴violin [,vaɪə'lɪn] n. 小提琴play the violin 拉小提琴also ['ɔːlsəʊ] adv. 也；而且people ['piːpl] n. 人； 人们home [həʊm] n. 家；活动本部 adv. 到家；在家be good with… 善于应付……的；对……有办法make [meɪk] v. 使成为；制造make friends 结交朋友today [tə'deɪ] adv. 在今天help (sb) with sth 在某方面帮助（某人）center ['sentə(r)] n.（=centre）中心；中央weekend [,wiːk'end], [ 'wiː kend] n. 周末on the weekend (在)周末teach [tiːtʃ ] v教；讲授 musician [mjuː'zɪʃn] n. 音乐家Lisa ['li:zə] 莉萨（女名）Jill [dʒɪl] 吉尔（女名）Peter ['piːtə(r)] 彼得（男名）Unit 2 What time do you go toschool?up [ʌp] adv. 向上get up 起床；站起dress [dres] v. 穿衣服 n. 连衣裙get dressed 穿上衣服brush [brʌʃ] v. 刷 刷净 n.刷子tooth [tuːθ] n. (pl. teeth [tiːθ] ) 牙齿shower ['ʃaʊə] n. & v. 淋浴 n. 淋浴器（间）take a shower 洗淋浴usually ['ju:ʒuəli] adv. 通常地；一般地forty ['fɔ:(r)ti] num. 四十wow [waʊ] interj.（表示惊奇或敬佩）哇；呀never ['nevə(r)] adv. 从不；绝不early ['ɜːlɪ] adv. & adj. 早（的）fifty ['fɪftɪ] num. 五十job [dʒɒb], [dʒɑːb] n.工作；职业work [wɜːk] v. & n. 工作station ['steɪʃn] n. 电(视)台；车站radio station 广播电台o'clock [ə'klɒk], [ə'klɑ:k] adv.（表示整点）……点钟night [naɪt] n. 晚上；夜晚funny ['fʌnɪ] adj. 奇怪的；滑稽好笑的exercise ['eksəsaɪz] v. & n. 锻炼；练习on weekends (在)周末best [best] adj. 最好的 adv. 最好地；最group [gruːp] n. 组；群half [hɑːf], [hæf] n. & pron. 一半；半数past [pɑːst], [pæst] prep. 晚于；过（时间） adj. 过去的quarter ['kwɔː(r)tə(r)] n.一刻钟；四分之一homework ['həʊmwɜː(r)k] n. 家庭作业do (one’s) homework 做作业run [rʌn] v. 跑；奔clean [kliːn] v. 打扫；弄干净 adj. 干净的walk [wɔːk] n. & v. 行走；步行take a walk 散步；走一走quickly ['kwɪkli] adv. 很快地either ['aɪðə(r)], [ 'iː ðə(r) ]adv. 或者；也 （用在否定词组后）either…or … 要么……要么……；或者……或者……lot [lɒt], [lɑ:t] pron. 大量；许多lots of 大量；许多sometimes ['sʌmtaɪmz] adv. 有时taste [teɪst] v. 有……的味道；品尝 n.味道；滋味life [laɪf] n. 生活；生命Rick [rɪk] 里克（男名）Jim [dʒɪm] 吉姆（男名）Scott [skɒt], [skɑ:t] 斯科特（男名）Tony ['təʊnɪ] 托尼（男名）Unit3 How do you get to school?train [treɪn] n. 火车bus [bʌs] n. 公共汽车；公交车subway ['sʌbweɪ] n. 地铁take the subway 乘地铁ride [raɪd] v. 骑 n. 旅程bike [baɪ k] n. 自行车ride a bike 骑自行车sixty ['sɪkstɪ] num. 六十seventy ['sevntɪ] num. 七十eighty ['eɪtɪ] num. 八十ninety ['naɪntɪ] num. 九十hundred ['hʌndrəd] num. 一百minute ['mɪnɪt] n. 分钟far [fɑː] adv. & adj. 远；远的kilometer ['kɪlə,mitə(r)] n. 公里new [njuː] adj. 新的；刚出现的every ['evrɪ] adj. 每一；每个every day 每天by [baɪ] prep. (表示方式）乘（交通工具）by bike 骑自行车drive [draɪv] v. 开车car [kɑː] n. 小汽车；轿车live [lɪv] v. 居住；生活stop [stɑ:p] [stɒp] n. 车站；v. 停止think of 认为cross [krɒs] v. 横过；越过river ['rɪvə] n. 河；江many ['menɪ] adj. & pron. 许多village ['vɪlɪdʒ] n. 村庄；村镇between [bɪ'twiːn] prep. 介于…之间between… and… 在……和……之间bridge [brɪdʒ] n. 桥boat [bəʊt] n. 小船ropeway ['rəʊpweɪ] n. 索道year [jɪə] [ jɜː] n. 年；岁afraid [ə'freɪd] adj. 害怕；惧怕like [laɪk] prep. 像；leave [liːv] v. 离开dream [driːm] n. 梦想；睡梦 v. 做梦true [truː] adj. 真的；符合事实的come true 实现；成为现实Dave [deiv] 戴夫（男名）Unit 4 Don’t eat in class. rule [ruːl] n. 规则；规章 arrive [ə'raɪv] v. 到达 (be) ontime 准时hallway ['hɔːlweɪ] n. 走廊；过道hall [hɔːl] n. 大厅；礼堂dining hall 餐厅listen ['lɪs(ə)n] v. 听；倾听listen to… 听……fight [faɪt] v. & n. 打架；战斗sorry ['sɒrɪ] adj. 抱歉的；难过的；惋惜的outside [aʊt'saɪd; 'aʊtsaɪd] adv.在外面 adj. 外面的wear [weə] v. 穿；戴important [ɪm'pɔːt(ə)nt] adj. 重要的bring [brɪŋ] v. 带来；取来uniform ['juːnɪfɔːm] n. 校服；制服quiet ['kwaɪət] adj. 安静的out [aʊt] adv. 外出go out 外出（娱乐）practice ['præktɪs] v. & n.练习dish [dɪʃ] n. 碟；盘do the dishes 清洗餐具before [bɪ'fɔː] prep. & conj.在… 以前 adv. 以前make (one’s) bed 铺床dirty ['dɜːtɪ] adj. 脏的kitchen ['kɪtʃɪn] n. 厨房more [mɔː] adj. & pron.更多的noisy ['nɒɪzɪ] adj. 吵闹的relax [rɪ'læks] v. 放松；休息read [riːd] v. 读；阅读 terrible ['terɪb(ə)l] adj. 非常讨厌的；可 怕的 feel [fiːl] v. 感受；觉的strict [strɪkt] adj. 严格的；严厉的be strict (with sb) （对某人）要求严格remember [rɪ'membə] v. 记住； 记起follow ['fɒləʊ] v. 遵循；跟随follow the rules 遵守规则luck [lʌk] n. 幸运；运气keep [kiːp] v. 保持；保留hair [heə] n. 头发；毛发learn [lɜːn] v. 学习；学会Clark [kla:k] 克拉克（姓；男名）Amy [eɪmɪ] 埃米（女名）Molly ['mɒlɪ]莫莉（女名）New York [nju: jɔ:k] 纽约Unit 5 What do you like pandas?panda n. 熊猫zoo n.动物园tiger n.老虎elephant n.大象koala n. 树袋熊lion n.狮子giraffe n. 长颈鹿animal n .动物cute adj.可爱的；机灵的lazy adj.懒散的；懒惰的smart adj 聪明的beautiful adj 美丽的；美好的scary adj吓人的；恐怖的kind n 种类kind of 稍微；有点儿Australia n. 澳大利亚south adj 南方的n 南； 南方 Africa n.非洲South Africa 南非pet n. 宠物leg n. 腿cat n. 猫sleep n睡觉friendly adj .友好的shy adj. 羞怯的；腼腆的save v .救；救助symbol n.象征flag n. 旗；旗帜forget v.忘记；遗忘get lost 迷路place n .地点；位置water n.水danger n. 危险be in (great) danger 处于（极大）危险之中cut v .砍；切down adv.（坐、躺、倒）下 prep.向下；沿着cut down 砍倒tree n. 树kill v.杀死；弄死ivory n.象牙over prep .超过；多于；在… 上方(be) made of 由……制成的Julie 朱莉（女名）Becky 贝姬（女名）Thailand n.泰国Thai n.泰国（人的）；泰语（的)Unit 6 I’m watching TV.newspaper n .报纸read a newspaper 看报纸use v.使用；运用Soup n.汤make soup 做汤wash v.洗movie n.电影go to movies 看电影just adv .只是；恰好eat out 出去吃饭house n.房子drink v..喝n.饮料tea n.茶；茶叶drink tea 喝茶tomorrow adv在明天 n.明天；未来pool n.游泳池； 水池shop v. 购物 n.商店supermarket n. 超市man n男人；人race n.竞赛host n.主人；东道主study v. n学习；研究state n 洲the United States 美国；美利坚合众国American adj美国的;美洲的n美国人;美洲人dragon n.龙Dragon Boat Festival 端午节any adj.任何的.任一的 pron.任何；任一other adj另外的；其他的 pron.另外的人（或物）young adj幼小的,年轻的children n 儿童miss v.怀念. 思念wish v 希望 delicious adj. 可口的.美味 的 still .adv. 还.仍然living room 客厅Steve 史蒂夫（男名）Laura 劳拉（女名）Unit 7 It's raining!rain v.下雨n.雨水windy adj.多风的cloudy adj多云的sunny adj晴朗的snow v.下雪；雪Snowweather n.天气cook v.做饭bad adj坏的；糟的park n.公园message n.信息；消息take a message捎个口信；传话him pron.他（he的宾格）could v.能；可以back adj.回来；回原处call(sb)back回电话problem n.困难；难题again adj.再一次；又一次dry adj.干燥的cold adj寒冷的；冷的hot adj热的warm adj温暖的visit v.拜访；参观Canada n.加拿大summer n.夏天；夏季sit v.坐juice n.果汁；饮料soon adv.不久；很快vacation n.假期on(a)vacation度假hard adv.努力地；困难的Europe n.欧洲mountain n.高山country n.国；国家skate v.滑冰snowy adj.下雪的winter n.冬天；冬季Russian adj.俄罗斯的；俄罗斯人；俄语snowman n.雪人rainy adj.阴雨的；多雨的Joe乔（男名）Jeff杰夫（男名）Moscow莫斯科Toronto多伦多Boston波士顿Unit 8 Is there a post office near here?post n.邮政office n. 办公室post office 邮局police n.警察police station警察局hotel n.旅店；酒店restaurant n.餐馆bank n.银行hospital n.医院street n.大街pay v.付费pay phone付费电话near prep.在……附近across adv.过；穿过across from在……对面front n.前面in front of在……前面behind prep.在……后面town n.镇；市镇around adv.&prep.到处；大约north n.北；北方adj.北方的along prep.沿着go along沿着（这条街）走turn v.转向；翻right adv.向右边；n.右边left adv.向左边n.左边turn right |\\\/left向右、左转crossing n.十字路口neighborhood n.街区；街坊spend v.花（时间、钱等）spend time花时间climb v.爬road n.路often adv.时常；常常air n.空气sunshine n.阳光free adj免费的enjoy v.享受；喜爱enjoy reading喜欢阅读easily adv.容易地money n.钱Unit 9 What does he look like?curly adj.卷曲的straight adj.直的tall adj.高的medium adj. 中等的height n.身高；高度of medium height中等身高thin adj.瘦的heavy adj.重的build n.身材of medium build中等身材tonight adv. & n.今夜little adj.小的a little 一点，少量cinema n.电影院glasses n.眼镜later adj.以后handsome adj.英俊的actor n.演员actress n.女演员person n.人nose n.鼻子blonde adj.金黄色的mouth n.嘴round adj.圆形的face n.脸eye n.眼睛singer n.歌手artist n.艺术家crime n.犯罪活动criminal n.罪犯put v.放each adj.& pron.每个，各自way n.方式，路线describe v.描述differently adv.不同地another adj.& pron.另一，又一end n.结尾，尽头in the end最后real adj..真正的;真实的jeans n.牛仔裤Johnny约翰尼（男名）Dean迪安（姓）Tina蒂娜（女名）Jackson杰克逊（姓）Unit 10 I'd like some noodles.noodle n. 面条mutton n. 羊肉beef n. 牛肉cabbage n. 卷心菜；洋白菜potato n. 土豆；马铃薯special n. 特色菜；特价品；特别的；特殊的would v.（表示意愿）愿意 would like愿意；喜欢 yet adv.（常用于否定句或疑问句）还；仍然1large adj. 大号的；大的1order n. & v. 点菜；命令take one's order点菜size n. 大小；尺码bowl n. 碗one(large)bowl of一（大）碗tofu n. 豆腐meat n.（可食用的）肉dumpling n. 饺子porridge n. 粥；面糊onion n. 洋葱fish n. 鱼；鱼肉pancake n. 烙饼；薄饼world n. 世界around the world世界各地answer n. 答案 v. 回答different adj. 不同的cake n. 蛋糕candle n. 蜡烛age n. 年龄make a wish 许愿blow v. 吹blow out 吹灭if conj. 如果will v. 会the UK n. 英国candy n. 糖果lucky adj. 幸运的popular adj. 受欢迎的；普遍的get popular受欢迎；流行cut up切碎idea n. 想法；主意bring good luck to…给……带来好运Unit 11How was your school trip?milk v. 挤奶cow n. 奶牛milk a cow 给奶牛挤奶horse n. 马ride a horse 骑马feed v. 喂养；饲养feed chickens 喂鸡farmer n. 农民；农场主quite adv. 相当；安全quite a lot(of…) 许多anything pron.（常用于否定句或疑问句）任何东西；任何事物grow v. 种植；生长；发育farm n. 农场；务农；种田pick v. 采；摘excellent adj. 极好的；优秀的countryside n. 乡村；农村in the countryside 在乡下；在农村yesterday n. 昨天flower n. 花worry v. 担心；担忧luckily adv. 幸运地；好运地sun n. 太阳museum n. 博物馆fire n. 火灾fire station 消防站painting n. 油画；绘画exciting adj. 使人兴奋的；令人激动的lovely adj. 可爱的expensive adj. 昂贵的cheap adj. 廉价的；便宜的slow adj. 缓慢的；迟缓的fast adv. & adj. 快地（的）robot n. 机器人guide n. 导游；向导gift n. 礼物；赠品all in all 总的说来everything pron. 一切；所有事物interested adj. 感兴趣的be interested in 对……感兴趣dark adj. 黑暗的；昏暗的hear(heard） v. 听到；听见Carol卡罗尔(女名）Unit 12 What did you do last weekend?camp v. 扎营;扎帐篷lake n. 湖，湖泊beach n. 海滩，沙滩badminton n. 羽毛球运动sheep n. 羊，绵羊as adv. & pron. 作为，当做natural pron. 自然的butterfly n. 蝴蝶visitor n. 游客；访问者tired adj. 疲倦的stay v. 停留stay up late 熬夜；睡得很晚away adv. 离开run away 跑开mouse n. 老鼠baby n. 幼小的shout v. 呼叫，喊叫shout at…冲……大声叫嚷woof interj.（狗叫声）汪汪language n. 语言fly v. 飞kite n. 风筝fly a kite 放风筝high adj. & adv. 高的（地）high school中学ago adv. 以前India n. 印度tent n. 帐篷put up 搭起，举起moon n. 月亮surprise n. & v. 惊奇，惊讶get a surprise 吃惊snake n. 蛇scared adj. 惊慌的move v. 移动shout to…对……大声喊叫start v. 开始，着手jump v. 跳跃up and down上上下下wake v. 弄醒，醒into prep. 到……里面forest n. 森林ear n. 耳朵Lucy露西(女名）
