北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 25(2)-3

[00:00.00]Beijing has changed rapidly
[00:03.35]in the last twenty years or so.
[00:05.34]Travellers of the 1920s remember it
[00:07.84]mainly as a city of busy lanes¹
[00:09.76]with homes built around courtyards,
[00:12.29]but these have given way to the high-rise
[00:14.30]apartment blocks of the 21st century.
[00:17.50]TV sets and washing machines--
[00:19.57]unimaginable luxuries² in the 1970s--
[00:22.27]are now commonplace³ and the bicycles
[00:24.63]that were the main form of transport
[00:26.35]a few decades ago are now prohibited⁴
[00:28.70]on the highways that circle the city.
[00:31.04]Luxury products that were not even
[00:33.02]imagined 30 years ago,
[00:34.65]are now available to anyone who has the desire
[00:37.51]and spare cash to buy them.
[00:39.82]The Beijing of today is still changing,
[00:42.88]so rapidly in fact,
[00:44.37]that maps of the ticy go out of date almost
[00:47.16]as soon as they are published!
[00:49.22]A street that had two restaurants last month,
[00:51.77]may have four or more this month!
[00:51.77]

1 lanes   

n.小路( lane的名词复数 )；车道；航道；分道

参考例句：

• A headless rider haunts the country lanes. 一个无头骑士常出没于乡间的小路上。
• He made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic. 他不要命地冲过了三条车道。

2 luxuries   

n.奢侈( luxury的名词复数 )；豪华；奢侈品；不常有的乐趣（或享受、优势）

参考例句：

• Such luxuries are unavailable to ordinary people. 此等奢侈品普通百姓是难以获得的。
• His salary is low and he gets few luxuries. 他薪水微薄，很少买奢侈品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 commonplace   

adj.平凡的，普通的；n.寻常的事物，常见的事

参考例句：

• Soon it will be commonplace for men to travel to the moon.人们去月球旅行很快就会成为常事。
• What he has said is a mere commonplace view.他所说的不过是尘俗之见而已。

4 prohibited   

v.禁止，阻止( prohibit的过去式和过去分词 )；不许

参考例句：

• The tourists are prohibited from getting on the island. 旅游者被禁止登上那个小岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Unlawful search of, or intrusion into, a citizen's home is prohibited. 禁止非法搜查或者非法侵入公民的住宅。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》