人教高中英语高二上UNIT5-2

  It is twenty-five miles across the fields to Salisbury. Sheep can be seen everywhere and the great number of them is really wonderful. All around the city of Salisbury, as far as twenty-two miles to the west, and six miles south, down to the coast, farmers raise sheep. There could be as many as six hundred thousand sheep fed within six miles of Salisbury, measuring every way round and the town in the centre.
       As we travelled through this country, we saw many old relics¹ from ancient times and ruins of the native population of this kingdom. These are interesting to a traveller² who has read something of the history of the country. The cathedral³ is famous for the height of its tower, which is without doubt the highest and the most handsome in England, being from the ground 404 feet.
       Salisbury itself is a large and fine city. It is built where two rivers come together. Neither of them is very big, but they become a large river when joined together, and yet larger when joined by a third river, about three miles below the city. Then, through a deep channel they flow through some gardens, and down to Christchurch, into the sea.
      The city of Salisbury has two important kinds of produce and trade, which employ the poor of a great part of the country round -- namely⁴, making cloth and sheets, called Salisbury Whites. The people of Salisbury are happy and rich. Their business is doing well, and there is a great deal of good manners⁵ and good company among them.
      I have written before that this country has high hills, whose tops spread out into green fields upon which great numbers of sheep are fed. But I want to tell the reader that these hills and fields are most beautiful, with many small and clear rivers, and rich fields bearing⁶ fruit and grain. All around we find nice little towns, villages and houses, and among them many of good size. So you look at the fields and think the country wild and empty, and yet when you come down the hills you are surprised with the most beautiful and rich country in England.

1 relics   

[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸

参考例句：

• The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
• Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。

2 traveller   

n.旅馆；旅游者

参考例句：

• Almost every traveller carried about a camera.几乎每个旅行者都带着相机。
• It is nothing but a traveller's tale.这只不过是海外奇谈。

3 cathedral   

n.教区总教堂；大教堂

参考例句：

• We visited the magnificent cathedral.我们参观了宏伟的教堂。
• There's a cathedral in the town.镇里有一座大教堂。

4 namely   

adv.即，也就是

参考例句：

• Only one boy was absent, namely Harry.只有一个孩子缺席，就是哈利。
• Only one person can answer the question namely you.只有一个人能回答这个问题，那就是你。

5 manners   

n.礼貌；规矩

参考例句：

• You should mend your manners.你的态度应当纠正。
• His manners are rough,but he is a kind man at heart.他虽然举止粗鲁，但心地善良。

6 bearing   

n.关系，影响，举止，姿态，方位，方向

参考例句：

• What you said had not much bearing on the problem.你说的话跟这个问题没有多大关系。
• He preserved his grave and dignified bearing.他保持庄重威严的仪态。