新西兰英语 632 Plan for Christchurch city

 　　First listen to April 18th 2012 to hear about the 100 day blueprint¹ for Christchurch city.

　　The Prime² Minister, John Key, showed the plan for the new Christchurch city to the council³ and business people. This is the blueprint which a group of architects⁴ and planners designed in 100 days. Most people who saw the plan today were excited by it.

　　The new city will be smaller than before. There will be more green spaces – parks and cycle ways. On both sides of the Avon River will be wide park areas. There will also be a north-south park, one block wide and seven blocks long from the polytech to the river and an east-west block from the polytech to the hospital. These green areas will be the frame⁵ for the city. The Square in the centre of the city will also have an area of grass.

　　There will be a number of precincts so that similar activities can be grouped together. The Health precinct will include the hospital and other health facilities. The performing arts precinct will have the Town Hall and the Court Theatre. Near this precinct will be a convention⁶ centre and hotels.

　　The plan is contained in a 120 page document. You can download this yourself at Christchurch City Blueprint.

　　More than 1000 buildings have been demolished⁷ in the CBD already since the earthquakes. Very soon, it will be time to rebuild the city.

　　Vocabulary

　　blueprint – plan

　　frame – a picture can have a frame around it. Christchurch city will have park areas around it.

　　precinct – area

　　contained – held inside; container (n) for holding something e.g. a bottle is a container for water.

　　CBD – Central business district

1 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

2 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

3 council   

n.理事会，委员会，议事机构

参考例句：

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• The city council has declared for improving the public bus system.市议会宣布同意改进公共汽车系统。

4 architects   

n.建筑师( architect的名词复数 )；设计师；缔造者；创造者

参考例句：

• He was one of the principal architects of the revolution. 他是那次革命的主要发动者之一。
• He was one of the architects of the republic. 他是这个共和国的缔造者之一。 来自辞典例句

5 frame   

n.框架，结构，体格；vt.构成，设计，制定，使适合，陷害； 框架，（是指在数据链路层中，将网络层数据包加上开始与结尾信息包组成一个框架）

参考例句：

• The house has a wooden frame which is faced with brick.这个房子是木质结构的砖瓦房。
• We must frame up that picture.我们必须给那幅画装上框。

6 convention   

n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会

参考例句：

• How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。

7 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。