【轻松英文阅读】瓜塔佩

 Guatapé is a beautiful city in Colombia that is known for its bright coloring and beautiful art. From the moment visitors enter the city they are welcomed with a handcrafted, unique sign and encouraged down the road with bright paints and tile work. Every part of the town features a bright paint job and whimsical design.

 

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Beyond the bright colors that playfully cover the building fronts the town is also especially known for its 3D art pieces and paintings at the base of all of the buildings, or zocalos. The Zocalos pull the creative inspiration together across the town and make artwork accessible in the streets. The drawings range from sprawling¹ swirls² and renditions of the townscape to traditional animal portraits and some of the best sculpture zocalos are human masks that stick out of the building bases. There is a unique vibrancy³ that sets this town apart!

 

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Just outside of the town there is some unique history to explore as well with a gigantic rock formation that features an exposed vertical⁴ face standing⁵ 200 meters high which visitors can scale up to find food vendors⁶ and a viewing area. From the manmade lake nearby visitors can also see the top of the cross of the old Guatape Church poking⁷ out of the water!

1 sprawling   

adj.蔓生的，不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）

参考例句：

• He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
• a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇

2 swirls   

n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 )；卷状物；漩涡；尘旋v.旋转，打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Swirls of smoke rose through the trees. 树林中升起盘旋的青烟。 来自辞典例句
• On reaching the southeast corner of Himalaya-Tibet, It'swirls cyclonically across the Yunnan Plateau. 在到达喜马拉雅--西藏高原东南角处，它作气旋性转向越过云南高原。 来自辞典例句

3 vibrancy   

n.活跃；震动

参考例句：

• I like the vibrancy of her character.我喜欢她的活泼性格。
• Tom felt himself being drawn towards her vibrant personality. 汤姆感觉自己被她充满朝气的个性所吸引。

4 vertical   

adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
• Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。