【英语时差8,16】伦敦千禧桥-上

June 2000, and London saw the opening of its first pedestrian-only bridge, the Millennium¹ Bridge, between St Paul’s Cathedral and the Tate Modern art gallery. It was quite a day and within minutes hundreds of people had come to see the new bridge and to walk across it. I’m Oliver. And I’m John, and in this edition of On the Town, we’re investigating the Millennium Bridge. It was designed by the architect Lord Norman Foster, and has a very sleek², silvery appearance. It has a very modern look, and it’s also a suspension bridge. Now, I hear that there was a problem when the bridge opened to the public in 2000. There was, yes. A big problem! What was it?

1 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

2 sleek   

adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳拢

参考例句：

• Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
• The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。