雅思场景听写训练 第5期:新生报到与培训(5)

Good afternoon everybody and welcome to Riverside Industrial Village.

To start your visit, I'm just going to give you a brief account of the history of the museum before letting you roam¹ about on your own. I won't keep you long. OK?

Now, from where we're standing² you've got a good view of the river over there.

And it was because of this fast-flowing water that this site was a natural place for manufacturing works.

The water and the availability of raw materials in the area, like minerals and iron ore, and also the abundance³ of local fuels，

like coal and firewood, all made this site suitable for industry from a very early time.

Water was the main source of power for the early industries and some of the water wheels were first established in the 12th century,

would you believe? At that time, local craftsmen⁴ first built an iron forge⁵ just behind the village here, on the bend of the river.

By the 17th and 18th centuries the region's rivers supported more than a hundred and sixty water mills—and many of these continued to operate well into the 19th century.

But then the steam engine was invented and then the railways came and the centers of industry were able to move away from the rivers and the countryside and into the towns.

So, industrial villages like this one became very rare.

1 roam   

vi.漫游，闲逛，徜徉

参考例句：

• He used to roam the streets for hours on end.他过去常逛大街，一逛就是几个小时。
• I like to roam about over the countryside.我喜欢在乡间走一走。

2 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。

3 abundance   

n.大量，丰富，充足

参考例句：

• At the feast there was food and drink in abundance.宴会上有丰富的饮食。
• There is an abundance of commodity supplies on the markets.商品供应充足。

4 craftsmen   

n. 技工

参考例句：

• rugs handmade by local craftsmen 由当地工艺师手工制作的小地毯
• The craftsmen have ensured faithful reproduction of the original painting. 工匠保证要复制一幅最接近原作的画。

5 forge   

v.使形成，与...建立密切联系，伪造，假冒

参考例句：

• Everything new comes from the forge of hard and bitter struggle.一切新东西都是从艰苦斗争中锻炼出来的。
• Difficulties help to forge people into able folk.困难有助于把人们锻炼成能干的人。