英语听力 学英语,练听力,上听力课堂! 注册 登录
> 在线听力 > 英语高级听力 > 异域文化 其他文化 >  第15篇

异域文化 其他文化 Romantic Verona, Italy 意大利-维罗那

所属教程:异域文化 其他文化

浏览:

手机版
扫描二维码方便学习和分享
https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/0008/8924/15.mp3
https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012
North of the Arena , the old town streets lead inevitably to the Piazza delle Erbe. Once the site of a Roman Forum, the Piazza is still the city’s hub, a marketplace, gathering place and shoppingmecca.

The snow and the cows north of here in the Dolomites started an important trend that thank goodness continues in Verona today--Gelato. While universally delicious, not all Italian Gelato is alike. Gelato in Northern Italy is milk and cream based ice-cream, while in Southern Italy the Gelato is water based and more like sorbet. A Verona delight is this mixture of Gelato, fresh fruit and cream. I think I’m in love.

Speaking of love, a short detour from the Piazza delle Erbe leads to the so-called House of Juliet, a fictitious shrine to the star-crossed heroine of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. While the Montague and Capulet families did exist, the rest is pure imagination. The shrine draws mainly tourists and lovelorn teens.

The Adige river encircles Verona’s old town, forming a kind of peninsula. As you approach the river the streets grow narrower and more mysterious. The Ponte Pietra at the tip of the old town peninsula is Verona’s oldest bridge with two of the arches dating from about 50 B.C.

=============================

hub: the center part of a wheel, fan, or propeller; center

mecca:a place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest; center

sorbet: an ice containing milk

star-crossed :opposed by fate; ill-fated

heroine:the principal female character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation

lovelorn:unhappy in love or suffering from unrequited love

peninsula: piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.

用户搜索

疯狂英语 英语语法 新概念英语 走遍美国 四级听力 英语音标 英语入门 发音 美语 四级 新东方 七年级 赖世雄 zero是什么意思天津市源德里英语学习交流群

网站推荐

英语翻译英语应急口语8000句听歌学英语英语学习方法

  • 频道推荐
  • |
  • 全站推荐
  • 推荐下载
  • 网站推荐