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Passage One
短文一
A famous building in New York City is turning 101 years old this year.
紐約有棟建筑今年已經(jīng)101歲了。
A celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal which is usually called Grand Central Station.
人們計劃為這座被稱為“中央車站”的紐約大中央車站總站舉辦一次紀念活動。
The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913.
自1913年建立以來，這座建筑幾乎仍保持著原樣。
About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day.
紐約中央車站每天的客流量高達75萬人次。
Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores.
其中有來參觀車站的游客，有來逛商店的顧客。
But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station.
但大多數(shù)人為進出站的旅客。
It is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 train tracks, all of them underground.
紐約中央車站是世界上最大的火車站。地下建有67道鐵軌。
The main part of the building has large, arched windows, a jeweled four-sided clock and ticket windows.
車站內部有大型的拱形窗,鑲嵌著寶石的四面鐘以及售票窗口。
Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years.
多年來，這座車站頻頻在各大影片中“露臉”。
Dan Brucker has worked for the transit authority at Grand Central for 30 years.
丹·布魯克已經(jīng)在中央車站的高速運輸管理部門工作了30年。
In all those years, he has not lost his interest in the building.
盡管在此呆了這么多年，但他對這座車站的喜愛絲毫未減。
According to Mr. Brucker, the station is the beginning of 20th century architecture.
據(jù)布魯克介紹，這座車站是20世紀的建筑。
And as people come through this terminal,
匆忙穿梭在車站里的人們
they don't even realize that the magnificent celestial ceiling above them, the very roof of heaven, is exactly wrong, is exactly opposite.
并未注意到頭頂上富麗堂皇的天花板--星空穹頂，所繪的圖案與天空是完全相反的。
It's a mirror image.
其實這是利用鏡面反射的創(chuàng)新性構思。
Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 years.
賈斯汀·費雷德是一位歷史學家，連續(xù)30年雷打不動地趕來參觀這座車站。
He says the station was designed to make travel a pleasure
他表示如此人性化的設計讓旅途變得愉快，
and he also believes the building was designed for large numbers of people.
他也相信此車站是為大多數(shù)旅客而設計的。
A ten-year-long fight against plans to build a huge office building over Grand Central in 1968 helped create the modern preservation movement.
1968年，為阻止鐵路公司拆除大中央車站以興建辦公大樓，民眾掀起了一項長達十年的“保護現(xiàn)代建筑”的抗議活動。
Now, no one would think of changing the beauty of the station.
如今，再也沒有人想改變車站的原貌了。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題16至問題18是基于你剛剛聽到的這篇文章
Question 16. What do people plan to celebrate for?
問題16. 人們打算慶祝什么？
Question 17. What can be learned about the station?
問題17. 關于車站，我們可以了解到什么信息？
Question 18. What makes people drop the idea of making changes of the building?
問題18. 人們不再想要改變車站面貌的原因是？
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