你知道什么是典型的哥特式建筑吗
哥特式建筑带着浓重的宗教色彩，这使她超越了单纯的艺术表现，也比中世纪其他的文化成就更让人叹为观止。她有高耸入云的尖塔，棱纹拱顶；她大多是教堂；她的代表作品就是我们熟知的巴黎圣母院……
Many diversified characteristics will help identify a structure as Gothic: ogee archways, ribbed vaults, and the wondrous flying buttresses are a few. Yet, it is always the craft placed high above, which captures our eyes and imaginations most effectively.
Since all works of religious art rise beyond mere artistic expression, bearing potent symbolic reference, we must accept that our attention was intended to be focused upwards. Within the span of the passing centuries, the cathedrals of the Middle Ages themselves rise up above other cultural achievements. At the center of these towering legacies resides Notre Dame de Paris, "Our Lady".
重点词汇
Gothic a. 哥特式的
ogee n. 弯曲，S形
archway n. 拱门，拱道
vault n. 拱顶
ribbed a. 有棱纹的，有肋骨的
buttress n. （建筑）扶壁
few n. 很少数，几乎没有
cathedral n. 大教堂
the Middle Ages n. 中世纪
potent a. 有力的，有效的
legacy n. 祖先传下的遗产
towering a. 高耸的，杰出的
reside v. 居住
Notre Dame de Paris n. 巴黎圣母院
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巴黎圣母院：哥特式建筑的杰出代表
她坐落在巴黎市中心、塞纳河的西岱岛上，她玫瑰色窗户上的斑驳玻璃、工艺讲究的尖顶造型集中了哥特式建筑的全部精华……
In thinking of Gothic architecture, our thoughts always ascend. For that which embodies Gothic style most is lofty; Rose windows of stained glass, ornately crafted spires, and the guardians of grand cathedrals, the Gargoyles. Each is distinctly Gothic, and all distinctly Notre Dame de Paris.
Notre Dame de Paris, more than seven hundred years old, is only the most recent of holy houses to occupy this ancient sacred ground. The Celts held their services on this island in the Seine, and atop their sacred groves the Romans built their own temple to Jupiter.
In the early years of Christianity, a basilica dedicated to St. Etienne was constructed around 528 by Childebert. A church in the Romanesque manner replaced the basilica, and this stood until 1163 when work began on the structure which stands today.
重点词汇
Gothic architecture n. 哥特式建筑
lofty a. 高级的，高傲的，高高的
stained a. 褪色的
ornate a. 装饰华丽的，绚丽的
spire n. 尖顶
cathedral n. 大教堂
gargoyle n. 怪兽状的滴水嘴
sacred a. 庄严的，神圣的
Notre Dame de Paris n. 巴黎圣母院
Celt n. 凯尔特人
Seine n. 塞纳河
atop prep. 在……顶上
grove n. 小树林
Christianity n. 基督教
basilica n. 长方形基督教堂
Romanesque n. 罗马式
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