2015考研英语阅读书卷中的英伦风光_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读书卷中的英伦风光

　　Tom Forts book, named for a well-used English road, is a smoother ride: elegantlywritten, with a dry humour and an eyebrow raised at the failed smart solutions oftransport ministers. His object is to reveal the special beauty of the landscape, particularlySalisbury Plain[ and Stonehenge . Mr Fort is a charming and knowledgeableguide, who can people the hills with shepherds, and the manors and rectories with eccentricantiquarians; who can tell you about an ancient system for flooding water meadows or thecommon names of chalk-loving flowers and butterflies. It is enough to make Wiltshire yournext holiday destination.

　　Tom Fort的书以一条常被使用的英国公路命名，并且有着更为流畅的内容：优雅的笔触，带着些冷幽默，使读者在读到交通部长失败的聪明解决方案时扬起眉毛。他的目的是为了展现了风景的特殊的美丽，特别是索尔兹伯里原野和巨石阵。Fort是一个富有魅力且极具知识的向导，他可以与牧羊人一起居住在山丘上，也可以与性情古怪的古玩收藏家一起居住在庄园中。他也可以向你讲述无边草甸的古老制度或是喜钙的花朵或蝴蝶的常用名。这些都足够使威尔特郡成为你下一次度假的目的地。

　　The bits that stick, though, are his non-places: the Little Chef restaurant at Popham,Amesburys Solstice Park, a business development, and above all a hilarious riff on TheAncestor, a huge sculpture outside a Holiday Innitself an example of Neolithic chic, thebrochure says. Very boutiquey, very contemporary.