英语六级阅读练习：现代建筑林立凸显伦敦塔不受尊重_大学英语阅读

英语六级阅读练习：现代建筑林立凸显伦敦塔不受尊重

　　本篇阅读材料现代建筑林立凸显伦敦塔不受尊重选自《卫报》(原文标题：The surrounding modern buildings show no respect for the Tower of London 2012.1.20)。

　　如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步^^

　　Bad news. Unesco may soon strip Londons two most prominent tourist sites, Westminsters Parliament Square and the Tower of London in the City of their world heritage status. Chief reason is the towering Shard, which will be western Europes tallest building, now looming over both of them from its launch pad on the south side of London Bridge. Westminsters grouping of Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Whitehall is probably far enough away to survive the shock. The Tower of London is a different matter.

　　Unesco 联合国教科文组织(United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)

　　strip of 剥夺

　　tourist sites 旅游景点;观光地区

　　Shard 夏德伦敦塔(一座超高层摩天大楼，位于伦敦Southwark，2009年年底前开始施工，并计划于2012年5月竣工，届时将会是英国和西欧最高建筑。)

　　loom over 赫然耸立

　　The rough-and-tumble old citadel has become such a London familiar that few people really know it. William the Conquerors White Tower still sits nobly in the centre of the composition, sadly deprived of the original limewash that gave it its name. Inside are the original apartments, two chambers to each floor, and a Norman chapel. In the basement is a magnificent armoury museum. This remains the finest 11th-century structure in Britain.