Rescue mission for Paris landmark 巴黎圣母院为修缮寻求捐助

本集内容 Rescue mission for crumbling Paris landmark 巴黎圣母院为修缮寻求捐助

学习要点 和“buildings 房屋”有关的词汇

边看边答 What is causing the masonry to crumble away?

Outside on the roof above the back of the cathedral, this is the part of Notre Dame that visitors don't get to see. Fallen chunks of stoneware, gargoyles replaced by PVC pipes, a flying buttress held together by metal staples, a pinnacle in a brace.

在巴黎圣母院背后的屋顶上，这是游客无法看到的教堂一部分。落下的大块石器、被PVC排水管代替的滴水槽、由金属“订书针”固定的飞扶壁、由支架撑着的尖顶。

Slowly this jewel of Gothic architecture is becoming unstable.

慢慢地，这座哥特式建筑的瑰宝变得越来越不稳定。

This section over here is what they call the cemetery. These pieces are all bits of Gothic masonry which are in such bad repair, that they simply fell off.

这个部分是被他们称为“墓地”的地方。这些都是从这座急需修复的哥特式砖石建筑上掉下来的碎片。

The problem is pollution, combined with the cold and rain, which together are eating into the limestone. Eventually it crumbles away. 

问题是污染，再加上寒冷的天气和雨水，它们一起不断侵蚀着这些石灰岩。最终使其破碎。

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