19-4-17 【地道美语096】全球关注：巴黎圣母院突发大火 Notre Dame caught on fire

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#巴黎圣母院发生大火# 当地时间4月15日傍晚，法国巴黎拥有800年历史的著名地标建筑巴黎圣母院突发大火，滚滚浓烟遮蔽了塞纳河畔的天空，大火致使塔尖倒塌，屋顶和塔尖被烧毁，整座建筑烧毁严重，世界文化遗址及珍贵文物的意外损毁举世震惊。【地道美语096】和世界一起关注圣母院大火 Notre Dame Cathedral on fire

巴黎圣母院的名字是「Notre-Dame de Paris」

Notre——Our

Dame——Lady，Queen

Our lady is onfire. Our Queen is burning.

C’est très triste.

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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, did you hear about the fire in Paris?

Mark:  I sawsome posts about it,------- news articles yet.  What happened?

Jingjing: Well, Notre Dame, the cathedral nearly ------------------.

Mark:  That'sterrible!  Does anyone know what started it?

Jingjing: Apparently, it was ----------.  There's ---------------------

Mark:  That'sa relief, at least.  Wait, isn't Notre Dame made of--------------?

Jingjing: Yes, but the --------------.  Once that got going, it took some ofthe --------- with it.

Mark:  I sawthe video of the spire ------------.  That's hardto un-see.

Jingjing: Yeah,it's really----- It was already a------------- project—and that was beforethe fire.

Mark:  What'sit --------------now?  Any idea?

Jingjing:  Iread that it would cost --------- now.  But experts are still --------------  A project like this will take 10 years or so.

Mark:  Itmust be ------------------ work.

Jingjing:  Tosay the least.  It took------------ Notre Dame.  With today'stechnology, it still can't be-------------.

Mark:  Who'sgoing to pay for all that work?

Jingjing: UNESCO is -----------------------

Mark: Really?  Any names I would know?

Jingjing: Francois-Henri Pinault: he --------------Euros immediately.  Also,Bernard Arnault is giving-----------------Euros.

dialogue 2

Jingjing:  MyWeChat moments ------------- about Notre Dame.

Mark:  Minetoo.  A lot of people have found their--------------------when theyvisited the cathedral—--------------—and are posting those.

Jingjing:  Icould probably do the same.  I know where-------  It's just so sadthough.

Mark: Jingjing, I didn't know you went to Paris!

Jingjing: Yeah, I went there in ---------------------------and everything.

Mark:  I hearit's really breathtaking.

Jingjing:  Itdefinitely is.  The cathedral sits on --------------the Seine.  That accentuates ---------------.

Mark:  Howbig is Notre Dame?

Jingjing: It's 48 meters wide and 128 meters long.  ---------it stood at aheight of --------

Mark:  That'spretty impressive.  It was built nearly a ----------- ago, wasn't it?

Jingjing: Right.  Construction began in the-----------------.

Mark:  Wow. I hope the restoration goes smoothly.  It's really important to keepthose -------- in good condition.  Thousands of young ---------------

Jingjing:  -------------------------

Mark:  Let'skeep Notre Dame in ---------------------- and hope it can be restored.

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

arson  startinga big fire on purpose

spire  a thinpointed tower on top of a castle or a cathedral

hard to un-see  aterrible image (like the sinking Titanic)

assess  expertopinion on how much something will cost

painstaking (adj.)  difficult,must be carefully done

from dialogue 2

breathtaking  amazing,beautiful, awesome

accentuate  makesomething look larger or more beautiful

world heritagesite  one of 1092 landmarks selected by UNESCO (United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization)

edifice  theface of a building