下载后可任意编辑新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson25~27新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson25【课文】Oneofthemostfamoussailingshipsofthenineteenthcentury,theCuttySark,canstillbeseenatGreenwich
Shestandsondrylandandisvisitedbythousandsofpeopleeachyear
Sheservesasanimpressivereminderofthegreatshipsofthepast
Beforetheywerereplacedbysteamships,sailingvesselsliketheCuttySarkwereusedtocarryteafromChinaandwoolfromAustralia
TheCuttySarkwasoneofthefastestsailingshipsthathaseverbeenbuilt
TheonlyothershiptomatchherwastheThermopylae
BoththeseshipssetoutfromShanghaionJune18th,1872onanexcitingracetoEngland
Thisrace,whichwentonforexactlyfourmonths,wasthelastofitskind
Itmarkedtheendofthegreat下载后可任意编辑traditionofshipswithsailsandthebeginningofanewera
ThefirstofthetwoshipstoreachJavaaftertheracehadbegunwastheThermopylae,butontheIndianOcean,theCutt