走向高考·英语路漫漫其修远兮吾将上下而求索必修5Units1~2Unit2TheUnitedKingdom话题诵读1考题对接2基础回顾3课后强化作业5精讲点拨4话题诵读早读一刻情感体验Forover900years,theTowerofLondonhasservedasaroyalpalaceandfortress(堡垒)
Today,it'sfamousforitsbloodyhistoryandforbeingtheplacewheretheCrownJewelsarekept
Butithasservedotherpurposes,too
ThesiteoftheTowerwasoriginallypartoftheRomancityofLondinium
When,in1066,aforeignerfromnorthwestFrancebecameKingWilliamofBritain,heorderedthatawoodencastlebebuiltonthebanksoftheriverThames
ThepurposeofthisfortresswastohelpsecureLondon,themostimportantcityinhisviewrealm
Tenyearslater,Williamhadthefortressrebuiltinstone,andcreatedagreatfortifiedpalacewithwallsthreemetersthick
Today,thisbuildingisknownastheWhiteTower,anditstandsinthecentreofamuchlargerstonefortress,whichwasbuiltduringlatercenturies
TheTowernowcoversth