2025年中考英语外刊精读——永不沉没的巴黎

中考英语外刊精读——“永不沉没”的巴黎：因奥运焕发新颜 The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americans’ budgets. 去年，标准普尔500指数成份股公司首席执行长的典型薪酬包上涨了近13%，在通胀给美国人的预算带来相当大压力的情况下，轻松超过了普通员工的薪酬涨幅。 双语阅读 Para.1 The Olympic project is almost unthinkable in its audacity, and a major security headache, but then the Eiffel Tower would never have risen above Paris in 1889 if the many naysayers had prevailed. As it went up for the Paris World Fair, Guy de Maupassant called the tower a “giant hideous skeleton” that had driven him out of Paris. Now, between its first and second floors, five giant Olympic rings — in blue, yellow, black, green and red — adorn the tower. They glow at night over the Champ de Mars park, where the beach volleyball competition will be held. Nearby flows the Seine, beautified at a cost of about $1.5 billion and clean enough, it is said, for several Olympic events, including two 10-kilometer swims and the triathlon.  这个奥运项目之大胆几乎难以想象，同时它也是一个让人头痛的重大安全问题，然而，要是都依着那些唱反调的人，埃菲尔铁塔也就不会在1889年拔地而起了。当年为了世博会而建起的铁塔迫使莫泊桑离开了巴黎，他称之为一座“巨大、丑陋的骨架”。现在，在铁塔的一层和二层之间，装饰着巨大的奥林匹克五环——分别是蓝色、黄色、黑色、绿色和红色。夜晚，它们在战神广场公园的上方发着光，沙滩排球比赛将在这座公园举行。附近就是耗资约15亿美元治理的塞纳河，据说水质已经足够干净，可用于举办几个奥运项目，包括两项10公里游泳比赛和铁人三项。 单词积累 1. audacity /ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ/  n. 大胆；厚颜无耻 2. naysayer /neɪseɪə/ n.反对者；否定者 3. hideous /ˈhɪdɪəs/  adj. (外表)极丑的，面目狰狞的; 非常可怕的，令人难以忍受的 4. adorn /əˈdɔːn/  v. 装饰; 使生色 5. triathlon /traɪˈæθlɒn/  n. 三项全能运动 Para.2 Swimming in the Seine was banned 101 years ago. All things come to an end. These Games, at a cost of about $4.75 billion, were conceived to be transformative in a lasting, environmentally conscious way. “We wanted a dash of revolution, something the French would look back at with pride,” Tony Estanguet, the head of the Paris Olympics committee, told me. Paris has seen its share of upheaval over the centuries. To walk its streets is to be accompanied by history and to be ambushed from time to time, even after many years, by some previously unnoticed inflection of beauty. 塞纳河101年前就已经禁止游泳。但万事皆有终。这次耗资约47.5亿美元的奥运会希望以持久、环保的方式带来变革。“我们想来一点革命，让法国人在以后回顾时感到自豪，”巴黎奥组委主席托尼·埃斯坦盖告诉我。几个世纪以来，巴黎经历了许多动荡。漫步街头，历史扑面而来，即使时隔多年，也会不时被一些以前从未注意过的美的变化所吸引。 单词： 1. ambush  /ˈæmbʊʃ/  n. 伏击，埋伏 v. 伏击，埋伏突袭; 突然向(某人)提出尴尬的问题 Para.3 Wonderment is a common condition here. The way the light falls — on a golden dome, or through the leaves of the plane trees, or on the limestone walls of a handsome boulevard, or across the shimmering water of the Seine at dusk — stops visitors in their tracks. The City of Light is also the city of etched shadows ever redrawing its lines. In summer, crowds of young people gather on the river bank. They drink wine and beer. They play music. Sightseeing boats glide past, carrying tourists who wave and are waved at. The sensual conviviality that has made “Paris” and “romance” inseparable words is palpable. 在这里，心生惊叹是一种常态。光线或落在金色的穹顶上，或透过梧桐叶，或落在漂亮的林荫道边的石灰岩墙壁上，或落在黄昏时波光粼粼的塞纳河面，这都会让游客驻足。这座光之城，也同样是一座轮廓不断被重新描绘的阴影之城。夏天，许许多多的年轻人聚集在河边，喝着葡萄酒和啤酒，播放音乐。观光船驶过，载着挥手致意的游客，也有人冲他们挥手。让“巴黎”和“浪漫”这两个词密不可分的感官欢愉显而易见。 1. boulevard  /ˈbuːlvɑː/  n. 林荫大道；大马路 adj. 娱乐性的 vt. 给…提供林阴大街；把…建成林阴大街 2. shimmer  /ˈʃɪmə/ v. (使)闪烁；发闪烁的微光 n. 闪光，闪烁；微光 3. etch /ɛtʃ/  vt. 蚀刻；鲜明地描述；铭记 n. 刻蚀；腐蚀剂 4. conviviality  /kən,vivi'æliti/ n. 欢乐；高兴；宴乐；宴饮交际 5. palpable /ˈpælpəbəl/  adj. 明显的；可感知的；易觉察的 Para.4 Among the revelers there is generally a reader or two holding a book, isolating earbuds in place, lost in solitary musing. Paris is a city where books are prized and authors celebrated in prominent posters and other ads that in the United States would be reserved for Hollywood movies. It is also a city of formality and refuge. Quiet spaces abut architectural grandeur. You are never far from magnificence, perhaps most extravagantly illustrated by Napoleon’s tomb at the Hôtel des Invalides, but never far, either, from an unsuspected covered arcade, like the Passage Verdeau, that snakes from a Grand Boulevard into an intimate world. Hidden enclaves like the little St. Vincent Cemetery in Montmartre are part of the ever renewed mystery of the city. 在狂欢的人群中，往往会有一两个捧着书在读的人，他们戴着耳机，沉浸在孤独的沉思中。巴黎是一座崇尚书籍的城市，在这里，人们会用醒目的海报和其他广告形式来赞美书籍的作者，而在美国，这样的待遇是留给好莱坞电影的。它也是一座讲究礼节和避世的城市。安静的空间与宏伟的建筑毗连。翻译划线句，在文末留言打卡，答案下期公布~像蒙马特的小圣文森特公墓这样别有洞天的所在，是这座城市不断焕新的神秘面纱的一部分。 单词： 1. reveler /'revələ/ n. 欢宴者，狂欢者；饮酒狂欢者；摆设酒宴者 2. earbud /ˈɪəˌbʌd/  n. 耳塞 3. abut /əˈbʌt/  vi. 邻接；毗邻；紧靠 4. grandeur /ˈɡrændʒə/  n. 壮丽，雄伟; (社会地位的)高贵 5. arcade /ɑːˈkeɪd/  n. 拱廊; (上有顶盖的)拱廊式街道; 室内购物商场; (有投币游戏机的)游乐中心，电子游戏厅 6. enclave /ˈɛnkleɪv/ n. 飞地，(某一人群的)聚居地; (喻)与周围人群(或地方)有着不同特征的人群(或地方) Para.5 Of course, central Paris is not all of Paris. Much of the Games will take place in Seine-Saint-Denis, a densely populated neighborhood north of the city blighted by poverty, crime and the faltering integration of mainly North African immigrants, deprived of decent schools and opportunity. It is also a vibrant melting pot and a testament to France’s growing diversity. The Olympic Village will be housed there, and a new 5,000-seat Aquatics Center. A clean river and a revitalized Seine-Saint-Denis integrated into a “Grand Paris” are two of the core aspirations of the Games. 当然，巴黎市中心并非巴黎的全部。奥运会的大部分比赛将在塞纳-圣但尼举行，那是位于巴黎北部一个人口稠密的地段，因贫困、犯罪以及北非裔为主的移民迟迟无法融入而陷于挣扎，没有像样的学校和机会。但这里也是一个充满活力的熔炉，见证了法国日益增强的多元化。奥林匹克村将设在这里，此外还有新建的5000人水上运动中心。清澈的塞纳河和经过活化的塞纳-圣但尼融入“大巴黎”是本届奥运会的两大核心愿望。 单词： 1. blight /blaɪt/  n. 枯萎病；荒芜 vt. 破坏；使……枯萎 2. falter  /ˈfɔːltə/  v. 衰弱，衰退; 结巴地说，支支吾吾地说; 蹒跚，踉跄; 犹豫，踌躇; (目光)游离，(微笑)僵住 n. 踌躇; 支吾; 颤抖 3. testament /ˈtɛstəmənt/  n. 证明，证据; 遗嘱，遗言; (人与上帝间的)圣约; (基督教的)圣约书(Testament) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$