第14课（337字2分钟）

Passage Fourteen

（K9 level）

1. The Great Fire of London began in the very early morning hours of September 2, 1666.

2. In just four days, the fire destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were made of wood and closely packed together.

3. One hundred thousand people lost their homes, though only a few people died in the fire.

4. The fire started on Sunday morning in the home of the King's baker on Pudding Lane.

5. The baker, along with his wife and children, managed to escape through a window on the roof.

6. A strong wind spread the fire from the bakery to a small hotel next door.

7. From there, the fire quickly spread to Thames Street, marking the beginning of the disaster.

8. By 8 o’clock, three hundred houses were burning.

9. By Monday, nearly a kilometer of the city along the River Thames was on fire.

10. Tuesday was the worst day, as the fire destroyed many famous buildings, including old St. Paul's Cathedral and the Guildhall.

11. Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire in his diary.

12. People threw their belongings into the river to try to save them.

13. Many poor people stayed in their homes until the last possible moment.

14. Birds fell from the sky because of the intense heat.

15. The fire only stopped when the King ordered people to demolish hundreds of buildings in the fire’s path.

16. With nothing left to burn, the fire weakened and finally went out.

17. After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect, wanted to rebuild the city with wider streets and new stone houses.

18. Although the streets remain narrow, he did design more than fifty churches, including the new St. Paul’s Cathedral.

19. While the fire caused great suffering and loss, it helped make London a better place to live: a city built for the future, not just for the past.

生词表（New Words）

1. great Fire 火灾  

2. old city 旧城  

3. homeless 无家可归的  

4. baker 面包师  

5. escape 逃脱 roof 屋顶  

6. spread 蔓延 hotel 酒店  

7. fire 火灾 quickly 快速地  

8. burning 着火  

9. nearly 几乎 kilometer 公里 burning 着火  

10. destroyed 摧毁  

11. wrote 写 diary 日记  

12. threw 扔 belongings 财物 river 河  

13. last moment 最后时刻  

14. birds 鸟 fell 掉落 heat 高温  

15. ordered 命令 demolish 拆除  

16. fire 火灾 weakened 削弱 died out 熄灭  

17. architect 建筑师  

18. narrow 狭窄的 churches 教堂  

19. pain 痛苦 loss 损失 future 未来

1. 伦敦大火于1666年9月2日的清晨开始。

2. 在四天内，火灾摧毁了旧城的四分之三，那里的大多数房屋都是木制的，而且紧密相连。

3. 十万人失去了家园，虽然只有少数人丧生。

4. 火灾始于星期天早晨，地点是国王的面包师傅家，位于Pudding Lane。

5. 面包师和他的妻子以及孩子们成功通过屋顶的窗户逃了出来。

6. 强风将火从面包店吹到了隔壁的一家小酒店。

7. 火势从那里迅速蔓延到泰晤士街，这标志着灾难的开始。

8. 到了八点钟，三百座房屋着火了。

9. 到星期一时，沿着泰晤士河的近一公里的城市都在燃烧。

10. 星期二是最糟糕的一天，火灾摧毁了许多著名的建筑，其中包括旧圣保罗大教堂和公会厅。

11. 著名作家塞缪尔·佩皮斯在他的日记中写下了这场大火。

12. 人们把自己的财物扔进河里以试图保住它们。

13. 许多贫穷的人直到最后一刻才离开他们的家。

14. 由于高温，鸟儿从空中掉落下来。

15. 直到国王下令拆除数百座火灾路径上的建筑物，火灾才得以停止。

16. 没有东西可以再燃烧，火势逐渐减弱，最终熄灭。

17. 火灾后，建筑师克里斯托弗·雷恩希望重建城市，设计更宽阔的街道和新的石砌房屋。

18. 尽管街道依然狭窄，但他确实设计了五十多座教堂，其中包括新建的圣保罗大教堂。

19. 虽然这场大火带来了巨大的痛苦和损失，但它也使伦敦成为一个更适宜居住的地方：一座为未来而建的城市，而不仅仅是为了过去。