Travels in Europe: London 雾都漫步 - 3

Every day, several walking tours explore specific slices of London's past. All you have to do is show up at the announced location at the announced time, pay your money to the guide and enjoy two hours of Roman London, Dickens, Shakespeare, Jack¹ the Ripper, or whatever is on the guide's menu.

Now I’d like to stop at this point, not so much for the cathedral, but because of this great statue. It is not Queen Victoria, it is Queen Anne. She got Geneva wine completely untaxed. Geneva wine is gin.

If you notice there is a blue plaque² and it tells you that it is the site of the King's wardrobe, destroyed in the great fire of 1666. A lot of people don't understand that the city of London was forever catching³ fire. It was a wooden city. Streets were always burning down.

St. Bride's is rather famous, Christopher Wren⁴ originally had a balcony, and all the pews were dark, heavy, black.....
Some history, some trivia. Walking tours add up to some fun.

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plaquen. 饰板，匾

pewn.[C] 教堂内的靠背长椅;(供一家人专用的)教堂座席

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 plaque   

n.饰板，匾，(医)血小板

参考例句：

• There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
• Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。

3 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

4 wren   

n.鹪鹩；英国皇家海军女子服务队成员

参考例句：

• A wren is a kind of short-winged songbird.鹪鹩是一种短翼的鸣禽。
• My bird guide confirmed that a Carolina wren had discovered the thickets near my house.我掌握的鸟类知识使我确信，一只卡罗莱纳州鹪鹩已经发现了我家的这个灌木丛。