About 1200 AD, most Europeans were Christians. 大约一千二百年前，绝大部分欧洲人是基督教徒。

　　So, Europeans built many churches. 因此，欧洲人建造了许多教堂。

　　Those churches had pointed arches. 那些教堂都有尖肋拱顶。

　　Do you know why? 你知道其中的原因吗？

　　They believed they could be near their God, if the church was very high. 因为他们认为教堂非常高的话，就能接近上帝。

　　This style of Architecture is called the gothic style. 这种建筑风格被称为哥特式风格。

　　Also, European people were very rich at that time. 而且，那时的欧洲人非常富有。

　　So, they spend a lot of money on building magnificent churches 因此，他们花了很多钱建造宏伟的教堂。

　　Therefore, churches in the gothic style are very huge and beautiful. 所以，哥特式风格的教堂都非常壮丽。

　　Later, the gothic style became famous, so people built other buildings in the gothic style too. 后来，哥特式风格变得很有名，因此，人们也采用哥特式风格建造其他建筑物。