202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side1-20-Ex3.2C

Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with Manchester and Liverpool:
i. King John - (gave Liverpool a Royal Charter in 1207; chief port for trade with Ireland)
ii. John Kay - (inventor of the flying shuttle in 1733 which began the revolution in spinning)
iii. Richard Arkwright - (patented a machine for spinning cotton thread in 1769)
iv. George Stephenson - (his locomotive was the first to be used on the Liverpool-Manchester Railway)
v. William Lever - (English soap maker¹ and industrialist² who built a Sunlight soap factory)
vi. Friedrich Engels - (manager of textile factory in Manchester, and co-founder of Communism)
vii. Alfred Waterhouse - (designed the imposing³ Victorian neo-Gothic Town Hall in Manchester)
viii. Ford⁴ Madox Brown - (painter, whose series of frescoes⁵ depict⁶ historical events in Manchester)
ix. Keir Hardie- (politician who urged workers to strike leading to riots in Liverpool in 1911)
x. John Lennon - (Liverpudlian singer, whose songwriting career helped create worldwide acceptance of working-class ethics; murdered in New York in 1980)

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 industrialist   

n.工业家，实业家

参考例句：

• The industrialist's son was kidnapped.这名实业家的儿子被绑架了。
• Mr.Smith was a wealthy industrialist,but he was not satisfied with life.史密斯先生是位富有的企业家，可他对生活感到不满意。

3 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

4 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

5 frescoes   

n.壁画( fresco的名词复数 )；温壁画技法，湿壁画

参考例句：

• The Dunhuang frescoes are gems of ancient Chinese art. 敦煌壁画是我国古代艺术中的瑰宝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The frescoes in these churches are magnificent. 这些教堂里的壁画富丽堂皇。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 depict   

vt.描画，描绘；描写，描述

参考例句：

• I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.我不喜欢看描写谋杀或暴力的戏剧或电影。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle,lovable creatures.儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。