英语听力：自然百科 意大利风情:The Art of the Feast—22

A: I feel like I'm taking a reluctant 8-year-old on a tour around architecture delights of Ferrara. And I have to find something better to...Today Ferrara is a bustling¹ university town, full of students and bicycles. The university was established by Alberto V D'Este in 1391. D'Este invited artists, architects and scholars from all over Europe. Jewish bankers persecuted² elsewhere were welcomed here. In fact, the doors were flung open to all who could contribute to making Ferrara powerful and successful. A: If you came from anywhere elsewhere in Italy and you arrived here, you've been like stumbling out of the dark ages into this new Renaissance³ idea of what is a city. You know, these wide streets. This was really the first in* expression of a very particular Renaissance idea, which was s planned town, you know, the town-planning. The medieval town just gross, like an organism, you know this l*, where poor lives next to rich. Everything's kind of chaos⁴. Here, in Ferrara, for the first time D'Este said, No, we're not gonna have that kind of city any more. We're gonna have planned city, wide streets, but only for the rich. It's just laid the palaces in all directions, and essentially⁵ of all, this dumping great expression of D'Este power, the p* of mighty⁶.

1 bustling   

adj.喧闹的

参考例句：

• The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
• This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。

2 persecuted   

（尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 )； 烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人

参考例句：

• Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. 人们因宗教信仰而受迫害的情况贯穿了整个历史。
• Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。

3 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

4 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

5 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

6 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。