最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit3-Part1（在线收听）

[00:08.19]UNIT3

[00:12.78]The Man and His Castle (Ⅰ)

[00:15.52]La Cuesta Encantada (The Enchanted Castle) 

[00:21.86]is one of the most 

[00:25.69]remarkable displays of power 

[00:28.10]and passion in the world. 

[00:30.07]This marvelous tourist site 

[00:32.25]now known as 

[00:33.68]Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument 

[00:37.51]is better known as 

[00:39.70]Hearst Castle. It is 

[00:42.76]located six hours south of San Francisco

[00:46.04] and five hours north of Los Angeles.

[00:49.44]Sheltered by the mountains 

[00:51.73]in northern San Luis Obispo County, 

[00:55.56]the complex of 165 rooms 

[00:58.19]and 127 acres of gardens, terraces, 

[01:03.87]pools, fountains and footpaths 

[01:06.94]draws approximately 800 000 visitors 

[01:11.20]annually. To understand the castle, 

[01:14.59]you have to understand the man 

[01:17.00]who built it, William Randolph Hearst.

[01:20.50] And to understand the man, 

[01:22.80]you have to understand the land

[01:25.10] upon which he built his dream.

[01:27.39]Born on April 29, 1863, 

[01:31.34]William Randolph Hearst 

[01:35.16]was the only child of George Hearst

[01:37.57] and his wife, Phoebe.

[01:40.20]who amassed his fortune 

[01:45.23]through partnerships in three of 

[01:49.50]the everlargest mining discoveries 

[01:51.68]of copper, silver, and gold ores. 

[01:54.09]In 1865, George began to 

[01:57.38]accumulate parcels of land 

[01:59.34]by obtaining 46 000 acres 

[02:02.51]of the Piedra Blanco Ranch 

[02:04.81]on California’s Central Coast. 

[02:08.53]There he began a successful cattle ranch, 

[02:11.27]eventually enlarging it to 250 000 acres 

[02:15.42]stretching 50 miles along the coast.