彭蒙惠英语-令人惊喜的旧金山原文

彭蒙惠英语:令人惊喜的旧金山（原文）Surprising San Francisco令人惊喜的旧金山2/3Surprising SanFranciscoModern SanFrancisco revivessome oldsights thatwill delighteventhe soresteyesSan Francisco/s Coit Tower:a beaconwith apast“One more.Squeeze in,one more/chanted theelevators operatorasalmost adozen touristssquished into the old-fashioned elevatorfor theslow,clanking ascentup CoitTower.At thetop ofthe210-foot-tall tower,we spilledout ontoa viewingplatformfor ajaw-dropping panoramaof SanFrancisco.For visitorsto CoitTower,the360-degree viewis thebig draw.Yet whatsinside isascompelling asthe views.The ground-floor lobbyis ringedby dozensofstriking,10-foot-tall murals.Painted by26artists ina realiststyle andcompletedin1934,they portrayCalifornia lifeduring theDepression years.Miss LilCoitTower,which sitsatop thenarrow TelegraphHill innortheast SanFrancisco,was builtin1933,and commemoratesone ofSanFranciscos moreeccentric citizens,Lillie HitchcockCoit,and thecitysfire department.Legend hasit thata teenageLillie,who wasborn in1843,was walkinghomefrom schoolone afternoonand cameacross theshort-handedfiremen ofthe KnickerbockerEngine Co.No.5struggling tohaul theirengineup TelegraphHill toa fire.She racedto help,pulling onthe towropeand exhorting bystanders to pitch in.They did,and EngineCo.No.5surgedup thehill,ahead ofother engines,to putout thefire.Miss Lil,as shewas known,became alifelong fanof No.5,visitingwith thefiremen,and wearingan honorarybejeweled fireman/s badgeuntilher deathin

1929.Though sheroamed theworld andsettled inParis,she lefther heartinSanFrancisco,bequeathing moneyto thecity tobeautify itwith amemorial.The citydecided onCoitTower,building thewhite concretetower on300-foot-tall TelegraphHill.To many,the towerresembles thenozzle of anold-fashioned firehose,recalling MissLils fondnessfor thefire enginesandfiremen.Specialized Terms地标；灵感来源Beacon na sourceof inspiration世纪年头覆盖全球的经济大萧条Depression n2030a timeperiodduring the1930s whenthere wasa worldwideeconomic拖曳缆绳Towrope na ropewhich avehicle usesto pullanothervehicle遗赠Bequeath v to arrangeto givemoney orproperty toothersafter onesdeath水管的喷嘴Nozzle na narrowpiece fixedtotheend ofa hosesothat theliquid thatcomes outcan bedirected ina particularwayVocabulary FocusChantv singor shoutsth rhythmicallyand repeatedlySquishvtosqueeze orcrush togetheror intoa flatmass;squashClank vdull metallicsound asof chainsstriking togetherJaw-dropping adjamazing;astonishingPanorama nview ofa wideareaDraw nsomething thata lotof peopleare interestedin壁画Mural nEccentricadj strangeor unusual,sometimes inan amusingwayExhort vadvise sbstrongly orearnestly;urge sbPitchin vto startto dosomething helpfulas partofagroupSurge vmove forwardin orlike waves徽章Badge n混凝土Concrete nDiscussionQuestionDo youprefer tovisit old-fashioned buildingsWhy orwhy notExtraExercise

1.Translate thefollowing sentenceinto Chinese,She racedto help,pulling onthe towropeandexhortingbystanderstopitchin/

2.According tothe recording,what vehicledid peopleuse inl843topull engines。