新概念英語第三冊（美音版）The Cutty Sark

[ti:未知] [ar:] [al:] [by:https://www.lrc.com.cn] [00:01.56]Lesson 25 [00:03.97] The Cutty Sark What piece of bad luck prevented the Cutty Sark from winning the race? [00:05.87]One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, [00:10.19]can still be seen at Greenwich. [00:12.17]She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year. [00:16.72]She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past. [00:21.32]Before they were replaced by steamships sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark [00:25.99]were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia. [00:30.21]The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built. [00:35.01]The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae. [00:38.91]Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th,1872 [00:44.18]on an exciting race to England. [00:46.51]This race,which went on for exactly four months,was the last of its kind. [00:51.88]It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails [00:55.56]and the beginning of a new era. [00:58.25]The 1st of the 2 ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, [01:03.68]but on the Indian Ocean,the Cutty Sark took the lead. [01:07.44]It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, [01:10.77]but during the race she had a lot of bad luck. [01:14.28]In August,she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away. [01:20.38]The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her. [01:25.63]A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks [01:29.37]and it was fitted with great difficulty. [01:32.17]This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, [01:34.62]for there was danger that if she travelled too quickly, [01:37.42]this rudder would be torn away as well. [01:40.13]Because of this,the Cutty Sark lost her lead.After crossing the Equator, [01:44.92]the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted, [01:48.56]but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead. [01:52.98]Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, [01:55.75]it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win. [01:59.08]She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae. [02:02.46]Even this was remarkable,considering that she had had so many delays. [02:07.49]There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder [02:10.11]she would have won the race easily.

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