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[Day 1767 2019-07-29]

Lesson 27-1The 'Vasa'

From the seventeenth-century empire of Sweden, the story of a galleon that sank at

the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea. For

nearly three and a half centuries she lay at the bottom of Stockholm harbour until her

discovery in 1956. This was the Vasa, royal flagship of the great imperial fleet.

King Gustavus Adolphus, 'The Northern Hurricane', then at the height of his

military success in the Thirty Years' War, had dictated her measurements and

armament. Triple gun-decks mounted sixty-four bronze cannon. She was intended to

play a leading role in the growing might of Sweden.

As she was prepared for her maiden voyage on August 10, 1628, Stockholm was

in a ferment. From the Skeppsbron and surrounding islands the people watched this

thing of beauty begin to spread her sails and catch the wind.

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知识笔记：

Vasa    n. 血管；脉管;

The 'Vasa'    “瓦萨”号

galleon    n. (15–17世纪使用的) 西班牙大帆船;

maiden    n. 少女; 处女; 未婚女子; 未得分的一轮投球;    adj. 首次的; 初次的;

Stockholm    n. 斯德哥尔摩;

flagship    n. 旗舰; (某组织机构的) 最重要产品，最佳服务项目，主建筑物，王牌;

imperial  adj. 帝国的; 皇帝的; (度量衡) 英制的;

fleet    n. 舰队; 捕鱼船队; (一国的) 全部军舰，海军;    adj. 跑得快的; 快速的;

King Gustavus Adolphus    古斯塔夫斯·阿道夫国王

'The Northern Hurricane    “北方飓风”

Thirty Years' War    三十年战争（1618年—1648年），是由神圣罗马帝国的内战演变而成的一次大规模的欧洲国家混战，也是历史上第一次全欧洲大战。 这场战争是欧洲各国争夺利益、树立霸权的矛盾以及宗教纠纷激化的产物。战争以哈布斯堡王朝战败并签订《威斯特伐利亚和约》而告结束。

dictated    v. 口述; (尤指以令人不快的方式) 指使，强行规定; 支配; 摆布; 决定;

armament    n. 军备; 武器; 武装; 战备;

Triple gun-decks    三层火炮甲板

mounted    adj. 骑马的; 装裱好的; 安装好的; 安装在…上的;  v. 准备; 安排; 组织开展; 逐步增加; 登上; 爬上; 攀登;

ferment  v. (使) 发酵;  n. (政治或社会上的) 动乱，骚动，纷扰;

Skeppsbron    斯凯普斯隆

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