基础英语轻松学【81】麻雀中的凤凰——抚今追昔梵蒂冈
<p> 本课您将学到：<span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="title">title</span>句型（拥有的称号），梵蒂冈的经济</p><p> 人们常用麻雀虽小，五脏俱全来形容一个小而精的事物。如果我们把全世界的国家都像当年的时局图一样赋予动物的形象，这梵蒂冈就是麻雀无疑了。可作为全世界游人向往的天主教之都，她的光辉可以点不比凤凰逊色哦！</p><p> <span word="Size">Size</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="criterion">criterion</span>（标准、尺度） <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="definition">definition</span>（释意） <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="constitutes">constitutes</span>（构成） <span word="a">a</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="independent">independent</span> <span word="state">state</span>（政府） <span word="with">with</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span>（准确无误的） <span word="territorial">territorial</span>（领土的） <span word="boundaries">boundaries</span>（分界线）, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="government">government</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="blessing">blessing</span>（赐福） <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Vatican">Vatican</span> <span word="City">City</span>, <span word="as">as</span>, <span word="weighing">weighing</span> <span word="in">in</span>（加入） <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mere">mere</span>（仅仅的） 0.17 <span word="miles">miles</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="holds">holds</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="title">title</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="smallest">smallest</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p> <span word="Prior">Prior</span>（先前） <span word="to">to</span> 1870, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="political">political</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="papal">papal</span>（罗马教皇的） <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="spanned">spanned</span>（延伸到） <span word="approximately">approximately</span>（大概） 16.000 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="miles">miles</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1870, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kingdom">Kingdom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shift">shift</span>（转移） <span word="of">of</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="power">power</span>, <span word="established">established</span>（建立） <span word="Rome">Rome</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span>, <span word="wrested">wrested</span>（夺取） <span word="political">political</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="papal">papal</span> <span word="governments">governments</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="absorbed">absorbed</span>（吸收） <span word="the">the</span> <span word="so">so</span>-<span word="called">called</span> <span word="Papal">Papal</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="territory">territory</span>（版图）. <span word="A">A</span> 1929 <span word="Agreement">Agreement</span> <span word="hammered">hammered</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pope">Pope</span>, <span word="established">established</span> <span word="Vatican">Vatican</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p>
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