英语六级必读美文039：巴黎圣母院
<p> <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="testament">testament</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="correlation">correlation</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="glorious">glorious</span> <span word="spaces">spaces</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="heavenly">heavenly</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Notre">Notre</span> <span word="Dame">Dame</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="for">for</span> 750 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apex">apex</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="architecture">architecture</span>.</p><p> 作为荣光之地与神圣思想互相关联的证明，巴黎圣母院至今已有750年的历史了它是欧洲宗教建筑登峰造极之作。</p><p> <span word="Seeking">Seeking</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="liberate">liberate</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="creation">creation</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sepulchral">sepulchral</span> <span word="atmos">atmos</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plague">plague</span>-<span word="ridden">ridden</span> <span word="medieval">medieval</span> <span word="era">era</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Notre">Notre</span> <span word="Dame">Dame</span> <span word="architects">architects</span> <span word="conceived">conceived</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="spacious">spacious</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="predecessors">predecessors</span>. <span word="New">New</span> <span word="developments">developments</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="arched">arched</span> <span word="doorways">doorways</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="supports">supports</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="thinner">thinner</span> <span word="outer">outer</span> <span word="walls">walls</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="windows">windows</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="Rose">Rose</span> <span word="Windows">Windows</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span></p><p> <span word="cathedrals">cathedrals</span> <span word="north">north</span>, <span word="south">south</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="sides">sides</span>.</p><p> 寻求把他们的创作从中世纪黑死病蔓延的死寂气氛中摆脱出来，圣母院的建筑师们构思出比他们的前人更宽阔的设计。而拱形门道和支柱的崭新设计，为较薄的外墙和较大的窗户，包括教堂北、南、西三面著名的 蔷薇花瓣小圆窗 的建造作了准备。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="is">is</span> 9.75 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="diameter">diameter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="depicts">depicts</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="infant">infant</span> <span word="Jesus">Jesus</span> <span word="surrounded">surrounded</span> <span word="by">by</span> 16 <span word="prophets">prophets</span>, 32 0<span word="ld">ld</span> <span word="Testament">Testament</span> <span word="kings">kings</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 32 <span word="high">high</span> <span word="priests">priests</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="concentric">concentric</span> <span word="circles">circles</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="color">color</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="windows">windows</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="architects">architects</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ethereal">ethereal</span> <span word="ambience">ambience</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="structural">structural</span> <span word="integrity">integrity</span>.</p><p> 西窗直径长9.75米，上面描绘了16位先知、旧约全书里的32位列王以及32位大祭司，他们呈同心圆围绕着襁褓中的耶稣。借助这些窗户呈现的光线和色彩，建筑师营造出了天境般的氛围，同时也兼顾了结构上的完整性。</p>
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