BBC英国史

When the rain started, a week after the outbreak of the fire,allowing an early stocktaking,

火势持续一周后 大雨降临 人们开始清点损失

the scale of the devastation horrified even the pessimists.

然而灾难带来的损失令所有人膛目结舌

13,200 houses had been destroyed,along with some of the most famous buildings of the city.

共有13200户房屋受损 其中包括几处标志性建筑

St Paul's Cathedral was in ruins.

圣保罗大教堂亦化为废墟

The new Leviathan, it seemed, had no fire insurance.

似乎这庞然大物中 无任何防火设施

Still, there were those who were determined that London would rise as a phoenix from its ashes

不过 仍有人坚信 凤凰涅槃 浴火重生 伦敦必然会崛起

and, like the reborn, rebuilt Rome, astonish the world.

如同重建的罗马一样 让世界为之震惊

This sort of thing had long been on the mind of Christopher Wren,

皇家学会的数学家兼建筑师

mathematician, architect and brilliant prodigy of the Royal Society.

天才克里斯多夫·雷恩 对此更是深信不疑

So when Roman antiquities were found in the debris around St Paul's,

人们在圣保罗大教堂的废墟附近发现罗马遗物

one of them a tablet bearing the Latin inscription

其中有一块碑上刻着一行拉丁文

"Resurgam" I shall arise,"Resurgam" Wren took the message to heart.

我将崛起 雷恩将这句话铭记在心

London had once been a great Roman city and now would outdo the ancients,

伦敦是罗马人建起的伟大城市 而今 她将超越历史

with great piazzas, broad avenues,calculated to afford geometrically satisfying vistas and up to fifty new churches.

大型的广场 宽阔的街道 都经过精心设计 构成完美的几何图案 此外还将新建五十座教堂

And at its heart would be a new St Paul's,

而城市中心将会修建一座新的圣保罗大教堂

a cathedral the like of which had never been seen in northern Europe.

一座在北欧 前所未见的大教堂

词汇解析

1、determine

是…的决定因素

The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time.

鸡块的大小将决定烹饪时间的长短。

Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.

社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。

确定;查明

The investigation will determine what really happened.

调查会查明到底发生了什么事情。

Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.

需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。

决定;敲定

The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.

波罗的海各国人民有权决定自己的未来。

The final wording had not yet been determined.

最终措辞仍未敲定。

2、calculate

计算

From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy.

由此你可以算出银河系的总质量。

We calculate that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres.

我们计算出兰开斯特郡的农场面积平均为65英亩。

估算;估计;推算;预料

I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately.

我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。

The President is calculating that this will somehow relieve the international pressure on him.

总统预计这可以从某一方面缓解自己所承受的国际社会压力。