202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side2-05-AudioTrack05

Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with London:
i. Queen Boudicca - (attacked and destroyed the city in 6IAD)
ii. William the Conqueror¹ - (assumed the seat of power in London in the eleventh century)
iii. Sir Christopher Wren² - (architect best remembered for St. Paul's Cathedral)
iv. William Shakespeare - (playwright whose plays were performed at the old Globe Theatre)
v. Winston Churchill - (Conservative Prime Minister who conducted the war from a London bunker)
vi. Geoffrey Chaucer - (early poet and first person to be buried in Westminster Abbey)
vii. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - (creator of 'Sherlock Holmes', detective who lived in Baker³ Street)
viii. Sir Henry Tate - (inventor of the sugar cube and tycoon⁴ who founded the Tate Gallery)
ix. Wynkyn de Worde - (pupil of Caxton who moved the hitter's printing presses to Fleet Street)
x. Diana, Princess of Wales - (self-annointed 'People's Princess' whose funeral stopped London in 1997)

1 conqueror   

n.征服者，胜利者

参考例句：

• We shall never yield to a conqueror.我们永远不会向征服者低头。
• They abandoned the city to the conqueror.他们把那个城市丢弃给征服者。

2 wren   

n.鹪鹩；英国皇家海军女子服务队成员

参考例句：

• A wren is a kind of short-winged songbird.鹪鹩是一种短翼的鸣禽。
• My bird guide confirmed that a Carolina wren had discovered the thickets near my house.我掌握的鸟类知识使我确信，一只卡罗莱纳州鹪鹩已经发现了我家的这个灌木丛。

3 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

4 tycoon   

n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨

参考例句：

• The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
• The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。