世界风景名胜英语介绍

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1、abriefhistoryofno_10downingstreet英国唐令街10号ThefirstdomestichouseknowntohavebeenbuiltonthesiteofNumber10wasalargedwellingleasedtoSirThomasKnyvet,aParliamentarianandJusticeofthePeace.ItwasKnyvetwhoarrestedGuyFawkesfortheGunpowderPlotof1605.Afterhisdeaththehousepassedtohisniece,Mrs

2、.Hampden,theauntofOliverCromwell.Thefrontpartofthehouseweseetoday,andtheadjoininghouseatNumberEleven,werebuiltbyaHarvardgraduateandpropertyspeculatorcalledGeorgeDowning.HeacquiredrightstothesiteduringthebriefperiodofParliamentaryruleinthe17thCentury.Aportraitoftheman,whowaswid

3、elyregardedasaprofiteeringrogue,nowhangsintheEntranceHall.Theveryordinaryaddressandthemodestterracedfacearedeceptive,givinglittlecluetotherealsizeandgrandeurwithin.NumberTeninfactconsistsoftwohouses.ThehousewhichfacesDowningStreetisatypicallate17thcenturytownhouse.Butitconceal

4、sacomplicatedbuildingwhichwasrefrontedinthe18thCandenlargedinthe20thC.Acorridorjoinsthishousetowhatwasonceamansioninitsownright,withawalledgardenandaviewacrossHorseGuards'Parade.Thetwohouseswerejoinedin1732whenthepropertybecameanofficialgovernmentresidence.SirRobertWalpolemove

5、dinin1735,replacingthelasttenant,MrChicken.AtthetimeWalpolewasFirstLordoftheTreasuryandwasinformallyseenasthefirstBritishPrimeMinister.WalpolesecuredthepropertyasaresidenceforallfutureFirstLordsoftheTreasury.TodaythePrimeMinisterstillresidesatDowningStreetbyrightasFirstLordoft

6、heTreasury,andaccordinglyhistitleadrornstheletter-boxonthefamousblackfrontdoor.Thehousehasseenmuchrestoration,alterationandtinkeringovertheyears.Ithaschangedtoaccommodatenewfunctionsforthebuilding,thefashionsofthetimes,thetastesofitsoccupantsandsometimesevenurgentneedtoshoreup

7、theverystructureofthehouseitself.PrimeMinistershaveoverseengreatchangesbothwithinandwithoutthehouse.Thishasgiventhehouseadifferentatmospherealmosteverygeneration.ViscountGoderichorderedthecreationofalargediningroomatNo.10inthe1820s.ThehousesontheSouthsideofthestreetwerepulledd

8、owninthe1860stobereplacedbythegreatbuildingsofstatewhichnowov