80 The Crystal Palace

名称：80 The Crystal Palace
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新概念英语第二册（英音）
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[00:12.40]How many people visited the Great Exhibition of 1851?
[00:20.74]Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the 19th century was the Crystal Palace
[00:27.81]which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
[00:35.01]The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.
[00:43.74]It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.
[00:52.81]A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world.
[00:59.58]There was also a great deal of machinery on display.
[01:04.18]The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer.
[01:11.48]Though in those days travelling was not as easy as it is today,
[01:16.11]steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe.
[01:22.84]On arriving in England, they were, taken to the Crystal Palace by train.
[01:29.52]There were six million visitors in all,
[01:33.34]and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.
[01:39.16]Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London.
[01:43.73]It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.