文明浩劫——巴黎聖母院突發大火被燒燬

2019年4月16日，法國的標誌性建築——巴黎聖母院突發大火，火災持續時間約有4個多小時，這場火災讓世人揪心與痛心。

In  France, Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic Christian church building on the banks of the Seine, It is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Paris. Its status and historical value are incomparable and it is one of the most brilliant buildings in Eiffel Tower, is little more than a century old. Notre-Dame has stood tall above Paris since the 1200s.

巴黎聖母院大教堂是一座位於塞納河畔、法國巴黎市中心的哥特式基督教教堂建築。它的地位、歷史價值無與倫比，是歷史上最爲輝煌的建築之一。沒有景點能像巴黎聖母院一樣代表法國。其主要競爭對手是埃菲爾鐵塔，也是法國的標誌性建築。不過，雖然埃菲爾鐵塔有差不多一個世紀的歷史，但巴黎聖母院從13世紀開始就已昂首矗立至今。

Many churches, cathedrals and abbeys in Europe are in the gothic style. The flying buttress，one distinctive characteristic of the gothic architecture, is an effective combination of utility with ornament. The Notre Dame was not originally designed with the flying buttress. When the wall was built higher and higher, it could not carry the weight. So the architects added the flying buttress to support it in the form of the beautiful arch.

歐洲的許多大小教堂和修道院都是哥特風格的。哥特式建築的特徵之一是飛拱，它是實用和裝飾的有效結合。最初設計巴黎聖母院時並沒有飛拱，當牆越蓋越高，卻開始支撐不了其重量，於是建築師們才加入了這些形狀漂亮的飛拱來加以支撐。

新聞相關熱詞：

1.地標性建築 landmark

 Notre Dame de Paris  is not only a well-known ancient building, but also a major landmark of Paris.

巴黎聖母院不僅是著名古建築，也是巴黎的重要地標。

2.哥特式建築 Gothic building

Gothic architecture is a style that flourished at the peak and end of the Middle Ages. It was developed from Roman architecture and inherited from Renaissance architecture. Originated in France in the twelfth century and lasted until the sixteenth century, Gothic architecture was generally called "French style" in contemporary times, while the word "Gothic style" appeared in the late Renaissance with a derogatory meaning. Gothic architecture features pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying arches.

哥特式建築（英語：Gothic architecture），或譯作歌德式建築，是一種興盛於中世紀高峯與末期的建築風格。它由羅曼式建築發展而來，爲文藝復興建築所繼承。發源於十二世紀的法國，持續至十六世紀，哥德式建築在當代普遍被稱作“法國式”（Opus Francigenum），“哥德式”一詞則於文藝復興後期出現，帶有貶意。哥德式建築的特色包括尖形拱門、肋狀拱頂與飛拱。

3.國家的標誌 national symbol

The maple tree leaf is the national symbol of Canada and it is printed on Canada's national flag.

楓樹葉是加拿大的象徵，加拿大的國旗上印有一片楓樹葉。

其他與建築有關的詞彙：

建築風格

 哥特式建築Gothic architecture
古典建築classical architecture
文藝復興建築Renaissance architecture
 巴洛克建築Baroque architecture
洛可可建築Rococo architecture

美索不達米亞建築Mesopotamian architecture
 古希臘建築Greek 
 古羅馬建築Roman  architecture
 羅曼式建築Romanesque architecture

古埃及建築Egyptian  architecture
拜占庭建築Byzantine architecture
伊斯蘭建築Islamic architecture

世界各國著名建築物：
故宮the Forbidden City

美國白宮White House

白金漢宮Buckingham Palace

盧浮宮Louvre Museum

大本鐘 CaPitol and Big Ben

倫敦塔橋 Tower of London bridge

美國自由女神像The Statue of Liberty

法國埃菲爾鐵塔   Eiffel  Tower

英國的大本鐘  Big Ben

悉尼歌劇院    Sydney Opera House 

意大利的比薩斜塔 Leaning Tower of Pisa

帝國大廈  Empire State Building

埃及金字塔   The  Pyramids

印度泰姬陵Taj Mahal

巴黎凱旋門Arc de Triomphe

日本富士山 Mount Fuji

希臘帕特農神廟 Parthenon Temple