【Native Speaker每日综合训练—27系列】【27-14】文史哲_ Castle

sybillily

Time 2：1：51‘ Boldt Castle was built by a man for his true love,but his beloved wife dead one year before the end of the construction,now the castle become where new couples come to wedding.
Time 3 1:56'  The one in India was built after the death of the builder's wife.The second one is a love nest,now a resturant.
Time 4 1：10' The one in England was built for true love and now become a place for honeymoon,the one in Africa is for sale now with a golf court.
Time 5:1:53' The first one was built by a man for his memory of his family because he was dying of a heart disease.The second one was built by a heartbroken man for his fiance's leave
Time 6:1:50' The one in CA was built by a woman for her fear of being killed.The one in Thailand is a legend story .
Obstacle 6：23'   The author talks about the Quarry ,why redstone was used for the construction of the castle,how he discovered the quarry,its owner,what is was like and his desire for develop it into a park so that it won't be ignored by people.

dianadai0029

谢谢Jay，长知识了。

Part I Main idea: The average crying time of men is between 6 to 17 times per year. When they face some emotional, overwhelming, and moving occasions they always cry, as well as crying for happiness.
Part II
[Time 2] 1:51[233Words]
Various architectures are built for love. one is Boldt casino, G built for his wife L. But one year before the completion of the building, L died.
[Time 3]1:55 [388Words]
Another three castles have been introduced, including Taj, Swallow,and K
[Time 4]1:52 [301Words]
D castle was built for honey moon, though there was not a happy ending. Stanford Castle is available for sale, which is charged at price about $3600million.
[Time 5]2:11 [320Words]
Mystery Castle was built for the princess. Coral Castle was built for the lost love- who left him before the wedding day.
[Time 6]2:59 [416Words]
W house was built for the owner's husband and herself. P Castle was for the memory of P, who was died in an attack.
Part III
[Time 7] 5:57[Words]
The history of S quarry. The S castle was built in 1850S, it used red stones from S quarry that shipped 30 miles away and cost many workers many years to work out.
There have been four owners of the quarry until the Civil War in 1901.The first owner was Peter and then sold the building for debt, two of the last four owners sold the quarry for bankruptcy.
The S quarry is still standing there in Washington. DC.
The author wrote the book about the quarry was primarily for curious in the very beginning.

晓野的野

1 1:38
2 2:38
3 2:05
4 2:11
5 3:08（我不得不说这个真的是一个纠结的爱情故事）

pgjason

Lap 5        00:01:59.70        00:07:34.32
Lap 4        00:01:32.90        00:05:34.62
Lap 3        00:01:18.39        00:04:01.71
Lap 2        00:01:42.21        00:02:43.31
Lap 1        00:01:01.10        00:01:01.10

4'18"

The passage talks about the story behind the redstone of a famous building.

It is unique for its color and durability.

Because of its quality, the redstone was chosen from Seneca quarry.

The author talks about the personal connection.

Thank you, Jay.

Talitha

2:1'48:233:
-Introduction of the love castles.
-First love castle was built by Bolts for his wife on the heart island. However, his wife passed away a year before the castle. Many people come to get married on the island nowadays.

3:3'23:388
-Taj Mahal was built for the memory of love lost. The king of India built the castle for his favorite wife Mahal.
-Love castle was built on the cliff. It was closed for 40 years after earthquake attacked. It was reopen for tour
-Kellie's castle was built in Malaysia by Smith for his wife Agnes. However, many construction workers died during construction when flu epidemic hit. Smith also passed away before castle completed.

4: 2'19:301
-Dobroyd Castle was built by John who promised his girlfriend Ruth to build a castle before she was willing to marry him. John sent Ruth for further education after they married. However, she died and John also spent his rest of life on the wheelchair.
- The castle in Dubai is available for sale.

5: 2'15:320
-The mystery castle was built in Arizona by a father for his love for his daughter and wife. He  built the castle by himself.
-Coral castle was built by a man whose fiance left him the night before wedding.

6:

elleyj

好喜欢城堡~~真想把它们都去个遍！
time 2: 1:15
Boldt Castle, located in New York, was constructed by GB for his wife as a present on Valentine's Day. The medieval style castle was grand but incomplete as Boldt's wife died before the completion, Boldt stopped the construction since then.
time 3: 2:13
Taj Mahal functions as the tomb for the wife of the emperor. The Swallow's nest castle underwent an earthquake and was restored 40 years later. Kellie's castle has temple near it in memory of the death of the construction workers in a flu, but was left incomplete because the constructor died.
time 4: 1:31
Dobroyd castle was built under the demand of a girl but the love between the couple soon faded away since the part of the two. Straford castle has a words about true love engraved on the cornerstone and it is for sale now.
time 5: 1:43
Mystery castle was built by a dying father showing his love for his child. Coral castle was built by an abandoned man. Most striking fact is that there is a nine ton stone in  front of the gate.
time 6: 2:22
Winchester Mystery house was an intricate building constructed to defend herself by an insane woman who believed herself in danger of of the haunting of the ghosts. Prasat hin phimai was built in memory of a prince by his true love.
time 7: 5:16
The red sandstone of Smithsonian Castle has many stories, involving bankruptcy and many others. The stone is of excellent quality and is even said to be water-proof. It comes from the cliffs. The castle went through four periods and was closed in 1901. However, nowadays, many people went by the castle without wanting to explore its stories and beauty.

Abbywang

T2: 01:41
T3: 02:05
T4: 01:45
T5: 01:53
T6: 02:36
T7: 03:58

ENJ0Y

Speaking: two man talk about the topic what cause a man to cry and they cry how many times a year. Begin with one man cry by listening a classical music, he said that music is emotional and remind him something made him to cry. Then demonstrate two celebrates who cry in the public. The financial minister said the funeral is moving and made him cry. The other man in the conversation said that he was cry because of happiness.

1.30
1.44
1.19
1.37

5.59

cherryyyy

Time 2 1:18
Some castles built specifically for love or even for lost love.
Boldt Castle on Heart Island was built as a testimonial of George Boldt's love for his wife.However, his wife died one year before the completion of the construction. Then George Boldt stopped buildding the castle and never returned to this island.
Time 3 2:08
The Taj Mahal was built for love, but tragically as a mausoleum and in memory of love lost. Mumtaz Mahal built the tomb in memory of his dead wife.
Shallow's Nest Castle started as a wooden cottage.Perhaps it is not constructed for true love but built for the purpose of making love.
Kellie's Castle was built for love by Kellie Smith. Because his wife missed home tremendously and also blessed him with a son.
Time 4 2:23
John Fielden builf the Dobroyd castle to prove his love for a local weave girl. However this story end with tragedy.
Stratford Castle in Durban, South Africa, now is placed within Camelot Residential and Golf Estate, but it too started off as a kiss of inspiration from true love. But now it is for sale.
Time 5 2:28
Mystery Castle was built by Boyce Gulley who was diagnosed with tuberculosis.He left his wife and daughter because he did not want them watch him die and spent 16 years built the castle.
Ed leedskalnin built Coral Castle because he was left by his Fiance. He spent 28 years building the castle.Yet neither his knowledge nor his devotion to his lost love brought his fiance back to him.
Time 6 2:09
Winchester Mystery as built less in an effort to remember her beloved husband but built for the love of her own life.to avoid haunting by the goast.
The legend of Prasat Hin Phimai is a strange and sad story.
Obstacle 5:23
Brief introduction of Smithsonian castle.
What makes Seneca redstone so special: Seneca redstone is unique for its color and durability.It is a rusty color,caused by iron oxide.
Why was Seneca redston chosen for castle: Because the stone is in excellent quality and in sufficient quality.
What was the Seneca Quarry like at the height of its production:there were about a dozen quarries stretching along the one-mile stretch of the Potomac River west of Seneca Creek..
What was some of the drama surrounding the quarry and the Castle’s construction:The Seneca quarry had four different owners.Three different companies then owned the quarry until it closed.
What is the Seneca quarry like today:it’s so overgrown with trees and brush that most people have no idea that it exists.
The author's personal connection to the story.

jingluoli

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