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一.过去的回顾

英语外刊拓展阅读：新概念英语第三册第37课

【参考答案】

1. In April, 2004.

2. A joint venture of Siemens and ThyssenKrupp.

3. 486.1kmph.

4. 360kmph.

5. 15kmph.

二、本期内容

[文本主题]

第38课是关于第一个日历的起源，所以我选择了一篇关于公历的文章。

【延伸阅读】

一.条款内容

In 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII introduced his Gregorian calendar, Europe insisted on using the julian calendar, which was first implemented by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. Because the Roman emperor's system incorrectly calculated the length of the solar year of 11 minutes, the calendar was out of sync with the seasons. This worries Gregory, because it means that Easter, traditionally celebrated on March 21st, is getting farther away from the vernal equinox every year.

Julian calendar adds one day in February every four years. However, aloysius Lilius, an Italian scientist, found that adding so many days would make the calendar a little too long. He developed the system that Pope Gregory would announce in 1582. He designed a variant, adding leap days in years divisible by 4, unless a year is divisible by 100. If a year can be divisible by 400, leap days will be added anyway. Although this formula may sound confusing, it does solve the lag caused by Caesar's early plans-almost.

Although Lilius invented a clever way to synchronize the calendar with the seasons, his system was still 26 seconds short. As a result, since Gregory introduced his calendar in 1582, there have been several hours of errors. By 4909, the Gregorian calendar will be one day ahead of the solar year.

According to some accounts, after an act of Parliament advanced the calendar from September 2 to September 14, 1752, British citizens did not respond in a friendly way. It is said that mobs took to the streets and demanded that the government "give us 11 days". However, most historians now believe that these protests never happened or were greatly exaggerated. At the same time, on the other side of the Atlantic, Benjamin Franklin welcomed this change. He wrote: "It is a pleasant thing for an old man to sleep on September 2 and not have to get up before September 14."

In 46 BC, Julius Caesar's calendar reform set January 1st as the first day of the year. However, in the Middle Ages, European countries replaced it with dates with greater religious significance, such as December 25th (the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ) and March 25th (the day of the annunciation of angels). The latter is called "Lady's Day" because it celebrates the Virgin Mary and marks the beginning of the year in Britain until January 1, 1752.

[词汇注释]

1.教皇格列高利十三世：教皇格列高利十三世

2.公历：公历

3. persistence: persistence

4. julian calendar: julian calendar

5. implementation: application

6.朱利叶斯凯撒：朱利叶斯凯撒(朱利叶斯凯撒)

7. Calculation error: miscalculation

8.同步：同步

9. Observe: Celebrate

10. vernal equinox: vernal equinox

11. unveil: launch

12. Design: Design

13.变异：改变；不同的

14.可分的：可分的

15.滞后：滞后

16. ingenious: ingenious

17.差异：差异；不符合

18. Advance: Advance.

19.夸大：夸大；夸张

20. Institute: Develop

21.中世纪：中世纪

22. announcement: the virgin Mary receives the newspaper

二、阅读题目

根据文章内容，判断下列句子是对的(t)还是错的(f):

31. The original goal of the Gregorian calendar was to change the date of Easter.

32. Leap years occur exactly every four years in the Gregorian calendar.

33. The Gregorian calendar differs from the lunar year by 26 seconds per year.

34. The adoption of the Gregorian calendar in Britain is said to have triggered riots and protests.

35. Before adopting the Gregorian calendar, the English began new year on March 25.

三、参考答案

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