Unit 4

city tours

Objectives

Professional skills: dealing with the public

Vocabulary: places of interest, prepositional phrases

巴塞罗那，著名作家塞万提斯誉为西班牙的骄傲和世界上最美丽的城市。

巴塞罗纳的盖勒公园、宫殿和米

拉宅邸 Parque Guell, Palacio Guell and Casa Mila in Barcelona

所有的这些建筑作品由于不同文化的渊源而风格各异，建筑师安东尼奥 · 盖勒（ 1852-1926 ）设计的巴塞罗纳的公园、宫殿和宅邸表现出折衷主义和个性主义建筑风格的结合，并由此产生新的风格。这不仅被认为是建筑风格的创新，而且是花园、雕塑和所有装饰艺术风格的创新。

Vocabulary Exercise 4 architect 建筑师 industrialist 实业家 mass 集合 tram 有轨电车

La Pedrera

Exercise 4 1. La Pedrera )Casa Mila), Palacio Guell,

Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell. 2. Only the Sagrada Familia. 3. From after mass at 7 am to 6 or 7 pm. 4. He was dirty and was wearing old clo

thes. No one knew who he was. 5. He hated straight lines and wanted t

o show features and shapes of nature.

Film appreciation

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World Heritage Sites in Barcelona Works by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Pala

u de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, included in the list in 1997.

Works by Antoni Gaudí, including Park Güell, Palau Güell, Casa Milà, Casa Vicens, Sagrada Família (Nativity 基督诞生 façade〈建〉 ( 房屋的 ) 正面 , 假象 ; 外观 and crypt 地窖 , ( 尤指 ) 教堂地下室 ), Casa Batlló, Crypt in Colonia Güell. The first three works were inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1984. The other four were added as extensions to the site in 2005.

Architecture The Sagrada Família church, Gaudi's masterpiece The Barri Gòtic ("Gothic Quarter" in Catalan) is the

centre of the old city of Barcelona. Many of the buildings date from medieval 中古的 , 中世纪的 times, some from as far back as the Roman settlement of Barcelona. Catalan modernisme architecture (often known as Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe), developed between 1885 and 1950 and left an important legacy in Barcelona. A great number of these buildings are World Heritage Sites. Especially remarkable is the work of architect Antoni Gaudí, which can be seen throughout the city.

His best known work is the immense but still unfini

shed church of the Sagrada Família, which has been under construction since 1882, and is still financed by private donations. As of 2007, completion is planned for 2026.

Barcelona is also home to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion. Designed in 1929 for the for Germany. It is an iconic 图标的 building designed by one of the most influential architects of the 20th century.

Barcelona won the 1999 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for its architecture, the first (and as of 2009, only) time that the winner has been a city, and not an individual architect.

Barcelona has two UEFA 5-star rated football stadiums: FC Barcelona's Camp Nou and the publicly-owned Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, used for the 1992 Olympics and, until last season, home 主场 of RCD Espanyol 皇家西班牙人体育俱乐部球队 , while the club's new stadium was being built.

Joan Gamper

　队 名：巴塞罗那（ FC Barcelona)

　全 称： Futbol Club de Barcelona

　绰 号：巴萨 红蓝军团 成立时间： 1899 年 11 月 29 日

主球场：诺坎普(Camp Nou) 可容纳 98260 人

主队服：蓝红间条衫 蓝色短裤 蓝色球袜

　俱乐部口号： More Than A Club （不仅仅是俱乐部） Mes que un club!

　　官方网站： http://www.fcbarcelona.com

　　中文官方网站： http://fcbarcelona.guanwangcn.com/

Fútbol Club Barcelona also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia 加泰罗尼亚 ( 西班牙东北部一地区 )( 或译卡塔卢尼亚 ), Spain. It is best known for its football team, which was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). The official Barça anthem is El Cant del Barça 足球圣歌 by Josep Maria Espinàs.

FC Barcelona is one of three clubs never to have been relega

ted 使降级 , 使降职 from La Liga 西班牙足球甲级联赛 and the most successful club in Spanish football after Real Madrid皇家马德里 ( 皇马 ) 是西班牙成立最早的俱乐部之一 , having won nineteen La Liga titles, a record twenty-five Spanish Cups, eight Spanish Super Cups, four Eva Duarte Cups and two League Cups. They are also one of the most successful clubs in European football having won thirteen official major European trophies in total, includes ten UEFA 欧洲足球协会联盟 competitions. They have won three UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups (the forerunner to the UEFA Cup) and three UEFA Super Cups. In 2009, Barcelona became the first club in Spain to win the treble 三重的 of La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League. The club is also the only European side to have played European/Continental football 大陆式足球 , 欧式足球 in every season since its inception 开始 , 开端 , 初期 in 1955.

The club's stadium is the Camp Nou, the largest st

adium in Europe with a capacity of 98,772 seats. Barcelona enjoys a high rate of popularity; about 25.7% of Spanish population support the club, while according to a recent survey Barcelona is the most popular football club in Europe with around 44.2 million fans.With 170,000 socis (members) in September 2009, the Catalan club is also placed among the top football clubs in the world with the most registered members, and the number of penyes 官方球迷协会 , the officially-registered supporter clubs, reached the number of 1,888 worldwide in August 2009. The fans of FC Barcelona are known as culés. The club shares a great rivalry with Real Madrid and contest in one of the most famous football matches worldwide, known as El Clásico ("The Classic" ， " 经典赛 " ，较多人管它做 " 西班牙德比“ ).

During the 2007–08 season, FC Barcelona was th

e third richest club in the world with a revenue of €308.8 million. It was also one of the founding members of the now-defunct 〈正〉已故的 , 不存在的 , 无效的 G-14 group of the leading European football clubs and its modern replacement, the European Club Association. The club also operates a reserve team, FC Barcelona Atlètic, 巴塞罗那二队 while there was a youth team until 2007, FC Barcelona C巴塞罗那三队 .

As of July 1, 2009, FC Barcelona was ranked first in UEFA team ranking. According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), Barça has been the most consistently successful club in the world since the organisation began collecting statistics, in the period 1991-2008.

在西班牙加泰罗尼亚地区，巴塞罗那足球俱乐部不

仅仅是一个体育俱乐部，而且它还是国家运动机构的代表，在对外联系事务工作中，起了重要对外使节的作用。除此以外，巴塞罗那足球俱乐部汇集了众多来自西班牙其它地区人士，为民主权利和自由作出了大量工作，足以证明了巴塞罗那足球俱乐部所具有超出仅为一个体育俱乐部的价值和作用。以俱乐部拥有的使命和责任为特点，力争向全世界证明其重要价值。巴塞罗那足球俱乐部将为热爱它的人们而奋斗，全面为友好事业而努力。

巴塞罗那俱乐部是世界上非常著名的俱乐部之一。该队素以高价聘请大牌球星而闻名国际足坛， 50年代的库巴拉， 70 年代的克鲁伊夫， 80 年代的马拉多纳， 90 年代的罗马里奥、罗纳尔多及现在的罗那尔多迪尼奥和德科以及当红少年天才梅西都是各个时期的代表人物。

Sitges 西切斯 beach is the nearest beach to Barcel

ona that is worth going to. It is just 45 minutes from the city.

Just thirty-five kilometers south of Barcelona is the port town of Sitges, which has become recognized throughout Europe as the perfect gay resort for summer relaxation and fun. During the months of July and August the tourist visitors are almost exclusively gay and the town switches into hetero-friendly 异性恋的 , 非同性恋 [ 爱 ] 的 mode. This historic seaport dates back to the tenth century when a small castle was built over the ruins of an old Iberian 伊比利亚人 , 古代伊比利亚人 , 伊比利亚岛 settlement. During the following years, houses were built near the castle and Sitges was born.

In the middle ages, Sitges used to be the only port town on the

coast from Barcelona to Tarragon. The town's main industries were its vineyards and the commercial activities with other ports. Now tourism and construction are the major employers in Sitges and the charm of this small town on the coast is irresistible. Nestled on the hillside between the mountains and the ocean it's easy to understand how the gay community fell in love with the cobbled铺鹅卵石的 streets, historic buildings, beautiful beaches and of course the bars and restaurants.

Sitges boasts on average 300 days of sunshine each year, which makes for the longest summer weather anywhere in Spain. The local resident population is approximately twenty thousand, many of whom are artists, sculptors and painters or employed in the service industry and they tend to welcome the gay community as potential customers. Santiago Rusiñol the famous Spanish artist moved to Sitges in 1891 and turned it into a meeting point for artists and intellectuals, giving it the bohemian放荡不羁的文化人 ,波希米亚人 air that persists today.

With almost thirty gay bars and clubs, plus twenty ga

y or gay-friendly restaurants, many retail stores, gay-owned accommodations住处 ( 尤指仅供短期使用的 ), a couple of saunas and more, the local gay map would rival that of a major city. The main street is known as "Sin Street" and leads from the beach into the centre of town. The Parrots Bar has two patios 无顶的内院，常见于西班牙或西班牙式居所 [ 西班牙语：庭院 ]-one on each side of this street-and every day starting around 4PM it's the place to sit with a cocktail and people watch.

Although seafood is extremely popular and local Catalan cuisine can be found in every restaurant, there is a complete selection of international menus to satisfy every diner's tastes. Many places are located on the boulevard 大街 , 林阴大道 beside the ocean with relaxing views of the boardwalk( 常在海滨 ) 用木板铺成的小道 and Mediterranean Sea.

There is a very large gay beach centrally located

which is always busy and at the height of the summer season the locale for making new friends and acquaintances. Although the locals recommend staying out of the sun from 1PM to 4PM, it doesn't seem to stop the gay tourists.

With a train service from Barcelona that runs every thirty minutes at a cost of less than ten dollars it is easy to spend a day or an extended holiday in this gay seaside paradise. However, it's important to make your hotel reservations far in advance for a vacation at any time of the year to avoid disappointment. Enjoy this Spanish gay resort and pack plenty of suntan 晒黑 lotion 太阳油 , 防晒霜 to look your best in the bars at nighttime.