练习材料：
[Day 1741 2019-07-03]
Lesson 16-2 The modern city 现代城市
The shape and dimensions of the skyscrapers depend entirely on the necessity of
obtaining the maximum income per square foot of ground, and of offering to the tenants
offices and apartments that please them．This caused the construction of gigantic
buildings where too large masses of human beings are crowded together．Civilized
men like such a way of living．While they enjoy the comfort and banal luxury of their
dwelling, they do not realize that they are deprived of the necessities of life．The
modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark, narrow streets full of petrol
fumes and toxic gases, torn by the noise of the taxi-cabs, lorries and buses, and thronged
ceaselessly by great crowds. Obviously, it has not been planned for the good of its
inhabitants.
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：
dimensions n. 维(构成空间的因素); 尺寸; 规模; 程度; 范围; 方面; 侧面;
skyscrapers n. 摩天大楼;
banal adj. 平庸的; 平淡乏味的; 无关紧要的;
monstrous adj. 丑恶的; 道德败坏的; 骇人的; 巨大的; 丑陋的;
edifices n. 大厦; 宏伟建筑;
thronged v. 群集; 拥塞; 拥向;
ceaselessly adv. 不停地;
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