20100324 Enjoying the Netherlands (3)

Enjoying the Netherlands

Pottery and cheese
Now head to Delft, probably the most carefully preserved historic town in the country. Besides monuments, ancient houses and canals, you'll find interesting shops and restaurants in the little alleys that honeycomb the city. Visit the Royal Delft Pottery Factory and pick up some souvenirs to take home. Explore the New Church, built in 1381, with its tombs of the Dutch Royal family and climb the tower for a superb view of the town. No one comes to the Netherlands without wishing to see windmills. The country is still home to one thousand of them.

The best place to see them is the village of Kinderdijk, where 19 of the grand structures, built in the mid-1700s, still stand, in the Netherlands, you also must have an encounter with cheese. Visit the Alkmaar cheese market for an unforgettable experience. Every Friday morning from the first of April to the first Friday in September, an elaborate demonstration shows how the cheese is weighed before it is sold. This is only a fraction of what the country has to offer. There is so much more. Do you hear it calling you?



honeycomb n. 蜂窩/蜂巢
=> the wax structure that be made in their height
honeycomb v. 本文意思為佈滿/充滿/使成蜂窩狀
eg: The intensive gun fight honeycombed the outer walls of the building.
=> 激烈的槍戰讓這座牆的外觀都成蜂巢狀了。
eg: Public transit routes honeycombed the modern city.
=> 公共運輸的路線佈滿了這個現代化的城市.

superb adj. 極好的/一流的
=> fantastic/excellent
eg: The pianist's superb performance was recorded for the album.
eg: The football team's superb strategies got them the state championship.

fraction n. (數學中的)分數
fraction n. 小部份
eg: Only a tiny fraction of the customers aren't satisfied with our products.
=> 只有一小部分的顧客不滿意我們的產品
eg: He only spend a fraction of his time and energy managing his company, so it fell apart.
=> 他僅花很少時間和精力在管理他的公司，於是公司撐不下去了

elaborate adj. 精巧的
=> has a lot of details

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encounter v. 遭遇/碰見
=> have an unexpected meething with something
=> it can be positve or negative

have an encoungter with cheese
=> you sounds like that they want you to taste the cheese
=> 到荷蘭去不只是要吃cheese，還要體驗感受cheese

encounter v. 出乎預料的遇到
eg: a chance encounter 巧遇

encounter n. 衝突
= conflict 衝突
= confrontation

non-confrontational adj. 不起衝突的/避免衝突的