One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich.

The + 轮船的名词 ^{同位语可省略The}

• The loss of the Titanic
• The Cutty Sark ^{“卡蒂萨克”号帆船}
• the Vasa   ^(NCE4-27)
• The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. ^{同位语可省略The}
• The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home. ^{同位语可省略The}

In / at + 城市

• in + 大城市 ^{（ 参考点地球）}
• at + 小城市 ^{（ 参考点地球）}

She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year.

She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past.

serve as ^{充当，担任：扮演某种角色或起到某种作用。}

• This room can serve as a study.
• Her death should serve as a warning to other young people.
• Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, ... ^NCE4-7

reminder ^{(souvenir memo 记念品、备忘录 ...) 提醒物、引起回忆的事物（使人回忆起“当动词翻译”）}

• Alison's story is a reminder of how vulnerable women can be in what is still essentially a man's world.  ^{艾莉森的故事提醒我们，在这个基本上仍然是男人的世界里，女性是多么脆弱}

serve / act as a reminder = be a reminder ^{使人回忆起}

• It is a reminder that in certain ways the Fathers' minds were different. ^{当然，那提醒了我们，建国者在很多方面都有不同的想法。}
• The drop in stock prices serves / acts as a reminder that investing is a form of gambling.^{股票价格的下跌提醒人们，投资是一种赌博。}
• The accident served / acted as a timely reminder of just how dangerous speeding can be. ^{这起事故及时地提醒人们超速行驶是多么危险。}

Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia.

be replaced by ... ^{被…所取代：指某个人或物被另一个人或物所替代或代替。}

• The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home. ^NCE3-45

The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built.

• At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built...

one of + 复数名词 + who / which / that + 谓语动词^{（单复数均可、但 the one of 必须用单数）}

• One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives.
• Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.

 The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.

match ^{v. 与…相匹敌，是…的对手}

• No one can match the unknown archer.
• The two teams are well matched. ^{这两个队势均力敌。}

match ... in / for ... ^{在某个方面与某人某物相匹敌}

• You can't match him in knowledge of wild plants. ^{在野生植物知识方面，你比不上他。}
• But nothing can match them for speed and comfort. ^NCE3-44

Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18^th, 1872 on an exciting race to England.

动词 + on + sth. ^开始某事

• We started out on a 20-mile walk. ^{开始20英里的徒步}
• She had come on a visit to England. ^{开始去英国的旅行}
• After a day or so we will go on an excursion.  ^{开始短途旅行}

This race, which went on for exactly four months, was the last of its kind.

go on ^{延续、待续}

• Peace negotiations are still going on.
• His speech went on for so long that people began to fall asleep.

It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.

the beginning / dawn / dawning of a new era ^{新时代的开始}

• Is this the beginning of a new era in industrial robotics? ^{这是新的工业机器人的开始吗？}

The race was a landmark in the history of shipping.
造句：The foundation of the People's Republic of China marked the end of the new-democratic revolution and the beginning of a new era of the socialist revolution and construction. ^{中华人民共和国的成立标志着新民主主义革命 的结束和社会主义革命和建设的新时代的开始。}