High on life[1]: Amsterdam's hippy past[2]
① These days it is famous for having more bikes than people and scores of coffeeshops where[3] the sale of marijuana, though illegal, is tolerated.
② But back in the 1960s the Dutch capital was flourishing in a more overtly radical way.
③ An exhibition called "Amsterdam, The Magic Centre", which[4] opens today at the city's Stedelijk Museum, explores how the so-called Venice of the North got its start as a hub of art and countercultural thought.
④ Artists flocked to the city and the streets became a canvas on which they offered a critique of society with humour and irony.
⑤ One collective[5] bombarded a busy central square with huge inflatable objects; another artist decorated a gigantic Christmas tree on a main street in the middle of summer.
⑥ A highlight of the show is the squatter movement[6]'s how-to manual[7] for aspiring renegade homemakers.
⑦ Things may not be quite so psychedelic now, but the city has not lost its sparkle.
词与词组
be famous for 以什么闻名
scores of 大量，许多
- 同样表示“大量的”还有：a lot of; lots of; substantial; plenty; enormous; numerous
marijuana n. 大麻
Dutch adj. 荷兰人的 n. 荷兰语、荷兰人
flourish vi. 茂盛, 繁荣 vt. 挥动
overtly adv. 明显地;公然
capital n. 首都，省会 adj. 重要的；
radical adj. 根本的, 基本的; 彻底的, 完全的
激进的, 激进派的
so-called adj. 所谓的,号称的
hub n. 中心；毂；木片
countercultural 反主流文化
flock to 涌入（大规模的）
flock vi. 聚集；成群而行
canvas n. 帆布 adj. 帆布制的
critique n. 批评；评论文章 vt. 批判；评论
humour and irony. 幽默和讽刺。
collective adj. 集体的, 共同的, 共有的
collectivism n. 集体主义
inflatable adj. 必须充气才能使用的; 可充气的
gigantic adj. 巨大的，庞大的
aspiring adj. 有抱负的；追求…的；
renegade adj. 反叛的 n. 叛徒, 变节者
homemaker n. 主妇
psychedelic adj. (指药物)引起幻觉的,致幻觉的
sparkle vi. 发火花, 闪耀 n. 光亮; 活力; 闪光
好句
high on life
- I'm high on life=I'm living my life happily.
flourish
- Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 dollars a day.
flock
- Birds with the same feather flock together.
