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Section Ⅱ Understanding the Text
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Part 1 Understanding ideas
WELCOME TO DUNHUANG!
Welcome to① Dunhuang!On the old Silk Road,this city was the gateway② to and from Ancient China,a place where East met West,and a green island in the middle of the desert.You can only imagine how travellers felt when they saw the oasis③ of Dunhuang ahead of④ them.
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[读文清障]
①welcome to...欢迎来到……
②gateway/'ɡeItweI/n.通向……的门户
③oasis/əʊ'eIsIs/n.(沙漠中的)绿洲
④ahead of在……前面
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[句式评析]
where East met West是关系副词where引导的定语从句,修饰a place。
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Dunhuang's long and glorious⑤ history represents⑥ its significance⑦ as a centre of cultural and commercial exchange.Today,Dunhuang is a worldclass tourist destination boasting⑧ sites with UNESCOprotected heritage status.Now,we are going to enter some of the city's famous caves,of which there are more than⑨ 700.Known as the Mogao Grottoes⑩,these ancient caves were carved out of the rock over a period of 1,000 years.If you look up⑪,you can see the paintings and
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other artworks that are testimony⑫ to how the Silk Road brought East and West together.Look at these statues⑬!You can see elements from Ancient Greece,India and Iran.Now look around the walls of the cave.Come a little bit⑭ closer so that⑮ you can get a better view⑯.Look at them!The murals⑰ cover⑱ an astonishing area of 45,000 square metres.
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⑤glorious/'ɡlɔːriəs/adj.辉煌的
⑥represent v.代表
⑦significance n.重要性,意义
⑧boast/bəʊst/v.(地方、机构等)自豪地拥有(好的事物)
⑨more than多于,超出;不仅仅是
⑩grotto/'ɡrɒtəʊ/n.小洞穴
⑪look up向上看,仰望
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⑫testimony/'testIməni/n.证据;证明
⑬statue/'stætʃuː/n.雕像;塑像
⑭a little bit少许,一点
⑮so that以便
⑯view n.风景;观点
⑰mural/'mjʊərəl/n.壁画
⑱cover v.占(多大面积);覆盖;报道;涵盖;走(多少路)
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