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B Building your language (P.47)B1 The passage below is about a classic work of literature. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
description contain significant be capable ofelement reflect in summary appeal to
描述;描写
包含;包容
显著的;意义重大的
元素;要素
反应;反射
总之;概括起来
能够
呼吁;吸引
One important feature of classic literature is that it often (1)_______ an author's own experiences and can therefore help us understand the important issues of his or her time. This is one reason why the best works of literature still (2)________ readers long after they were written. Cao Xueqin's A Dream of Red Mansions, one of the most (3)__________ novels in Chinese literature, is a good example of this.
特征
经典文学
reflects
因此
问题;刊号
文学作品
appeal to
significant
小说
Its storyline follows the fall of a large wealthy family much like the author's own. No doubt drawing on his own experiences, Cao Xueqin gives a detailed (4)__________ of what life was like at that time. The novel (5)________ a great number of details such as what the upper class wore and ate. It also describes the social relations in 18th-century China. As a result, readers (6)_______________ better understanding the gap between rich and poor, men and women, the learned and the uneducated in the historical context. Cultural and historical (7)________ like these make A Dream of Red Mansions a timeless classic. (8)__________, we can learn much about a specific period in history from classic literature.
故事主线
衰落
富裕的
毫无疑问
详细的
description
contains
细节
上等阶层
描述
社会关系
are capable of
鸿沟
读书人
未受教育的人
上下文;背景
elements
永恒的经典
in summary
特定的
B2 The article uses several synonyms (words with the same or nearly the same meaning) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings) . Find more pairs of synonyms and antonyms in the article and think of more on your own.
Synonyms(同义词) attraction—appeal;
Antonyms(反义词) joy—sadness;
low—faint;
love—enjoy;
unnoticed—hidden;
significant—important
new—old;
love—hate;
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