Unit 2 Section Ⅳ Reading for Writing-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年高中英语必修第一册人教版（教师用书）

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①sight n．景象； 视野； 视力

catch sight of 看见

lose sight of 看不见

come into sight 进入视野中

out of sight 看不见

in sight 在视线范围内

②unbelievable adj.难以置信的

believable adj.可信的

believe vt.相信

belief n．信念；看法

③more than 多于； 不仅仅是

other than 除……以外

rather than 而不是

④statue n．雕塑； 雕像

⑤in modern times 在现代

in ancient times 在古代

To: xl@youthlife.com

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Subject：A travel plan to Xi'an

Dear Xiao Li，

My time here in China is going well.I love my new school and classmates.Over the October holiday，my parents and I are planning to go to Xi'an to see the Terracotta Army.❶I've heard that it is an amazing sight①，and I can't wait to go.To me，the story of the Terracotta Army is almost unbelievable②.❷It's amazing that there are more than③ 8,000 statues④，and no one in modern times⑤ knew about them until the 1970s.

❶句句型为can't wait to do/can hardly wait to do迫不及待做某事

❷句中that引导主语从句，it作形式主语。

收信人：xl@youthlife.com

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主题：西安旅行计划

亲爱的小李：

我在中国一切都好。我喜欢我的新学校和新同学。十一放假期间，我和父母打算去西安参观兵马俑。我听说兵马俑是一个令人惊叹的景点，我已经迫不及待要去了。对我来说，兵马俑的故事简直令人难以置信。那里有8 000多座雕像，直到20世纪70年代才为人所知，想想这一切，真是非常神奇。

⑥look forward to (doing) sth 盼望(做)某事

⑦be known as 作为……而出名

be known for 因……而出名

⑧treasure n．珍宝vt.珍惜

⑨sightseeing n．观光；

　　We're also planning to visit several other places in Xi'an.❸My dad and I are both looking forward to⑥ going to the Shaanxi History Museum，because my dad loves history and I have heard that this museum is known as⑦a “Chinese treasure⑧ house”！  We're also going to the Xi'an City Wall and a few other famous sights.

我们还计划游览西安的其他景点。我和爸爸都期待着参观陕西历史博物馆，因为我爸爸热爱历史，而我听说这家博物馆被誉为“中国宝库”！我们还打算游览西安古城墙和其他一些著名景点。

旅游

sightsee v．(仅用于进行时)观光，游览

sightseer n．观光客

go sightseeing 去观光

⑩right away 立即，马上

right now 马上，现在

⑪BCE(＝before the Common Era) 公元前

CE (＝Common Era) 公元

⑫tomb n．坟墓

⑬lead...to do sth 使……做某事

lead to 导致； 造成

⑭a copy of 一个，一份

⑮huge adj.巨大的

⑯completely adv.完全地

complete adj.完全的，完整的

vt.完成，使完整

⑰unearth vt.挖掘； 发掘

⑱dig vt.挖掘

其过去式/过去分词为dug

现在分词为digging

dig out 挖掘出，找到

❹We're taking the train，leaving the day before the October holiday begins.  We're arriving at 9：30 a．m.and will start sightseeing⑨ right away⑩，so I hope we sleep well on the train!

I guess that's all for now！I'll write again soon and send photos！Do you have any plans for the coming holiday？Hope to hear from you soon.

Your friend，

Richard

❸句中because引导原因状语从句。

❹leaving the day...begins为动词­ing短语作伴随状语。

TERRACOTTA ARMY

Come and see the Terracotta Army：more than 8,000 statues were made in the third century BCE⑪ to guard the tomb⑫of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang！Each statue has a different face，leading researchers to⑬ believe that each one is a copy of⑭ a real soldier.❺The statues fill only one part of the emperor's huge⑮  tomb，which still has not been completely⑯  unearthed⑰.More than 700,000 people worked for nearly 40 years to build this tomb.

❻ However，no one in modern times knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974，when some farmers discovered the tomb while they were

我们打算坐火车，在十一假期开始的前一天出发。上午9：30到达西安之后，我们马上就开始观光，但愿我们能在火车上睡个好觉！

我想今天就写到这里吧！我很快会再给你写信和发照片的！你对即将到来的假期有什么安排吗？期待收到你的来信。

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理查德

兵马俑

来参观兵马俑吧：公元前三世纪制作的8 000多座雕像，守护着中国秦始皇的陵墓！每个雕像的相貌都不相同，这让研究人员认为每座雕像都是一名真实士兵的形象。这些雕像只是秦始皇巨大陵墓的一部分，而整座陵墓尚未完全发掘。当时，70多万人花了近40年时间才建成这座陵墓。然而，直到1974年几位农民打井时(无意)发现了这座陵墓，现代人才知道了这座皇陵！

digging⑱  a well!

❺句中which引导非限制性定语从句。

❻while引导时间状语从句。