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Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit and Reading—Language Points
[对应学生用书P63]
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①look forward to(高兴地)盼望,期待
②house v.安置,收藏
③feature vt.(展览会等)以……为重点
④wander vt.闲逛,漫步
⑤gallery n.[C]展览馆,画廊;长廊,走廊;楼上旁听席
⑥lay/ set eyes on sb./sth.看见/注意到某人/某物
⑦make a deep/strong impression on sb.给某人留下深刻的印象
⑧decade n.[C]十年,十年期
⑨mostly adv.主要地,一般地
⑩pond n.[C]池塘
⑪neighbourhood(AmE,neighborhoodn.[C]街区,城区;邻近的地方
⑫ up close在近处,很近地
⑬be struck by被……打动,迷恋
strike vt.(struck,struck) 把……迷住
First impressions
3 June
Paris,France
As a huge art fan,I knew exactly what_I_was_looking_forward_to①_most_about_my_trip_to_Paris : visiting the Musee d'Orsay.Housed② in an old railway building,this worldfamous art museum features③ some of the bestknown paintings from the Impressionist movement of the 19th century.
划线部分为what引导的宾语从句,作knew的宾语。
As I wandered④through the Impressionist gallery⑤,I appreciated masterpieces like The Ballet Class and The Card Players.Even_though_I_had_admired_them_hundreds_of_times_on_my_computer_screen,nothing_could_have_prepared_me_for_the_wonder_I_felt_when_I_finally_laid_eyes_on⑥_the_real_thing. While_it_was_hard_to_pick_a_favourite_painting_out_of_so_many_amazing_works,the artists who made the deepest impression on⑦ me were two of the greatest Impressionist painters,Claude Monet and PierreAuguste Renoir.
本句为主从复合句。Even though引导让步状语从句;when引导时间状语从句。
划线部分为 While引导的让步状语从句,其中it作形式主语,后面的动词不定式短语为真正的主语。
I could see from Monet's works that he was greatly inspired by nature.In the last three decades⑧ of his life he painted mostly⑨ scenes from his garden.One of these scenes is shown in the famous piece Blue Water Lilies,which_I_studied_for_quite_a_while_in_the_gallery.I couldn't believe it when I heard he did around 250 paintings of the same water lily pond⑩,all in different colours and styles.It_is_amazing_that_every_time_Monet_studied_this_simple_scene,he__brought_the_pond's_beauty_to_the_canvas_in_a_unique_way.
划线部分为 which引导的非限制性定语从句,先行词为Blue Water Lilies,which在该从句中作