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Section Ⅲ Developing ideas-Reading
1.a precious vase珍贵的花瓶
2.an antique shop一家古玩店
3.to the maximum达到极点/最大值
4.polish your shoes擦亮你的鞋
5.bark violently狂吠
6.an essay on the causes of the First World War 关于第一次世界大战起因的论说文
7.dominate imperial architecture主宰皇家建筑
8.a class comprising 50 students由50名学生组成的班级
1.restore vt.修复,整修→restoration n.(旧建筑或旧家具等的)修复,整修
2.preserve v.维护,保护;保存→preservation n.维护,保护;保存
3.architect n.建筑师→architecture n.建筑风格,建筑设计
4.ambition n.雄心;志向;抱负→ ambitious adj.宏大的,艰巨的
5.analysis n.分析→analyze/analyse v.分析
6.associate v.与……有关→association n.协会;联合;联想
1.range from...to...在……范围内变化
2.bring... back to life 使……复活/恢复生机
3.neither...nor...既不……也不……
4.pass on...to...把……传递给……
5.take on承担(责任);呈现;决定做
6.take up继续;接着讲
7.day in,day out日复一日
8.at one's own pace按自己的节奏
9.originate from起源于
10.leave behind留下,遗留
1.[句型公式] if引导的虚拟条件句
If it hadn't been for a three-episode documentary,outsiders would never have known that the plainly-dressed people working here are masters of their craft,who have spent their lives restoring precious antiques.
要不是那三集纪录片,外面的人永远也不会知道,在这里工作的那些衣着朴素的人竟然都是精于各门技艺的大师,他们毕生都在修复珍贵的古董。
2.[句型公式] 完全倒装句
Among these is the clock restoration master,Wang Jin.
这其中便包括钟表修复大师王津。
3.[句型公式] It is+adj.(obvious/apparent/evident/clear...)+ that从句
It is suddenly clear that when the clock masters say that “these antiques have lives”,it is neither an exaggeration nor a metaphor.
人们突然明白,当钟表大师们说“这些古董有生命”时,这既不是夸张,也不是比喻。
①courtyard n.[C]庭院,院子
②a three-episode documentary一部三集纪录片
episode n.[C](电视连续剧或广播剧的)一集
③plainly-dressed穿着朴素的
④precious adj.珍稀的;贵重的
⑤antique n.[C]古董,古玩,古物
⑥restoration n.[C,U](旧建筑或旧家具等的)修复,整修
restore vt.修复,整修
⑦crimson adj.深红色的
⑧workplace n.[sing.]工作场所
⑨day in,day out日复一日(指不间断)=day in and day out/day after day
⑩timepiece n.[C]计时器;钟;表
⑪be fond of...喜爱……
⑫envoy n.[C]使者,使节
⑬present sb.with sth.把某物赠送/呈递/颁发给某人
⑭intricate adj.错综复杂的
intricately adv.复杂地
⑮originate v.起源,发源
originate from发源于
⑯given prep.鉴于,考虑到
[拓展]分词用作介词或连词的还有:
assuming conj.假如
provided/providing conj.如果,假如
suppo