Unit 8 World Cultural Spots课文详解-2023-2024学年高二下学期中职英语语文版（2021）基础模块2

基础模块2 Unit 8 World Cultural Spots 说明：以表格的形式对本单元中的四个主要部分：Listening（听力）、Reading（阅读）、Speaking（口语）和Culture Corner（文化角）进行了语篇翻译，对单词、词块和句子含义做出了详细解释。 Ⅰ. Listening 教材原文 详解 Fujian Tulou 句子含义：福建土楼。 Tulou：土楼，是福建地区特有的传统建筑形式，主要由夯土和木材构建，具有防御和居住功能。 Fujian Tulou is a large, enclosed and strong earth building, with very thick earth walls ranging from three to six stories high. 句子含义：福建土楼是一种大型的、封闭的、坚固的土建筑，拥有非常厚的土墙，高度从三层到六层不等。 large：大型的 enclosed：封闭的 strong：坚固的 earth building：土建筑 very thick earth walls：非常厚的土墙 range from ... to ...：(在一定的范围内)变化,变动；从......到......变化范围 The Terracotta Army 句子含义：兵马俑。 The Terracotta Army refers to the thousands of life-size clay models of soldiers, horses, etc., which represent the guard troops of the first emperor-Qinshihuang. 句子含义：兵马俑指的是数以千计的真人大小的士兵、马匹等陶俑，它们代表了秦始皇的守卫部队。 refer to：指的是 thousands of ...：数以千计的 life-size clay models：真人大小的陶俑 represent：代表 guard troops：守卫部队 the first emperor-Qinshihuang：秦始皇，是中国历史上的第一位皇帝，也是兵马俑的主人。 The Classical Gardens of Suzhou 句子含义：苏州古典园林。 Classical Gardens：古典园林，指的是具有传统特色和风格的园林。 The Classical Gardens of Suzhou are located in the famous cultural city of Suzhou. 句子含义：苏州古典园林位于著名的文化城市苏州。 be located in：位于 They have a long history of 2,000 years. 句子含义：它们有着长达2000年的历史。 have a long history：拥有悠久的历史 have a long history of...years：拥有长达......年的历史 The Gardens were designed and built with excellent skills, so they are well- known in the world. 句子含义：这些园林是运用卓越的技艺设计和建造的，因此它们在世界范围内享有盛名。 design：设计 excellent skills：卓越的技艺 well- known：众所周知的；著名的；出名的 The Ancient City of Pingyao 句子含义：平遥古城。 平遥古城，平遥是中国山西省的一个历史文化名城，以其保存完好的明清时期古城墙和古建筑而闻名。 The Ancient City of Pingyao is located in the middle of Shanxi province. 句子含义：平遥古城位于山西省的中部。 be located in：位于 the middle of ...：......的中部 It is a famous cultural city of 2,700 years. 句子含义：它是一座有着2700年历史的著名文化城市。 a cultural city：是一座文化城市 It has been well- protected so that we can see the old buildings and streets built in Ming and Qing dynasties. 句子含义：平遥古城得到了很好的保护，因此我们可以看到建于明清时期的古建筑和街道。 well- protected：保护良好的 so that：因此，表示结果或目的 dynasty：朝代 Ⅱ. Reading The Palace Museum is located in the centre of Beijing. 句子含义：故宫位于北京的中心。 The Palace Museum：故宫，指位于中国北京市中心的一座大型古代宫殿建筑群，是明清两代的皇宫，也是现在的故宫博物院。 be located in：位于 the centre of Beijing：北京的中心 It is also called the Forbidden City, which is one of the largest and best ancient structures in the world. 句子含义：它也被称作紫禁城，是世界上最大、最精美的古代建筑之一。 the Forbidden City：紫禁城，是故宫的另一种称呼，源于明清时期皇宫的禁地性质。 ancient structures：古代建筑 It has a history of over 600 years and it dates back to the Ming Dynasty. 句子含义：它有着超过600年的历史，可以追溯到明朝。 have a history of...：有......的历史 over 600 years：超过600年 date back to：追溯到...... the Ming Dynasty：明朝 It is said that the Palace Museum has 9,999 rooms because nine is considered as a lucky number in China. 句子含义：据说故宫有9999间房间，因为在中国，九被视为一个幸运的数字。 It is said：据说，表示这个信息不是直接陈述的，而是根据某种传说或普遍的认知。 be considered as：被视为...... It has thousands of precious treasures in it. 句子含义：它里面有成千上万的珍贵宝藏。 thousands of：成千上万的 precious treasures：珍贵宝藏 It is a national 5A tourist attraction. 句子含义：它是国家5A级旅游景区。 national 5A tourist attraction：国家5A级旅游景区 Every year, countless tourists from all over the world come to visit the Palace Museum in Beijing. 句子含义：每年，来自世界各地的无数游客都会来到北京参观故宫。 countless tourists：无数的游客 all over the world：全世界 In order to protect the precious treasures in the Palace Museum, a lot of professional workers are working hard to maintain them. 句子含义：为了保护故宫中的珍贵宝藏，许多专业的工人正在努力维护它们。 In order to：为了 protect：保护，动词 the precious treasures：珍贵宝藏 a lot of：许多 professional workers：专业工人 maintain：维护 These great artists and masters are trying hard to protect the Chinese culture with their outstanding skills. 句子含义：这些伟大的艺术家和大师们正努力运用他们卓越的技能来保护中国文化。 artist：艺术家 master：大师 try to do sth. ：尽力做某事 protect：保护 the Chinese culture：中国文化 outstanding skills：卓越的技能 Now, people can also buy some souvenirs in the styles of the precious treasures in the Palace Museum. 句子含义：现在，人们还可以购买一些以故宫中珍贵宝藏为设计风格的纪念品。 buy：购买 some souvenirs：一些纪念品 in the styles of ...：以......为风格 the precious treasures：珍贵宝藏 Therefore, the art of the Palace Museum is becoming more and more popular. 句子含义：因此，故宫的艺术正变得越来越受欢迎。 therefore：因此 become more and more popular：变得越来越受欢迎 Ⅲ. Speaking Jenny and Danny are tourists from Africa. Li Ming is their guide. Today, they have arrived in Lanzhou and are visiting the Yellow River. 解释：珍妮和丹尼是来自非洲的游客，李明是他们的导游。今天，他们已经到达兰州，正在参观黄河。 tourist：游客 guide：导游 arrive in：到达 the Yellow River：黄河，是中国的第二长河流，也是中华文明的重要发源地。 Li Ming: All right. Let's go along this street and turn left at the traffic lights. This road will lead us to the Yellow River, which is 5,400 kilometres long. 解释：李明说：“好的。我们沿着这条街走，然后在红绿灯处左转。这条路会带我们到黄河，黄河有5400公里长。” go along：沿着……走 turn left：左转 traffic lights：红绿灯 at the traffic lights：在红绿灯处 lead us to：引导我们到...... which is 5,400 kilometres long：这是一个非限制性定语从句，用来描述黄河的长度。 Danny: Wow, the Yellow River is so wide, similar to our Nile River! 解释：丹尼说：“哇，黄河好宽啊，和我们的尼罗河很像！” wide：宽的 similar to：类似于 Jenny: Yes, the Nile River gave birth to the civilisation of the Egyptians. 解释：珍妮说：“是的，尼罗河孕育了埃及的文明。” give birth to：孕育，表示某物或某地是某文明或文化的发源地。 civilisation：文明 Li Ming: It's just like China's Yellow River. My teacher told me that the Yellow River is the symbol of the spirit of Chinese people. 解释：李明说：“它就像中国的黄河一样。我的老师告诉我，黄河是中国人民精神的象征。” symbol：象征 spirit of Chinese people：中国人民的精神 Jenny: It really looks yellow! 解释：珍妮说：“它看起来真的很黄！” look yellow：看起来是黄色的 Li Ming: That's because there is lots of sand and mud in the river. 解释：李明说：“那是因为河里有很多沙子和泥土。” lots of：很多 sand and mud：沙子和泥土 Danny: Look at the bridge! 解释：丹尼说：“看那座桥！” Look at：看 bridge：桥 Li Ming: That is Lanzhou Zhongshan Bridge, the first bridge over the Yellow River. 解释：李明说：“那是兰州中山桥，是黄河上的第一座桥。” the first bridge：第一座桥 over the river：河上方 Danny: Look! There is a statue. It is really beautiful! 解释：丹尼说：“看！有一座雕像。它真的很美！” statue：雕像 Li Ming: You're quite right. That's the Mother River Statue. 解释：李明说：“你说得完全正确。那是黄河母亲雕像。” Danny: Can we take a picture here? 解释：丹尼问：“我们可以在这里拍照吗？” Can we ...?：我们可以做……吗？ take a picture：拍照 Li Ming: Sure! 解释：李明回答：“当然可以！” Ⅳ. Culture Corner The Silk Road The Silk Road is the ancient trade road connecting China and Europe. 解释：丝绸之路是连接中国和欧洲的古代贸易之路。 The Silk Road：丝绸之路，是古代连接东西方的重要贸易和文化交流通道。 ancient trade road：古代贸易之路 connect... and ...：连接......和...... There are three Silk Roads, the Northern Silk Road, the Southern Silk Road and the Silk Road on the sea. 解释：丝绸之路有三条，分别是北方丝绸之路、南方丝绸之路和海上丝绸之路。 The Northern Silk Road starts from Chang'an (now Xi'an) to Dunhuang and goes west to Europe. 解释：北方丝绸之路从长安（现在的西安）出发，经过敦煌，向西通往欧洲。 start from ...：从......出发 from ... to ...：从......到...... The Southern Silk Road starts from Sichuan province and goes south to India. 解释：南方丝绸之路从四川省出发，向南通往印度。 Sichuan province：四川省 The Silk Road on the sea starts from Guangzhou to southeast Asian countries and Europe. 解释：海上丝绸之路从广州出发，通往东南亚国家和欧洲。 The Silk Road is now in the World Heritage List of UNESCO. 解释：丝绸之路现在已经被列入联合国教科文组织的世界遗产名录。 World Heritage List：世界遗产名录 UNESCO：联合国教科文组织 Culture of the Silk Road 丝绸之路文化 The Silk Road contributed greatly to the cultural exchange between China and the West. 解释：丝绸之路极大地促进了中国与西方的文化交流。 contribute greatly to：极大地促进了 cultural exchange：文化交流 between ... and ...：......与......之间 From the second century BC to the fifteenth century AD, great civilisations like China, India, Greece and Rome made exchanges along the Silk Road. 解释：从公元前二世纪到公元十五世纪，像中国、印度、希腊和罗马这样的伟大文明在丝绸之路上进行了交流。 make exchanges：进行交流 The Silk Road is called the great “Cultural Bridge”between Asia and Europe. 解释：丝绸之路被称为亚洲和欧洲之间的伟大“文化桥梁”。 With this bridge, the Four Great Inventions of ancient China (paper making, printing, gunpowder and compass) were introduced to the West. 解释：通过这座桥梁，中国古代的四大发明（造纸术、印刷术、火药和指南针）被介绍到了西方。 invention：发明 paper making：造纸术 printing：印刷术 gunpowder：火药 compass：指南针 be introduced to...：被介绍到...... This greatly sped up the development of the entire world. 解释：这极大地加速了整个世界的发展。 speed up：加速 the development of ：......的发展 the entire world：整个世界 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$