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1. Most of the Great Wall dates from the Ming Dynasty.
长城大部分城墙的建造时间要追溯到明朝。
date from 始于,追溯到
= date back to…/go back to…
e.g. The castle dates from/dates back
to/goes back to the 14th century.
这个城堡建于十四世纪。
【拓展】
out of date 过时的; 废弃的
2. …was the biggest civil engineering project of all time.
……是有史以来最大的土建筑工程项目。
同根词
civil adj. 公民的; 平民的; 民用的;
国内的; 文明的
civilization n. 文明, 文化
civilian n. 平民, 百姓
civil
短语
civil law 民法
civil war 内战
civil life 平民生活
civil rights 公民权
engineering n. [U]工程; 工程学; 设计
e.g. the engineering of new railway
新铁路的设计
gene engineering 基因工程
他在大学学习工程学。
He is studying engineering at college.
engineer n. 工程师, 技师, 机械师
3. …and is designed to accommodate 80 million
passengers a year.
……每年可以接纳8000万人次的乘客。
accommodate
vt.
容纳, 给(某人)提供
住宿或房间
使……适应
e.g. 我修改一下计划以便和你的相适应。
这个房间能容纳300人。 (翻译)
I will accommodate my plans to yours.
This room can accommodate 300 people.
accommodation n. 住处,膳宿
4. Construction is another word for building.
construction是building的另一种说法。
construction
n.
建造, 施工
建造物,构筑物
e.g. 新机场仍在修建中。 (翻译)
The new airport is still under
construction.
construction
短语
(be) under construction 在建设中
construction industry 建筑业
5. Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he dreamed of…
毛泽东写过一首词,在词中,他想象了……
同根词
poem n. [C] 诗
poetry n. 诗歌, 诗集
poet n. 诗人
6. Now his dream has come true.
如今,他的理想变成了现实。
come true (希望, 梦想) 实现、达到
come true相当于realize, 但前者不用于被动, come为连系动词, 主语常是“希望、理想、梦想, 而realize主语一般是人, 可用作被动。
e.g. Our hopes will be realized/come true.
我们的梦想变成了现实。
7. The power of the Yangtze River, which is the world’s third longest river, has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam.
三峡大坝制服了世界第三大河流—长江的激流。
n.
harness
v.
利用
将(自然力)变成动力
马具(包括皮带马鞍及金属器具)
e.g. harness a river/the sun’s rays as a
source of energy
利用河水 / 太阳光作为能源
8. In 1993, China used 1.2 billion tons of coal for heating and generating electricity.
1993年,中国燃掉了12亿吨煤用于供热和发电。
generate vt. 发电; 生成; 引起, 导致
a generating station 发电厂, 发电站
e.g. Uncleanness often generates disease.
The flowing water is used to
generate electricity. (翻译)
不清洁常引起疾病。
流动的水被用来发电。
9. About 800 historical relics have been submerged.
大约800多处历史遗迹已被淹没。
submerge vt. 浸没, 淹没 vi. 潜入水中
e.g. 他把手浸在温水中。(翻译)
He submerged his hands in warm
water.
historical
adj.
有关历史的
历史题材的
有关历史研究的
阅读下列句子,注意historical的意思。
1) Do you know the historical background
to the war
2) He is writing a historical novel about
the nineteenth century France.
3) The building is of historical importance.
historical 通常涉及历史、史学、过去的事实。
如:a historical event是指有历史证据来证明其存在的“历史事件”,不管其是否重要或著名。
historic 指“历史上著名的”或“具有重大历史意义的”。
如:a historic event 是指一件历史上重要或著名的事件。
historical和historic
同根词
history n. 历史
historically adv. 历史上地
historian n. 历史学家
1) I studied modern European ________
at college.
2) A _________ is a person who studies
or writes about history.
3) There is a good ________ film at the
cinema about Madam Curie.
【语境应用】用history的适当形式填空。
history
historian
historical
4) May 12, 2008 is a _________ day, when
an earthquake occurred in Wenchuan.
5) ___________, there have always been
close links between France and
Scotland.
historic
Historically
10. “walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges”.
“更立西江石壁,截断巫山云雨,高峡出平湖”。
阅读下面句子,并从a ― d中选出与各
句中的hold back相符合的中文释义。
1) Don’t hold anything back. You must
tell me everything.
2) She held back from asking you a
favor.
3) If they hadn’t held him back, he
would have left home.
4) She held back, not knowing what to
do or say.
a. 阻止,阻碍 b. 控制,抑制
c. 隐瞒 d. 犹豫不定,踌躇不前
c. 隐瞒
a. 阻止;阻碍
d. 犹豫不定,踌躇不前
b. 控制,抑制
【语境应用】翻译下面句子。
1) Though very angry, I held back from
telling him exactly what I thought.
2) No one can hold back the wheel of
history.
虽然非常生气,但我能克制,未把我的真实想法告诉他。
谁也不能阻止历史的车轮前进。
3) She is very shy. She always holds back
when we invite her to a party.
4) He told me most of the facts, but I’m
sure he’s still holding back some
important information.
她很害羞。我们请她去聚会时,她总是犹豫不定。
他对我讲了大部分情况,但我相信他仍在隐瞒一些重要的信息。
hold
短语
hold off 延迟, 推迟
hold out 伸出; 维持; 抵抗
hold on 别挂断; 等着; 坚持, 挺住
hold on to 抓住; 不卖掉
hold up 举起; 耽误
11. The dam is nearly 200 metres high and
1.2 kilometres wide.
大坝高度接近200米,宽1500米。
表示物体的“长、宽、高”
1) 物体 + be + 数词 + 量词 +long/wide/high
e.g. The river is 63,00 kilometers long.
这条河长6300公里。
2) 物体 + be + 数词 + 量词 + in length/
width/ height
e.g. The wall is 100 meters in width.
这堵墙宽100米。
3) The length/width/height of + 物体 + be + 数
词 + 量词
e.g. The height of the tower is 88 meters.
这个塔高88米。
4) 数词 + 量词 + long/wide/high
e.g. The bridge is 200 meters long.
这个桥200米长。
12. Some of them are being removed and
some are being put into museums.
其中一部分被转移,还有一部分被博物馆
收藏 。
阅读下列句子,并从a-e中找出与1-5中
的remove相符合的释义。
1) It got so hot that he removed his tie and
jacket.
2) We are removing from London to the
countryside.
3) Hank was removed from his position as
president.
4) Please remove your bag from the seat so that
I can sit down.
5) The news removed any doubts about the
company’s future.
a. 移开,搬走 b. 迁移,搬迁
c. 去除,消除 d. 撤职,辞退 e. 脱下,摘下
e. 脱下,摘下
b. 迁移,搬迁
d. 撤职,辞退
a. 移开,搬走
c. 去除,消除
【语境应用】汉译英。
She removed the painting to another wall.
He was removed from his position as chairman.
2) 他被撤去了主席职务。
1) 她把这幅画移到另一面墙上。
Our office has removed from Beijing to Shanghai.
3) 我们的办公室已从北京迁到上海。
4) 把你鞋上的泥去掉再进来。
Remove mud from your shoes before entering.
It is so hot in the room; why don’t you remove your coat
5) 房间里这么热,为什么你不脱掉外套呢
1. Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he dreamed of “walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges”.
【分析】
①本句是一个主从复合句。
②Mao Zedong wrote a poem为主句。in which ... gorges为“介词+ which”引导的定语从句,修饰先行词________。
③“walls of ... gorges”作dreamed of 的宾语。
Sentence study
poem
【句意】
毛泽东写过一首词,在词中,他想象了“更立西江石壁,截断巫山云雨,高峡出平湖”的壮丽景观。
【仿写】
有一次我写了一篇文章,在这篇文章中,我梦想成为一名宇航员。
Once I wrote an article in which I dreamed of / about becoming an astronaut.
2. The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution.
【分析】
①本句是一个简单句。
②句子主干为“主语(The dam)+谓语(will generate)+宾语(electricity)”。equal to about 40 million tons of coal是形容词短语作定语,修饰_________。介词短语without ... pollution作状语。
electricity
【句意】
大坝将要生产相当于燃烧4000万吨煤所产生的电量,但却不会造成那么严重的空气污染。
【仿写】
这家农场将每年生产相当于其它两家农场生产的奶酪,却不会增加成本。
This farm will produce cheese equal to two other farms every year without increasing the cost.
根据括号内的提示翻译下面句子。
1. 他当一名大学教师的梦想实现了。 (come
true)
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
2. 这座桥起源于13世纪。 (date from)
_____________________________________
His dream of becoming a university teacher has come true.
The bridge dates from the 13th century.
3. 我把门关上了,没发出一点声音。 (without
doing ...)
_____________________________________
I closed the door without making a sound.