Lesson80The Crystal Palace
Palace 1.
宫殿
Buckingham Palace白金汉宫
The Summer Palace颐和园2.(尤指欧洲)华丽的大厦
The nobles of Florence built splendid palaces.佛罗伦萨的贵族们建了华丽的宫殿
His home is a palace compared to our little house.和我们的小房子比起来他的家就是宫殿Stately home 庄院(常有历史价值,艺术珍藏供人参观)Palace revolution宫廷政变Extraordinary 1.2.3.
奇特的非常的,非凡的临时的
adj.
What an extraordinary hat!A girl of extraordinary beauty
The committee meets regularly on Fridays, but there will be an extraordinary meeting next Wednesday.委员会在每星期五碰头,但是下周三会有一次临时会议Extraordinarily
adv.
Extra+ordinary
normal,usual
Ordinary adj.平常的,普通的,通常的An ordinary day平常的一天
Ordinary people like you and me 你我之类的老百姓Extra
adj.额外的,附加的
extra-large
extra pay for extra work 多劳多得extra-special
extra-bright
Extra + adj. 描述事物性质或特征在程度上大大超过原词所描述的Extra-thin Exhibition 1.展览2.
展览会
国际贸易展出
on exhibition在展出,在展览
’s paintings are now on exhibition at the school.孩子们的一些画在学校展出
Some of the children
An international trade exhibition
Make an exhibition of oneself 当众出丑,出洋相
Get up off the floor and stop making such an exhibition of yourself.从地上爬起来,别再当众出丑了Exhibit/ig
’zibit/
A priceless exhibit一件极其贵重的陈列品
to exhibit flowers展出花卉to exhibit new cars展出新车
1.n.(尤指博物馆里的)展品Don’t touch the exhibits. 2.v.展览(某类型物品)
To exhibit paintings展览绘画作品Iron1.
铁
趁热打铁’s hot.
Strike while the iron
The Iron Curtain(喻)铁幕-语出丘吉尔之口(从西方观点来看,前苏联及东欧党与西方之间在信息,贸易等方面的屏障)
Iron and Blood铁血(喻指残暴的政治手段)2.3.
熨斗
坚忍不拔的毅力
An iron will坚强的意志
Have (several) irons in the fire同时进行数种不同的事情A man of iron铁汉
a woman of iron铁女人
外柔内刚
Rule someone with a rod of iron 以铁腕统治
The iron hand in the velvet glove/the iron fist in the velvet gloveVarious adj.1.
各式各样的
Of all the various ways of cooking an egg, I like boiling best.鸡蛋的种种做法里,我最喜欢煮鸡蛋For various reasons由于种种原因
Your reasons for not wanting to meet Mr. Smith may be many and various, but you must still meet him.你不想见smith的理由五花八门,但你还是得见他2.
许多
’d heard the aircraft.
Various people among those present thought they在场的人中许多人认为他们听到飞机的声音了Variously Variety 1.2.
n.adv.
变化,多样性种种
She didn’t like the work, because it lacked variety.他不喜欢这个工作,因为缺乏多样性Everyone arrived late at the party for a variety of reasons.每一个在聚会上迟到的人都有种种原因
Variety meat (美,委婉)(指牲畜的心,头,脑等部分)杂肉Variety show综艺节目Machinery Machine
variety store杂货铺(美)
n. [u]机器(械)(集合称)n. [c] 机器
A great deal of machinery 许多机器A sewing machine
A machine tool 机床,工作母机
Tool: an instrument for doing work , such as a hammer or spade Machine: man-made instrument or apparatus which uses power Display1)
N. 陈列,展示Be on display 在展览
Eg. Many priceless photographs are on display 许多珍贵的照片在展出A display of skill
技术表演
A display of fruit 陈列的水果
用来干活的工具人造的使用动力的机器
A display of military might 军事力量的展示2)
n. (to show) 陈列,展示,表露
’s true feelings 流露出真实的感情’s wealth 炫耀财富’s ignorance 显示出无知
To display fruit in a shop 在店里摆水果To display oneDisplay oneDisplay oneSteam 1)
To display goods for sale 陈列商品
n. [u]
煮沸时所冒出的蒸汽,水汽
汽艇;汽船
A steam engine 蒸汽机Steam-boat Steam-ship
Steamed-bread 馒头Steamer 蒸锅Steam iron 蒸汽熨斗
2)(水冷却时所产生的)露,水汽
Eg. Steam formed on the inside of the kitchen windows 短语:
Let off steam 消除心中的闷气Work off steam
Eg. I was so angry , I worked off steam by taking a long walk 我很气愤,我走了好久的路来消除心中的闷气。
Full steam ahead 全速前进Get up steam 开始发动,开火启动Under one’s steam
Under its own steam 凭自己的力量或努力Profit
n.
1千英镑
凝结在厨房窗户上的水汽
Eg. He sold his house at a profit ; he made a profit of £1000 on the sale. 他卖了房子赚了钱,在这笔生意上他赚了Eg. There2)(正式)利益
Eg. They are only interested in a quick profit 他们急功近利Profitless
adj. 无利益可言
干这种愚蠢的事情是毫无利益可言的
Eg. It would be profitless to do such a foolish thing Profitable adj. 有用的,有利益的
Eg. She spent a profitable day cleaning the house thoroughtly 子
A clear profit A gross profit College
净利毛利
她善用这一天,彻底地清扫了房
’s very little profit in selling land at present. 现在卖地利润很薄。
1)大学内的学院University 2)(美国)大学Collegiate Text
Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.Which引导非限定定语从句,对所修饰的词进一步说明非限定定语从句,在修饰物时用
which,修饰人时用
who,whom或whose,不用that
She had eight children, three of whom lived to grow up.他有八个孩子,其中三个已经长大成人One herdsman, who looks after 800 sheep at most, earns about 690yuan a year.一个看了800只羊的牧羊人,每年大概赚号隔开,是个非限定定语从句,做补充说明非限定性定语从句也可以由
where或when引导
In the old days, when I was a little boy, the city had no industry to speak of.(when引导修饰days)在旧社会,在我还小的时候,这个城市根本没有工业可言
They will fly to Kunming, where they plan to stay for two or three days, and go on to Guilin.他们将飞往昆明,在那儿呆两到三天,然后去桂林。
The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.
Be different from不同于
Be made of用…制造(指原材料没有发生化学上的变化)Be made from(制造出的成品跟原材料不同)Be made in +时间/地点
It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.
Of all time有史以来=in history空前的
A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world.A great many许多=a good many
Goods商品=commodity(可数)=merchandise(不可数)Various parts of the world世界不同国家All over the world 遍布全世界
There was also a great deal of machinery on display.There be结构On display/on show有关介词on的短语
He has gone to Frankfurt on business.他因公出差去法兰克福了。I didn
’t catch the bus. I came here on foot.
I asked to see the officer on duty.我要求见值班的
On business因公出差
a great deal of +不可数
all parts of the world世界各地
Bread is made from wheat.690元。Who引导定从修饰
one herdsman,由逗
adj. 学院的,大学生的n. (综合性的)大学
On the whole(all in all), it has been a very successful year.总的来说,这是成功的一年Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.
I don’t think it was an accident. He did it on purpose.我认为这不是意外,他肯定是故意的On the average, I made six telephone calls a day.我平均每天打Not…on any account决不可以,切莫
I know I had agreed to let you go to the cinema, but on second thoughts, you should stay at home and finish your homework.
我知道我曾同意你去看电影,但是经过重新考虑,你应该呆在家里把作业写完
Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe.
Not as easy as it is today不像今天那么容易,前面Thousands of 成千上万的
was,后面is注意
millions of 数以百万计的
hundreds of 成百上千的
6个电话
You mustn’t on any account sign the contract before you read it.你一定要读完合同再签字
On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.On+v-ing一…就(前后主语必须保持一致)Take…to 送去
bring…from 从哪儿带来
他们到英国,他们被送到fetch去取,双向动作
On hearing the news, we burst into cheers.一听到这个消息,我们欢呼起来
There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.In all 总共,总计
all in all 从各方面来考虑,从各方面来说
at all根本,丝毫not at all根本不
all or nothing(指行动)需要竭尽全力one’s all 自己所有的一切,生命
Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London.Move from…to 搬迁,迁徙…They moved from Taian to Nanjing.
We’re going to move to a house in the suburbs.我们将搬去市郊的房子Move 使(某人)感动,使动心
His performance of the piano concerto moved us greatly.他钢琴协奏曲的演奏深深感动着我们It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1963.Remain保持,仍旧是
He remained silent.他保持沉默
Burn sth. Down(将某物)焚为平地,烧得精光
The house burnt down in half an hour.半小时内房子烧的精光