Lesson80The Crystal PalacePalace1. 宫殿The Summer Palace颐和园Buckingham Palace白金汉宫2.(尤指欧洲大陆)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 adj.1. 奇特的What an extraordinary hat!2. 非常的,非凡的Agirl of extraordinary beauty3. 临时的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+ordinaryOrdinary adj.平常的,普通的,通常的normal,usualAn 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 pay for extra work 多劳多得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 extra-large extra-special extra-brightExhibition1.展览 on exhibition在展出,在展览Some of the children’s paintings are now on exhibition at the school.孩子们的一些画在学校展出2. 展览会An international trade exhibition 国际贸易展出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/1.n.(尤指博物馆里的)展品Don’t touch the exhibits. A priceless exhibit一件极其贵重的陈列品2.v.展览(某类型物品)To exhibit paintings展览绘画作品to exhibit flowers展出花卉to exhibit new cars展出新车Iron1. 铁Strike while the iron’s h ot.趁热打铁The Iron Curtain(喻)铁幕-语出丘吉尔之口(从西方观点来看,前苏联及东欧共产党与西方之间在信息,贸易等方面的屏障)Iron and Blood铁血政策(喻指残暴的政治手段)2. 熨斗3. 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Aman of iron铁汉 a woman of iron铁女人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 glove外柔内刚Various 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Various people among those present thought they’d heard the aircraft.在场的人中许多人认为他们听到飞机的声音了Variously adv.Variety n.1. 变化,多样性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2. 种种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 variety store杂货铺(美)Machinery n. [u]机器(械)(集合称)Agreat deal of machinery 许多机器Machine n. [c] 机器Asewing machineA machine tool 机床,工作母机Tool: an instrument for doing work , such as a hammer or spade 用来干活的工具Machine: man-made instrument or apparatus which uses power 人造的使用动力的机器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Adisplay of fruit 陈列的水果Adisplay of military might 军事力量的展示2) n. (to show)陈列,展示,表露To display fruit in a shop在店里摆水果To display one’s true feelings流露出真实的感情Display one’s wealth 炫耀财富To display goods for sale 陈列商品Display one’s ignorance 显示出无知Steam n. [u]1) 煮沸时所冒出的蒸汽,水汽Asteam engine 蒸汽机Steam-boat 汽艇;汽船Steam-shipSteamed-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 凝结在厨房窗户上的水汽短语:Let off steam 消除心中的闷气Work off steamEg. 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 steamUnder its own steam 凭自己的力量或努力Profit n.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1千英镑Eg. There’s very little profit in selling land at present. 现在卖地利润很薄。
2)(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Eg. It would be profitless to do such a foolish thing 干这种愚蠢的事情是毫无利益可言的Profitable adj. 有用的,有利益的Eg. She spent a profitable day cleaning the house thoroughtly她善用这一天,彻底地清扫了房子Aclear profit 净利Agross profit 毛利College1)大学内的学院University n. (综合性的)大学2)(美国)大学Collegiate adj. 学院的,大学生的TextPerhaps 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thatShe 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690元。
Who引导定从修饰one herdsman,由逗号隔开,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)Bread is made from wheat.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Agreat many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world.A great many许多=a good manyGoods商品=commodity(可数)=merchandise(不可数)Various parts of the world世界不同国家all parts of the world世界各地All over the world 遍布全世界There was also a great deal of machinery on display.There be结构 a great deal of +不可数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。