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1、 Unit17GardensSouthoftheYangtzeRiver Lead in Textstudy Exercises Content Lead in EnjoythepicturesofthetwofamousChinesegardensandtelltheirdifferenceinstyle TheSummerPalace Lead in Zhuozhenggarden 2 1Introduction 2 2AWindingPathtoPlacesofInterest 2 3FascinatingStones 2 4ASenseofSpace Textstudy Introdu
2、ction Chinesegardenhasahistoryofmorethan2 000years Threestyles theimperialgarden thetemplegardenandtheprivategarden ThemostfamousimperialgardenextanttodayistheSummerPalaceinBeijing TheprivategardenssouthofthelowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiverboastauniqueambienceoftheirown ScatteredthroughSuzhou Yangzhoua
3、ndotherplaces theprivategardensaremostlylegaciesfromtheMingandQingdynasties Introduction TheChineseattachgreatimportancetothequalitiesofbeingreservedandsubtle andtheconstructionofgardensdottingthehazy 雾蒙蒙的 landscapesouthofthelowerYangtzeRiverwellreflectsthisphilosophy Thepavilionsandbuildingsenshrou
4、ded 笼罩 inthemistymoonlightproduceanirresistibleappeal AWindingPathtoPlacesofInterest AWindingPathtoPlacesofInterest Whatmostfrequentlymeetstheeyearewindingpathsthatseeminglyleadtonowhere asitwouldappeartonewvisitors There apathseemstoend butallofasudden anewworldisrolledoutbeforeyou pavilions rockfo
5、rmations springwater allcombiningtoprovideapleasantsurprise AWindingPathtoPlacesofInterest AttheentrancetoaChinesegardenthereisusuallyahugestoneorwalltoscreenyourview Thisistogiveyouapressed infeeling soastolaterproduceunforeseendelightwhenyouturnaroundthehalltoseetheexoticrockformations andanextens
6、ivelakeoflimpid 清澈的 ripplingwaterrightinfrontofyou AWindingPathtoPlacesofInterest ZhuozhengGardeninSuzhou 1 Corridorszigzagalongastream 2 Theupturnedcornersoftheroofsarelikeflyingbirdswiththeirwingswidespread 3 Eventhetreesarecurving AWindingPathtoPlacesofInterest PrivategardenssouthoftheYangtzeRive
7、rareaworldofcurvinglines AWindingPathtoPlacesofInterest RockformationsplayanimportantroleintheconstructionofaChinese stylegarden Withoutthem agardencouldnotbeconsideredanauthenticChinese stylegarden RockformationsareasimportanttoaChinese stylegardenassculpturesaretoaEuropean stylegarden andmaysignif
8、yevenmore FascinatingStones FascinatingStones Arockformation GuanyunPeak inLiuyuanGardeninSuzhou isactuallyaformationofstonesfromTaihuLake Betweentherealityandthereflection thegardenpresentsafascinating picturesquecomposition FascinatingStones FourfeaturesofTaihuLakestones thinness porosity 多孔 exqui
9、siteness andwrinkles ThesefeaturesofTaihuLakestonesdescribenotonlybeautyinformbutevenmore reflectpeople sloftyidealstowardlife FascinatingStones Thinnessrepresentsunearthlinessandaloofness Porositysignifiesopennessandflexibility Exquisitenessdescribesthecharacteristicsofbeingfineanddelicateintexture
10、 Wrinklesarethecurvingformsandripple likelinesnurturedbywater FascinatingStones Gardensinthesoutharemostlysmallinsize Toevokeasenseofspace theuseof borrowingadistantview isofspecialsignificance Itenablesavisitortolookoutsidethegardentoenjoyanewandgreatervista 远景 andtoacquireafeelingofspaciousness de
11、spitebeinginaphysicallysmallspace ASenseofSpace Windowsareveryimportantinthisaspect InChinesehorticulture 园艺 windowsarealwaysdesignedintheshapeofafanandreferredtoas conveniencewindows ASenseofSpace JoyousLongevityHall intheSummerPalaceinBeijing haswindowsonallitsfourwalls withitssurroundingwallsfaci
12、ngKunmingLake Eachwindowviewbecomestheequivalentofavividpainting ASenseofSpace JoyousLongevityHall Infact gardendesignersbestowthesewindowswithanothername absorbentwindows throughwhichthesightsofdifferentplacesinteract thussettingthelandscapeofthegardeninmotion Moreinterestingly throughthewindows vi
13、sitorsmayseedifferentviewsatdifferentangles andthusthecompositionofthegardenbecomesinfinitelyenlarged ASenseofSpace ASenseofSpace Theideaof borrowingadistantview isactuallyappliednotonlytowindows butalsotoalltheelementsofthegarden suchashouses pavilionsandpagodas 宝塔 ASenseofSpace Pavilionsareaninteg
14、ratedpartofChinesegardens Theirfunctionistodivertvisitors attentionfromaviewinalimitedspacetowardaviewoutintoaninfinitespace Standinginapavilion avisitorcanlookfarintothedistancetoenjoythebeautifulsightsoftheworld ASenseofSpace IntheSummerPalaceinBeijing thereisapavilionnamed TouringThroughaPainting
15、 whichdoesnotmeanthatthepavilionitselfisapainting butthatthesceneoutsidethepavilionislikeapainting Therefore onceyouenterthepavilion youenterthebiggerpainting ASenseofSpace TheCanglangPavilionGardenisfamousforitspavilion Atopahill theCanglangPavilionseemstohavetheabilitytocommandwindsandclouds Insid
16、ethepavilion visitorscaptureabird s eye viewofthebeautifulsceneryallaroundandbelow ASenseofSpace ASenseofSpace ASenseofSpace WhatkindofmethodshaveChinesegardendesignersadoptedtoarrange organizeandcreatespace borrowingscenery dividingscenery separatingscenery borrowingscenerywithamirror ThepagodaatopJadeSpringMountainappearstobepartofthelandscapeoftheSummerPalace FromtheGuanyunBuildinginSuzhou sLiuyuanGarden onecanenjoythesceneryofTigerHillParkinthedistance theLiangyiPavilionbuiltonanartificialhi
