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1、Language in Use1 Rewrite the sentence from the passage The Eiffel Tower 2 Look at the sentences and answer the questions3 Complete the sentences with suitable expressions4 Translate the paragraphs into Chinese5 Translate the paragraphs into Englishunpacking complex sentences1. Look at the sentence f
2、rom the passage The Eiffel Tower. The Crystal Palace, made of iron, erected for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, covers the largest area; the Brooklyn Bridge, completed in steel in 1883, has the longest span; and the Eiffel Tower, made of steel and started in 1887, reaches the greatest height.La
3、nguage in UseYou can rewrite it in a diagram like this: Language in UseLanguage in UseLanguage in Use Now rewrite the sentence from the passage The Eiffel Tower in the diagram below. Bouguereau, the academic painter; Garnier, the architect of the Opra; Dumas, Jr., the novelist; Gounod, the composer;
4、 Leconte de Lisle, the poet; Prudhomme, the essayist; Guy de Maupassant, the novelist, all signed a resounding letter of indignant protest to the Minister of Public Works in an attempt to stop the horror.Language in Use Language in UseBouguereauGarnierDumas, Jr.GounodLeconte de LislePrudhommeGuy de
5、Maupassantall signed resounding letter of indignant protest to the Minister of Public Works in an attempt to stop “the horror”the academic painterthe architect of the Oprathe novelistthe composerthe poetthe essayistthe novelist2. Look at the sentences from the passage The Eiffel Tower and answer the
6、 questions.1 Sir Joseph Paxtons Crystal Palace not only served royally the Great Exhibition but, being demountable, was transferred afterwards to Sydenham, where it was used for sculpture, painting and architectural exhibits, and for concerts until November 1936, when it burned, a lost symbol of hap
7、piness and brotherhood.(a) What was transferred to Sydenham? The Crystal Palace.(b) Why was it possible for it to be transferred? It was demountable.Language in Use1 Sir Joseph Paxtons Crystal Palace not only served royally the Great Exhibition but, being demountable, was transferred afterwards to S
8、ydenham, where it was used for sculpture, painting and architectural exhibits, and for concerts until November 1936, when it burned, a lost symbol of happiness and brotherhood.(c) What was the Palace used for in Sydenham? It was used for sculpture, painting and architectural exhibits and for concert
9、s until November 1936.(d) What burned? The Crystal Palace.Language in Use2 Monsieur Eiffel extolled its utility as a military lookout, the salubrity of the air at its top, its uses as a laboratory to experiment with wind and gravity, but the innerspring to its construction was to demonstrate that Fr
10、ance, 100 years after the revolution, was a leader of the technical world, capable of realizing the dream of a tower 300 meters high, almost 1,000 feet.(a) What uses did Monsieur Eiffel praise the Tower for? He extolled its utility as a military lookout, the salubrity of the air at its top, and its
11、uses as a laboratory to experiment with wind and gravity.Language in Use 2 Monsieur Eiffel extolled its utility as a military lookout, the salubrity of the air at its top, its uses as a laboratory to experiment with wind and gravity, but the innerspring to its construction was to demonstrate that Fr
12、ance, 100 years after the revolution, was a leader of the technical world, capable of realizing the dream of a tower 300 meters high, almost 1,000 feet.(b) What was his main motivation in constructing the Tower? To demonstrate that France was a leader of the technical world.(c) What did he say Franc
13、e was capable of doing? Realizing the dream of a tower 300 metres high, almost 1,000 feet.Language in Use3 They went to look at the Tower as much as to look from it, to look inside, at its filigree of steel, as much as to point out the other monuments of their city.(a) What reasons did people have f
14、or visiting the Tower? To look at and from the Tower.(b) What could they look at inside the Tower? Its steel framework.(c) How could they point to other monuments in Paris? By ascending it and getting a view of the city.Language in Usecollocations3. Complete the sentences with suitable expressions f
15、rom the box. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible.1 Many people cannot _ _ _ architecture, in fact they find it abstract and confusing.Language in Usemakesenseof2 To be an architect, you need to _ many practical _ as well as theoretical knowledge.3 He said that his country will not _ _ to
16、 what is happening in the area and is deeply concerned over the security situation there.Language in Useacquireskillsindifferentremain4 Despite the financial crisis, we _ _ that we can meet our long-term financial goals. 5 We are well aware of the _ _ on peoples health of working in a noisy office.L
17、anguage in Useadverse / harmful / negativeeffectsremainconfident6 The architects had a few problems with the builders but a(n) _ _ approach helped solve them.7 They have the habit of _ _ some money each month towards buying a new flat.Language in Useleaving / setting asidecommonsense8 _ _ the Termin
18、al 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport, what else has Norman Foster designed?Language in UseAsidefromAdditional activityFill in the blanks using proper words from the collocation box.1 The rude man. He just _ aside my request.2 Where can we acquire further _ on these scholarships?Language in
19、Usebrushedinformation3 You are right in a _, but equally you are wrong.4 Some people find acquiring a foreign _ very difficult.5 What has he written? I cant _ any sense of it.Language in Usesenselanguagemake6 These are not small changes they will surely have _ effects on the university.7 Shes a fine
20、 teacher she has certainly had a beneficial _ on some of the least cooperative students.Language in Usefar-reachingeffect8 Her expression remained _. She either has no feelings or hides them very well.9 In no _ of the word can you say I enjoyed that film.10 _ that aside for a moment and help me with
21、 this.Language in UseunchangedsenseLeave / Set4. Translate the paragraphs into Chinese. But architecture as a process and a means has other meanings. So much of architecture has the best intention of creating pleasure or a sense of satisfaction, even if it doesnt always succeed. It may be the modera
22、te pleasure of combining form with function. The shanty towns in Rio or Mumbai demonstrate an organic architecture which has no overall layout or prescribed plan, and no obvious logic, but its function is to protect and shelter the inhabitants who would otherwise live in discomfort on the streets.La
23、nguage in Use 然而，作为一种工业流程和手段，建筑艺术还有其他的意义。就算不一定能做到，那么多的建筑艺术还是一心一意要给人创造愉悦感或满足感。这种愉悦感可能是形式和功能的完美结合所带来的那种适度的愉悦。里约热内卢和孟买的棚户区向我们展示了一种有机建筑，它们没有总体布局，没有既定的规划，也没有什么明显的逻辑，但它们可以为居民遮风挡雨，为他们提供安身之所。如果没有这些棚屋，他们就得露宿街头，过着颠沛流离的生活。Language in Use Presumably, even the architects who designed the tower blocks of flats in
24、 the war-damaged cities of Britain in the 1960s and 1970s aspired to combine the economy of space to the maximum effect and for the benefit and pleasure of the people who were going to live there. There was nothing malign about their intentions, even though they were over-optimistic about the simpli
25、city of imposing a new relationship between the space and the occupiers. Language in Use 或许20世纪60、70年代那些为被战火摧残的英国城市设计公寓塔楼的建筑师们也想最大限度地节约空间，同时保障入住居民的利益，并给他们带来居住的愉悦感。他们的愿望是美好的，但是他们过于乐观，以为可以简单地在空间和居住者之间强行建立起一种新的关系。Language in Use In the end, it wasnt the neo-brutalism of the style or the materials squar
26、e forms made of reinforced concrete, often located with little or no regard to the environment, and rising 20 or 30 floors into the cloudy British skies which brought criticism and scorn on this modernist architecture. It was the absence of gardens, shops and a sense of community which challenged an
27、d finally defeated this idealistic attempt to define a new way of living in cities. Language in Use 最终，让这种现代主义建筑备受批评和蔑视的并不是风格和材料上的新野性主义用强化混凝土浇铸的方形建筑，选址几乎不顾及对环境的影响，二三十层拔地而起，直插英国阴云密布的天空，而是因为这种建筑没有花园，没有商店，没有社区的感觉，正是这一点使得那些建筑师重新定义都市生活的理想主义尝试遭遇挑战，并最终彻底失败。 Language in Use5. Translate the paragraphs into E
28、nglish. 新的国家博物馆建成之后，一些市民和建筑师对于在一群极其美丽精巧的古建筑中建造一座现代建筑感到愤怒。其高昂的维护费用和古怪的形状也引发了大量的批评。显然，许多人对在这个古城中涌现的时髦的现代建筑感到不舒服。不过，也有不少艺术家和市民觉得这些批评没有看到该建筑的美和艺术上的成熟。 ( indignant; exquisite; an outburst of; erect; do justice to) When the new National Museum was completed, some citizens and architects were indignant at
29、the appearance of a modern building amidst the most beautiful and exquisite ancient buildings of the city. There was also an outburst of criticism of its high cost of maintenance and its strange shape. Obviously, some people felt uncomfortable with such fashionable modern buildings being erected in
30、the city. But on the other hand, many artists and citizens believed that these criticisms failed to do justice to the beauty and artistic maturity of the new museum.Language in Use 在一个公众日益崇拜西方技术和风格的时代里，这座建筑所引发的争论促使许多人开始思考这座城市里古建筑的未来。古建筑复杂而奢华，大规模建造过于昂贵。而现代西方建筑常常很难跨越文化的障碍。或许应该采取更为温和的方式，事先制定一个总体的规划，让古建
31、筑得到妥善保护，让现代建筑成为这个城市和谐的一部分。 (contemplate; worship; extravagance; transcend; moderate) The debate caused by this museum forces many people to contemplate the future of those ancient buildings of the city in an age when the public increasingly worship the modern Western technology and styles. With thei
32、r extravagance and complexity, it is costly to build ancient buildings on a large scale. At the same time, beautiful modern buildings of Western styles cannot always transcend the cultural barrier. Maybe a more moderate approach should be adopted. A careful overall plan should be made beforehand to ensure that the ancient buildings are properly preserved and the modern buildings become a harmonious part of the city.Language in Use
