大學(xué)英語教學(xué)課件：4In Search of Ancient Chinese Architecture

1、In Search of Ancient Chinese ArchitectureLiang SichengLiang Sicheng (Liang Ssu-cheng) Born: 20 April 1901, Tokyo, Japan Died: 9 January 1972 (aged 70), Beijing, China Alma mater: Tsinghua University University of PennsylvaniaLiang Sicheng (Liang Ssu-cheng) author of Chinas first modern history on Ch

2、inese architecture founder of the Architecture Department of Northeastern University in 1928 and Tsinghua University in 1946 Father of Modern Chinese Architecture the Chinese representative in the Design Board which designed the United Nations headquarters in New YorkText AnalysisPara. 1-2the introd

3、uctionan introduction to the field work and its final aimPara. 3-4the urgency of the worka steady and uncompromising process of disintegration a perishable material the effect of waves of new influencesthe threat of a Japanese warPara. 5-10a description of field tripsBefore the trips: careful prepar

4、ations in library to make up itineraries for the team to follow on field tripsDuring the trips:1) the finds of the trips2) the trips themselves3) the equipment for the trips4) means of transportationAfter the trips: The author always felt glad that his wife had taken valuable pictures of scenes and

5、buildings which would otherwise have been neglected.Para. 1-2 Frequency twice a year Duration two or three months Task comb the country for ancient monuments Ultimate aim the compilation of a history of Chinese architecture Coverage 200 counties in 15 provinces; 2000 monuments Finds materials of gre

6、at significancecombkm comb v. to comb a place: to search everywhere in the place in order to find someone or somethingOfficers combed the woods for the murder weapon. to comb through something: to look at it very carefully in order to find somethingEight policemen spent two years combing through the

7、 evidence.Para. 3-4 Writing technique in Para. 3: comparison (unlike, like)principal vs. principle 兩者的發(fā)音相同prnspl principal作為形容詞時(shí)，意思為“主要的”“最重要的”。 principal無比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)形式 principal作為名詞時(shí)意為“校長”。 principle的意思為“原理，原則”。 Whats your principal reason for wanting to be a writer？ If you want to leave early youll ha

8、ve to ask the Principal. Hes a boy with very strong principles. principal作為校長時(shí)，各地區(qū)用法不盡相同：在英國常表示牛津（Oxford)和劍橋（Cambridge)大學(xué)的若干學(xué)院（college)的院長，或是若干大學(xué)的校長。在美國僅僅只是表示中學(xué)或小學(xué)校長。而在蘇格蘭表示的是大學(xué)校長。familiarizefmliraz familiarize oneself with Use the time to familiarize yourself with the environment and calm c

9、eed vs. precede proceed prsid If you proceed to do something, you do it, often after doing something else first. If you proceed with a course of action, you continue with it. If an activity, process, or event proceeds, it goes on and does not stop. precede prsid If one event or period of time preced

10、es another, it happens before it. (Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote.) If you precede someone somewhere, you go in front of them. (He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room.) He preceded his speech with a welcome to the guest.national national是nation轉(zhuǎn)化而來的形容詞,

11、除作“國家的,民族的,全國性的,國民的”解外,還可作“國有的,國立的”解。 national在句中常用作定語,無比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)形式。 national還可用作名詞,作“某國國民”解,尤指僑居外國的僑民。例如:Foreign nationals were asked to leave the country.外國僑民被要求離開該國。A consuls duty is to help his own nationals.領(lǐng)事的職責(zé)是幫助自己的同胞。Oral Paraphrase Waves of new influences, stirring up the strange ideas of a

12、few men in a conservative town, can innocently deface a masterpiece by their efforts at so-called “modernization” of an “old-fashioned” structure. Constant pressure can unexpectedly cause people in a conventional town to innocently destroy a work of genius in their attempt to modernize an old buildi

13、ng.Oral Paraphrase Even as early as 1931 and 1932, most of my trips were abruptly disrupted by the renewed booms of Japanese guns, each time drawing nearer than the last, meaning business. As early as 1931 and 1932 my travel was often unexpectedly interrupted by the deadly roar of Japanese guns. The

14、 sound of guns got closer and closer. The Japanese took it seriously.Para. 5-10 before the trips library research a list of places including items to be located, identified, measured and photographed an itineraryPara. 5-10 during the trips1)the finds of the trips: numerous and of varied degrees of i

15、nterest and significance2)the trips themselves: adventures full of unexpected ups and downs3)the equipment for the trips: scanty, gadgets of the home-made order4)means of transportation: uncertain, ranging from the most ancient and quaint to the more usual and up-to-datePara. 5-10 after the trips ec

16、onomy of film his wifes insistence feeling glad after returning from a tripWhite Knight a character in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) which is a novel by Lewis Carroll the sequel to Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Set some six months later than the earlier book,

17、 Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond it. The White Knight is Alices escort through the second-to-last square. As Lewis Carrolls own self-depiction in the book, the White Knight is a daydreaming inventor, a foolish and

18、awkward man who is highly sentimental. His cleverness is entirely impractical, but it still moves us to adoration. When he must leave Alice to her next journey across the final brook to become a queen the White Knight cant follow. We sense that this is how Carroll himself feels about the real-life A

19、lice growing up: he cant follow her into puberty, and is left with only his memories of his child-friend.Oral Paraphrase Often we got from literary sources wonderful visions of certain old monuments, only to find after hundreds of miles of anticipatory pilgrimage, a heap of ruins, with perhaps a few

20、 root-tiles and stone column-bases for reward. We frequently had mental pictures picked up from books of magnificent ancient relics, but after traveling hundreds of miles expecting what we imagined, we often only found a pile of debris with only pieces of the relic remaining.Oral Paraphrase We, following the philosophy of the famous white knight in Alices Wonderland, believed that one never knows what will prove to be useful in case of emergency, so were willing to fall off horses backs for our burdens. Just like what the white knight in Alices