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课件网) Unit 8 Reading Put more effort into protecting cultural artifacts and heritage. Better protect and preserve historical and cultural heritage. P85 更加努力地保护文化遗产和文物。 更好地保护和保存历史文化遗产。 The Palace Museum is located in the centre of Beijing. It is also called the Forbidden City, which is one of the largest and best ancient structures in the world. P87 故宫博物院坐落于北京市中心。它又被称为紫禁城，是世界上规模最大、保存最为完整的古建筑之一。 be located in 坐落于 be called：被称为 one of the ＋形容词最高级＋名词复数： ...之中最..的一个 当相互比较的人或物是三个或三个以上时，我们使用最高级,一般加-est。形容词的最高级前面要加定冠词the。 如：Li Han is the youngest in his class. 李涵在他班里是最高的。 也：also , too , either also 用于肯定句，放在句中； too 用于肯定句，放在句尾； either 用于否定句，放在句尾。 It was first built in the Ming Dynasty （朝代） over 600 years ago and was also the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty. P87 它于600多年前的明朝建成，并且也是清朝的皇宫。 建设：build-built-built be+过去分词：被 It is said that the Palace Museum has 9,999 rooms because 9 is considered a lucky number in China. P88 据说故宫博物院有9999间房屋，因为在中国“九”是幸运数字。 be considered：被认为 为什么说“九”是中国最吉利的数字？ 在古代中国，“九”被视为最大的单数，在奇数中居首位，因此常被用来表示最高、最大、极点等含义。 帝王之位称“九五”，帝王称“九五之尊’”，穿九龙袍，住的宫殿高度都是九丈九尺。 在中国历史上，“九州”是指中国疆域内的九个州，而“九鼎”则是古代中国的国家象征。九州、九鼎的命名都与数字“九”有关，寓意统一、至高无上等含义。 “九”有着“长久”的寓意，由于中国人认为水满则溢、盛极必衰，所以比“九”更大的“十”并不被人喜爱。相对而言，“九”恰好是在上升趋势中，而且是上升到了一个极点，是有限之极，因而“九”被看作是“至尊之数”。 It has thousands of precious treasures in it and is a national 5A tourist attraction （旅游胜地）. P88 它里面拥有成千上万件珍贵的藏品,是国家5A级旅游景区。 成千上万的 hundreds of 数以百计,成百上千 thousands of 数以千计,成千上万的 millions of 数以百万计,成百万上千万 具体数字两无：无s无of 模糊数字两有: 有s有of 特殊： 数词前被 some, several, a few 等词修饰时，两种用法均可。 eg. 一千 one thousand 成千上万的 thousands of several thousand=several thousands of Every year, countless无数的 tourists from all over the world come to visit the Palace Museum. P88 每年，大量游客从世界各地来到北京参观故宫博物院。 来自世界各地的 In order to protect the precious treasures in the Palace Museum, a lot of professional artists and masters大师 are working hard to maintain them. P88 为了保护故宫博物院的珍贵藏品，许多专业人士正不辞辛劳地开展维护工作。 be doing sth正在做某事 work hard 努力工作 为了： in order to do sth in order that +句子 so that +句子 They are protecting the Chinese culture with their outstanding skills. P88 他们用杰出的技术保护着中国文化。 be doing sth正在做某事 People can also buy souvenirs in the styles of the precious treasures in the Palace M ... ...
