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课件网) Developing ideas 新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第三册 时间大师 1 In the quiet courtyards of Xi San Suo, behind the high walls of the Forbidden City, time ticks at its own pace. If it hadn't been for a three-episode documentary, outsiders would never have known that the plainly dressed people working here are masters of their craft, who have spent their lives restoring precious antiques. Among these is the clock restoration master, Wang Jin. 在紫禁城高墙内西三所安静的庭院里，时间按着自己的节奏流逝着。要不是那三集纪录片，外面的人永远也不会知道，在这里工作的那些衣着朴素的人竟然都是精于各门技艺的大师，他们毕生都在修复珍贵的古董。这其中便包括钟表修复大师王津。 1. In the quiet courtyards of Xi San Suo, behind the high walls of the Forbidden City, time ticks at its own pace. (Para1. S1) Xi San Suo 西三所（汉语直接音译），故宫 里的西三所是古时太妃们居住的地方，俗称 寡妇院，现在是文物修复部门的工作场所。 tick:v.滴答作响;给…标记号;运作;空转 n.滴答声;勾号 at its own pace 以自己的节奏 at the pace/at the speed/rate/price/cost/expense of... 此结构短语常与介词“at”搭配 1)The nation's population continues to rise ___a speed of 12 million per year. 2)他获得了名声，牺牲了健康和幸福。 at His fame was bought at the expense of health and happiness . precious / pre s/ adj. 珍稀的；贵重的 preciously adv. 昂贵地；仔细地；过分讲究地 preciousness n. 珍贵；过分讲究 We should seize the precious chance. 我们应该抓住这个宝贵的机会。 restoration / rest re n/ n. 修复，整修 v. 恢复，修复 restore The palace is closed for restoration. 王宫因整修而停止开放。 “贵重的，昂贵的”同义词辨析： precious adj. 贵重的。强调稀有且价值不菲的。 costly adj. 昂贵的。较正式用词，指花费太多钱的，尤指超过愿意支付的价钱的。 dear adj. (英)昂贵的。指价格贵的，通常作表语。 expensive adj. 昂贵的。强调花钱多、价格高的。 valuable adj. 贵重的。强调十分值钱的。 a three-episode documentary 一部三集的纪录片 plainly-dressed adj.衣着朴素的 restore sth. to ... 将某物归还...；把某物恢复成... restoration / rest re n/ n.（旧建筑或旧家具等的）修复，整修 restore /r st (r)/ v. 使恢复；恢复；修复 precious adj.珍稀的；贵重的 antique n.古董；古玩；古物 adj.古老的；古董的 2 Walking through the seven crimson gates towards his workplace, Wang Jin still regards himself as an ordinary worker in the Palace Museum, although now he is often stopped by admirers wanting their photo taken with him. Day in, day out, Mr Wang and his students spend their time restoring clocks dating back hundreds of years. But for quite some time, he and his student Qi Haonan used to be the only two people repairing timepieces in the Palace Muscum. 王津穿过七重深红色的大门，走向自己的工作地点。尽管现在他经常被想和他合影的粉丝拦住,他仍然认为自己是故宫博物院的一名普通工人。王先生和他的学生们日复一日地修复着数百年前的钟表,但在过去相当长的一段时间里,故宫博物院修理钟表的工匠只有他和他的学生亓昊楠。 regard ...as...把...视为 regardless of 不管;不顾 day in and day out =day in,day out=day after d ... ...
