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［教材优化全析］ 中国的长城是建筑史上最长的人造建筑物。 structure ［C］（大的）建筑物，建造物。例如： The builders had put up a tall structure between the shops. 建筑工人已经在商店之间建起一座高层建筑。 The Parthenon is a magnificent structure. 帕台农神庙是一座宏伟的建筑物。 The model is an odd-looking structure of balls and rods. 这个模型是由球和杆组成的结构，样子很神奇。 2.Most of the Great Wall dates from the Ming Dynasty. 长城大部分城墙的建造时间要追溯到明朝。 dynasty［C］王朝；朝代。例如： during the Ming Dynasty 在明朝时期 the fall of the Sui Dynasty and the rise of the Tang Dynasty 隋朝的覆灭和唐朝的兴起 3.At the time it was built，Chek Lap Kok（Chi Lajiao） Airport in Hong Kong was the biggest civil engineering project of all time. 香港赤腊角机场在建造时，是有史以来最大的建筑工程项目。 engineering［U］工程，工程学；设计。例如： He is studying engineering at college. 我正在大学学习工程学。 the engineering of the new railway 新铁路的设计 engineering college 工学院 engineering instructions 技术说明书 engineering report 技术报告 4.The terminal building is the largest covered space in the world. 机场客运大楼是世界上最大的有盖建筑物。 terminal adj.晚期的；末期的。［C］（火车、公共汽车等的）总站；航空终点站。例如： terminal stages of cancer 癌症晚期 a terminal examination 期末考试 Please get off at the terminal station. 请在终点站下车。 5.The airport is within five hours’ flying time of half the world’s population and is designed to accommodate 80 million passengers a year. 全球半数人口居住地均在距离香港5小时航程以内，按设计机场乘客处理量每年8000多万人次。 accommodate vt.容纳；提供住宿。例如： One flat can accommodate a family of five. 一套单元房可容纳一个五口之家。 He will accommodate me with the use of his house，while he is abroad. 他在国外期间将把他的住宅供我使用。 6. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydro-electric dam in the world，more than 1.5 kilometres wide across the Yangtze River，the world’s third longest river. 三峡大坝是世界上的最大的水力发电大坝，它宽度达1.5公里，横跨世界上第三大河——长江。 hydro-electric adj.水力发电的。例如： a hydro-electric power plant 水力发电厂 7. Its reservoir is more than 500 kilometres long. 其水库有500多公里长。 reservoir ［C］水库，蓄水池；储藏，汇集。例如： This reservoir gives water to the whole city. 这个水库供全城用水。 The show is a veritable reservoir of new talent. 这次演出真是新秀荟萃。 思维拓展 structure［U］构造；组织；结构。例如： the structure of the brain 脑的构造 the firm’s management