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The Crystal Palace Part 1 Basic words and expressions 1. palace n 宫殿 2. extraordinary adj. 不平常的， 非凡的 The performance was so extraordinary that I went twice. I am very happy to win such an extraordinary prize. 3. exhibition n 展览 We went to an exhibition of Chinese paintings at the museum. 我们去博物馆参观中国画展。 4. iron n 铁 Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。 5. various adj. 各种各样的 He usually has various excuses for being late for school. Young men and young woman come from all over the world to compete in various sports. 6. machinery 为“机器”、“机械装置”的总称，是集合名词，要与单数动词搭配。某个具体的机器可用 machine或者 a piece of machinery来表示This is a wonderful piece of machinery/a wonderful machine. 这是一台奇妙的机器。There is a lot of new machinery/There are many new machines in our factory.我们厂里有许多新机器。 7. on display on show 陈列着、展示着 At the Great Exhibition, a great many goods were on display/show. 世界博览会上展出了大量的商品。This is the best dress on display/show.这是展出的最好的衣服。 8. Who invented the steam engine? 谁发明了蒸汽机? 9. in all 总共、合计I paid him ￡ 200 in all. 我一共付给他200英镑。At the wedding there were over 100 people in all. 参加婚礼的共有一百多人。 10. profit n 利润 make a profit They sold the jade at a huge profit. The shop can make handsome profit on each piece of clothes every day. 11. college n 学院 He started college two years ago. 12. remain 在这里作系动词，表示“保持不变”、“仍然”（后面可跟形容词、名词、动名词等）：Why did you remain silent/quiet at the dinner party? 你在宴会上为何一言不发？They all remained standing while the manager talked. 经理讲话时他们一直站着。 Part 2 Structure and Vocabulary 1. When was the Great Exhibition?___________ 1851. A. extreme B. funny C. big D. exceptional 2. A. great many goods were sent. There were___________. A. quite a few B. quite a little C. not too much D. very much 3. Travelling was not as easy as it is today. It wasn’t so easy ___________ in those days. A. for travell