高中英语 Unit 2 reading 新人教版选修9.ppt

Witnessing time;Yuanmingyuan;The ruins of Yuanmingyuan are located in the suburbs of Beijing north-west of Qinghua University. Yuanmingyuan dates back to the Ming Dynasty. It has the reputation of being “the garden of gardens”. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in a fire. Our government has taken measures to repair it and much restoration work still needs to be done;The Acropolis now;the Acropolis;1. In which fields did the Greeks make contributions to Western civilization? xk ;2. Where was the Acropolis built? Why?;3. How have so many ancient monuments been damaged?;4. What was the last major destruction done to the Acropolis by man?;5. What is the aim of the mittee set up in 1975?;6. Why is the mittee undertaking educational work?;7. What would happen if people did not learn about damage prevention?;in particular (line 17) altitude (line 21) smooth (line 44);seized control of (lines 52-53) friction (line 69) restore (line 76);unintentionally (line 85) reconstruction (line 99);steady (line 108) consensus (line 117);;; 9. carry out: to put into practice L.78 10. damage和destroy区别 : damage指部分损坏,可修复, destroy 指毁灭性的破坏，不可修复 L.84 11. in a gesture to : in order to ‘gesture’ here means ‘意图’ L.92 12. bring…back to its former glory:使……再现昔日辉煌 L.105 13. for generations to e: for the years to e L.127 ;Translations.;;2;We should be polite, in particular, to parents.;;Translations: 1.西方或罗马字母表是希腊人的发明，马拉松赛跑也是。 2.该委员会正非常有序地继续工作，希望让卫城重现昔日辉煌。 3.我们尤其将古希腊文明与其首都雅典城相联系，而雅典最伟大的标志就是卫城。 4. 为了保存历史，希腊政府于1975年成立了一个委员会来负责卫城全面，专业的修复。 5.通过学习如何防止破坏，人们及其后代将能欣赏到这一历史遗迹。