成长英语学生用书 基础篇 拓展阅读汇总 unit 1--8.docx

A篇

GuidetotheCentralCampus

SinceIhavelearnedandlivedintheUniversityofEdinburghfortwoyears,Iwouldliketointroducesomemoreaboutthisuniversity.

MainLibrary

Foundedin1580,theUniversityLibrarymovedtoitscurrentlocationin1967.Oneofthelargestacademiclibrariesintheworld,itishometoover3.5millionbooks,60kilometersofSpecialCollections,over85,000e-journalsand600,000e-books.StudentsintheUniversityarereallyintoreadingandyoucanfindthemimmersedintheoceanofbooks.

McEwanHall

DesignedbySirRobertRowandAndersonandcompletedin1897,theinteriorofthehallwasdesignedbyWilliamPalinwiththeimagesdecoratingtheceilingrepresentingthevarioussubjectsofferedbytheUniversityatthattime.Youcanfloatintheseaofknowledgewhenyouroaminthehall.

OldCollege

OldCollegeistheUniversity’soldestexistingsite.DesignedbyRobertAdam,WilliamPlayfairandSirRobertRowandAnderson,constructionbeganin1789.OldCollegeishometotheUniversity’sartgallery,theTalbotRiceGallery.Youwillexperiencethehistoryaswellasthecultureofthecollege.AndtheOldCollegeistheveryplacetocultivateyoursentiment.

TeviotRowHouse

Openedin1889,TeviotRowHouseistheoldestpurpose-builtStudents’Unionintheworld.ThebuildingisnowrunbyEdinburghUniversityStudents’Associationandboastssixbars,adebatinghall,diningroom,andseveralmeetingrooms.（243words）

Newwords

undergo:v.经历；忍受

academic:a.学术的；学院的；理论的

e-journal:n.电子期刊；电子杂志

immerse:v.沉浸；使陷入

interior:n.内部

float:v.浮动；漂浮

roam:v.漫步；闲逛

construction:n.建筑物；建设

gallery:n.画廊，走廊

cultivate:v.培养；陶冶；耕作

debate:v.辩论

Activity1

Choosethebestanswertoeachquestionaccordingtothepassage.

TheMainLibraryis.

foundedin1967

hasundergonea￡35millionrefurbishment

oneofthelargestacademiclibrariesintheworld

therepresentofthecollege

McEwanH