The Crystal Palace

【课文】

Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteeth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.

【课文翻译】

19世纪最不寻常的建筑也许要数水晶宫了，它是为1851年的“世界博览会”而建在海德公园的。这座水晶宫不同于世界上所有的其他建筑，因为它是用钢和玻璃建成的。它是有史以来最高大的建筑物之一，因此，人们从各个国家纷纷前来参观。大量的商品从世界各地运送到了博览会，参展的还有很多机器，其中最奇妙的是内史密斯的蒸汽锤。尽管在当时旅行不像现在这么容易，但汽船还是把成千上万的参观者从欧洲大陆送过了英吉利海峡。一到英国，火车就把他们送到了水晶宫。参观的人数总共是600万。博览会的赢利用来建造博物馆和高等学校。后来，“水晶宫”被移到了伦敦南部。在1936年被焚毁之前，它一直是世界上最著名的建筑物之一。

【生词汇总】

palace n. 宫殿

extraordinary adj. 不平常的，非凡的

exhibition n. 展览

iron n. 铁

various adj. 各种各样的

machinery n. 机器

display n. 展览

steam n. 蒸汽

profit n. 利润

college n. 学院

【知识点讲解】

1. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.

这座水晶宫不同于世界上所有的其他建筑，因为它是用钢和玻璃建成的。

①be different from 和……不同;不同于

His personality is quite different from his brother's.

他的性格跟他哥哥截然不同。

②for it was made of iron and glass.

这个句子里for后面的分句表示原因、理由，是对前面分句的补充说明。

be made of 由……制成，表示可以看得出原材料，而be made from+材料，表示制作出的东西看不出原材料。

2. a great many 许多，大量 修饰可出名词，等同于a good many。而a great deal of也可表示许多，大量，但后面只接不可数名词。

As the National Day is coming, there are a great many people in the railway station.

国庆节即将来临，火车站全是人。

3. traveling was not as easy as it is today.

在当时旅行不像现在这么容易。

as…as 与……等同，达到与……相同的程度 用于副词和形容词之间，以构成比较句型，其中后面一个as用做连词。

The prices of commodities here are not as expensive as that in Shanghai.

这里的物价并不像上海那么高。

4. There was also a great deal of machinery on display.

①on display / on show 展出的，在句子中可以作状语、定语或表语等等。

②machinery 机器、机械装置的总称，是集合名词，be动词用单数。当指某个具体的机器时可用machine或a piece of machinery来表示。

5. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.

一到英国，火车就把他们送到了水晶宫。

on+doing 相当于时间状语，表示“一……就……” 上述句子相当于Soon after they arrived in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.

6. they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.

上面这句里面were taken to是个被动语态形式。

被动语态就是主语时动作的承受者。在汉语中我们常用“被”“由”来表达这种被动语态。

被动语态是由“助动词be+及物动词的过去分词”构成，如有必要强调动作的执行者，则动作执行者可由介词by引出的短语表示。助动词be随主语的人称、树、时态和语气的不同而变化。例如：

I was told that I should work overtime during the holiday.

我被告知节假日里要加班。

The expressway is being repaired by the workers.

工人们正在修高速公路。

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