剑7Test2Reading

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1 雅思阅读目标对照

1. 熟练掌握必背词汇; 2. 能够分析并理解长难句；

3. 能够掌握文章的篇章结构; 4. 能够讲清楚做题依据。

学习课题

剑7 Test2 Reading 1

教学内容及重难点

Paragraph A

1. 必背词汇

sweep v. 横扫 typhoon n. 台风

seemingly adv. 看起来似乎 flimsy adj. 不结实的

pagoda n. 塔 collapse v. 坍塌

lightning n. 闪电 disastrous adj. 灾难性的

topple v. 不稳而倒下 elevated adj. 升高的

flatten v. 使变平 devastate v. 摧毁

magnificent adj. 壮观的 unscathed adj. 未受损伤的

level v. 使变平

Paragraph B

scholar n. 学者 mystify v. 使迷惑

slender adj. 细长的 erect v. 竖立

reinforce v. 加固 absorber n. 减震器

dampen v. 减弱

Paragraph C

peg n. 桩 wedge n. 楔

majestic adj. 壮丽的 soar v. 耸立

carpenter n. 木匠 sway v. 摇摆

Paragraph D

Buddhism n. 佛教 brick n. 砖

staircase n. 楼梯 watchtower n. 瞭望台

architecture n. 建筑设计 be adapted to （经改动以）适应（环境）

Be dispensed with 免除 batter v. 击打

eave. n. 屋檐 gush v. 涌出

overhang n.

外伸部分

Paragraph E

porcelain n. 瓷 tile

n. 瓦片

earthenware n. 陶器

Paragraph F

resilience n. 快速恢复的能力 pine tree 松树

trunk n. 树干 pillar n. 柱子

flex v. 弯曲 startling adj. 惊人的

suspend v. 吊 loosely adv. 松弛地

Paragraph G

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2 stationary adj. 静止的 pendulum n. 钟摆

craftsman n. 工匠 Trail and

error 反复试验

grasp v. 领会 stack v. 堆，垛

slither v. 滑行 to and fro 来回地

consecutive adj. 连续的 constrain v. 约束

bang v. 猛撞 transmit v. 传送，传导

Paragraph H

taper v. 逐渐减少 successive adj. 连续的

corresponding adj. 相应的 counterpart n. 相似之物

Paragraph I

tightrope n. 钢丝 pole n. 杆

jolt n. 摇动 abrupt adj. 突然的

anticipate v. 预料

2. 长难句分析及理解

1)Records show that only two have collapsed during the past 1400 years. Those

that have disappeared were

destroyed by fire as a result of lightning or civil war.

a.分析句子结构

b.句子翻译：

2) The disastrous Hanshin earthquake in 1995 killed 6400 people, toppled elevated highways, flattened office blocks

and devastated the port area of Kobe. Yet it left the magnificent five-storey pagoda at the Toji temple in nearby

Kyoto unscathed, though it levelled a number of buildings in the neighborhood.

a.分析句子结构

b.句子翻译：

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3) It was only thirty years ago that the building industry felt confident enough to erect office blocks of steel and

reinforced concrete that had more than a dozen floors. With its special shock absorbers to dampen the effect of

sudden sideways movements from an earthquake, the thirty-six-storey Kasumigaseki building in central

Tokyo--Japan’s first skyscraper—was considered a masterpiece of modern engineering when it was built in 1968.

a.分析句子结构

b.句子翻译：

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4) The multi-storey pag0da came to Japan from China in the six century. As in China, they were first introduced with

Buddhism and were attached to important temples. The Chinese built their pagodas in brick or stone, with inner

staircases, and used them in later centuries mainly as watchtowers. When the pagoda reached Japan, however, its

architecture was freely adapted to local conditions—they were built less high, typically five rather than nine storeys,

made mainly of wood and the staircase was dispensed with because the Japanese pagoda did not have any practical

use but became more of an art object. Because of the typhoons that batter Japan in the summer, Japanese builders

learned to extend the eaves of buildings further beyond the walls. This prevents rainwater gushing down the walls.

Pagodas in China and Korea have nothing like the overhang that is found on pagodas in Japan. 文档来源为:从网络收集整理.word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.

3 a.分析句子结构

b.句子翻译：

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5) The roof of a Japanese temple building can be made to overhang the sides of the structure by fifty percent or more

of the building’s overall width. For the same reason, the builders of Japanese pagodas seem to have further increased