--- url: https://gaojian.site/new-concept/book-2/80-the-crystal-palace.md description: 新概念英语第二册：The Crystal Palace。精读、词块回忆、双向译练、句法、逻辑与FSRS复习。 --- # 水晶宫 ## 课文学习台 {#study} ### 第1段 Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth 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. 中文理解：19世纪最不寻常的建筑也许要数水晶宫了，它是为1851年的万国工业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，因为它是用铁和玻璃建成的。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。总共有600万人参观。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。 * **used to**：过去常常 / 习惯于；used to do 说过去习惯；be used to 后说已习惯的事，别混用。 #### 1. the building was the Crystal Palace, which was built… 复合句，主句主系表结构，which 引导的定语从句为主谓结构. 这次博览会是世界上第一次大的展会，当时在英国举办，定名为the Great Exhibition，这里 Great 是展会专名中的一部分，表示规模盛大，不能据此认定其词义等同于 Great Britain 中用于区分地理名称的 Great，后面的世界博览会则是World Exposition. #### 2. The Crystal Palace was different, for it was made… 并列句，for 作并列连词，连接前后两句，前句为主系表结构；后句为主谓结构，这里 iron 指铁，steel 指钢；钢是以铁为主的合金，不能解释成“纯钢”才用 steel。 #### 3. It was one of the biggest buildings and a lot of people came… 并列句，and 连接两句，前句为主系表结构，后句为主谓结构. #### 5. There was a machinery… There be 句型. #### 7. Though traveling was not as easy as it is, steam boats carried thousands of visitors. 复合句，本句主句为主谓宾结构，句首是though 引导的让步状语从句，这个从句中又含有一个as 引导的比较状语从句，as easy as 比较过去与现在旅行的便利程度。 本句中的steam boats 最好写成steamboats，在语法上，steam 相当于是boat 的定语，这是复合名词的拼写习惯问题，不能据此认为名词修饰名词不如形容词正式；steamboat 是常见的连写词形，steam boats 也可作为词组理解。 #### 8. they were taken… 简单句，主谓结构，句首是一个状语，介宾短语构成. #### 9. There were six million visitors, and the profits were used to build museums and colleges. 并列句，and 连接，前句为there be 句型，and 后面 the profits were used 是被动结构，to build museums and colleges 说明利润的用途，不是 used 的直接宾语。 这里的profits 属于会计词汇，是扣除了成本cost 之后的盈利，需要予以区别的是revenue，这个是所有的收入，包括门票、租金、广告等收入，这些收入扣除了运营成本、人员成本等之后，所剩下的才是profits. #### 11. It remained one of the most famous buildings until it was burnt down. 复合句，主句为主系表结构，后面有一个until 所引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构. ## 学完这一课 换一个时间、人物或地点，用三句话讲一件自己的小事。 [Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-2/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/) *译文与解析据吴应时整理资料及本站首轮审校稿；词伙与练习提示为本站学习设计。原PDF第196—197页，2022年3月第1版。*