Unit+2+Developing+ideas高中英語(yǔ)外研版（2019）選擇性必修第三冊(cè)

UNIT2Alife’swork---

Developingideas1.Studentscouldlearntomemorizesomewordsandphrases.2.Studentscouldgetthemainideaofthispassage.3.Studentscouldwritesentencesaboutthistopic.LearningAims:MastersofTime新單詞短語(yǔ)courtyard/?k??tjɑ?d/n.庭院，院子

precious/?pre??s/adj.珍稀的；貴重的

antique/??n?ti?k/n.古董，古玩，古物restoration/?rest??re??(?)n/n.（舊建筑或舊家具等的）修復(fù)，整修

*crimson/?kr?mz(?)n/adj.深紅色的*workplace/?w??kple?s/n.工作場(chǎng)所

*timepiece/?ta?mpi?s/n.計(jì)時(shí)器；鐘；表

*envoy/?env??/n.使者，使節(jié)

*intricate/??ntr?k?t/adj.錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的maximum/?m?ks?m?m/n.最大量，最大值*painstaking/?pe?nz?te?k??/adj.小心的；費(fèi)盡心思的；精心的*workshop/?w??k??p/n.車間，工場(chǎng)Newwords!新單詞短語(yǔ)*melody/?mel?di/n.歌曲；曲調(diào)polish/?p?l??/v.擦亮，擦光*gigantic/d?a??ɡ?nt?k/adj.巨大的，龐大的bark/bɑ?k/v.（狗）吠叫*flap/fl?p/v.振（翼），撲動(dòng)（翅膀）*spin/sp?n/v.將（棉花、羊毛等）紡成（線），*exaggeration/?ɡ?z?d???re??(?)n/n.夸大，夸張*metaphor/?met?f?/n.隱喻，暗喻*nonetheless/?n?ne??les/adv.然而，但是；*timeless/?ta?ml?s/adj.永恒的，恒久的；*sedately/s??de?tli/adv.安靜地；慢悠悠地*modest/?m?d?st/adj.謙虛的，謙遜的Newwords!MastersofTimeLookatthetitleandthepictures.Predictwhatthepassageisabout.Itmayberelatedtosomehistoricalbuildings.Nowreadthepassageandcheckyourprediction.

Whatisthegenreofthispassage?narrative1.WhowastheForbiddenCitybuiltfor?EmperorsintheMingandQingdynasties.2.WhendiditbecomethePalaceMuseum?In1925.1InthequietcourtyardsofXiSanSuo,behindthehighwallsoftheForbiddenCity,timeticksatitsownpace.Ifithadn’tbeenforathree-episodedocumentary,outsiderswouldneverhaveknownthattheplainly-dressedpeopleworkingherearemastersoftheircraft,whohavespenttheirlivesrestoringpreciousantiques.Amongtheseistheclockrestorationmaster,WangJin.1在西三所安靜的庭院里，紫禁城高墻后面，時(shí)間按自己的節(jié)奏滴答作響。如果不是一部三集的紀(jì)錄片，外人永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)知道在這里工作的衣著樸素的人是他們的技藝大師，他們一生都在修復(fù)珍貴的古董。其中包括鐘表修復(fù)大師王進(jìn)。WheredoesWangJinhework?HeworksinXiSanSuooftheForbiddenCity.WhatisWangjin’sjob?Aclockrestorationmaster.重點(diǎn)詞匯ForbiddenCity紫禁城documentary紀(jì)錄片;precious珍奇的;珍稀的;antiques文物;古物;restoration恢復(fù);修復(fù);2Walkingthroughthesevencrimsongatestowardshisworkplace,WangJinstillregardshimselfasanordinaryworkerinthePalaceMuseum,althoughnowheisoftenstoppedbyadmirerswantingtheirphototakenwithhim.Dayin,dayout,MrWangandhisstudentsspendtheirtimerestoringclocksdatingbackhundredsofyears.Butforquitesometime,heandhisstudentQiHaonanusedtobetheonlytwopeoplerepairingtimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum.2穿過(guò)通往工作場(chǎng)所的七扇深紅色大門，王進(jìn)仍然認(rèn)為自己是故宮博物院的一名普通工人，盡管現(xiàn)在他經(jīng)常被想要與他合影的崇拜者攔住。日復(fù)一日，王先生和他的學(xué)生們花時(shí)間修復(fù)數(shù)百年前的時(shí)鐘。但在相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間里，他和他的學(xué)生齊浩南曾經(jīng)是故宮博物院里唯一兩個(gè)修理鐘表的人。dayout一日游datebackto回溯

3Qingemperorswereveryfondofclocks.Therefore,inordertopleasethem,foreignenvoyspresentedtheseemperorswiththemostintricateandsplendidtimepieces.Today,thePalaceMuseumhasoneofthemostsignificantcollectionsoftimepiecesintheworld,mainlyoriginatingfromEuropeandChina.Withobjectsrangingfromsmallpocketwatchestoclocksoveronemetreinheight,eachoftheserequiresitsownuniquemethodofrestoration.Giventhecomplexityoftheworkandthelackofnecessarymaterials,thismeansthateachexpertcanworkonamaximumoftwolargepiecesayear.But,throughtheirpainstakingefforts,MrWangandhisstudentsdomorethanrepairtheclocks–theybringthembacktolife.清朝皇帝非常喜歡鐘表。因此，為了取悅他們，外國(guó)使節(jié)向這些皇帝贈(zèng)送了最復(fù)雜、最華麗的時(shí)計(jì)。如今，故宮博物院擁有世界上最重要的鐘表藏品之一，主要來(lái)自歐洲和中國(guó)。從小型懷表到高度超過(guò)一米的鐘表，每一件都需要自己獨(dú)特的修復(fù)方法。鑒于工作的復(fù)雜性和缺乏必要的材料，這意味著每位專家每年最多可以完成兩件大件工作。但是，通過(guò)他們的辛勤努力，王先生和他的學(xué)生所做的不僅僅是修理時(shí)鐘——他們讓時(shí)鐘復(fù)活了。

WhyisitpainstakingforWangJinandhisstudentstorepairthecollectionoftimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?Becauseittakesmuchtime,careandattention.

4TheonlysoundtobreakthesilenceinWangJin’sworkshopisthechimingmelodyoftherepairedandpolishedclocks.ToWangJinitisthemostbeautifulmusicintheworld.Now,aftereightmonthsofendlessadjustments,thetimehasfinallycomeforMrWangtowindupthegiganticclocksthatdatebacktothetimeofEmperorQianlong.Theintricatelyfashionedobjectsthathavestoodstillforcenturiesinstantlycomebacktolife:waterflows,boatssail,dogsbark,chickensflaptheirwingsandawomanstartstospin.Itisatrulyawe-inspiringmoment.Itissuddenlyclearthatwhentheclockmasterssaythat“theseantiqueshavelives”,itisneitheranexaggerationnorametaphor.4在王進(jìn)的工作室里，唯一打破沉默的聲音是經(jīng)過(guò)修理和拋光的時(shí)鐘發(fā)出的報(bào)時(shí)旋律。對(duì)王進(jìn)來(lái)說(shuō)，這是世界上最美的音樂(lè)?，F(xiàn)在，經(jīng)過(guò)八個(gè)月的無(wú)休止調(diào)整，王先生終于到了為乾隆皇帝時(shí)期的巨型時(shí)鐘上發(fā)條的時(shí)候了。這些造型復(fù)雜、靜止了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的物體立即復(fù)活了：水流、船只航行、狗吠叫、雞扇動(dòng)翅膀，一個(gè)女人開始旋轉(zhuǎn)。這是一個(gè)真正令人敬畏的時(shí)刻。突然很清楚，當(dāng)鐘表大師們說(shuō)“這些古董有生命”時(shí)，這既不是夸大其詞，也不是隱喻。

5But,despitethecombinedworkofseveralgenerationsofmasters,itseemsunlikelythattherestorationoftheclockswilleverbecomplete.EvenifeveryclockinthePalaceMuseumwererestored,therewouldstillbeworktodo,becauserestorationwouldprobablyneedtobeginagainontheclocksthatwererepairedlongago.Thisisaraceagainsttimethatcanneverbewon!Nonetheless,MrWangremainsoptimisticaboutthefutureofthesetimepieces.5但是，盡管幾代大師共同努力，時(shí)鐘的修復(fù)似乎不太可能完成。即使故宮博物院的每一個(gè)時(shí)鐘都被修復(fù)了，仍有工作要做，因?yàn)樾迯?fù)工作可能需要重新開始，修復(fù)很久以前修復(fù)過(guò)的時(shí)鐘。這是一場(chǎng)永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法贏得的與時(shí)間的賽跑！盡管如此，王先生仍然對(duì)這些時(shí)計(jì)的未來(lái)持樂(lè)觀態(tài)度。

Followinginthefootstepsofhisownteacherallthoseyearsago,MrWanghasnowpassedonhisskillstothenewmembers,whowilltakeonmanyofthefuturerepairs.What’smore,inspiredtofollowinhisfather’sfootsteps,MrWang’ssonnowhasalsotakenuprepairingantiqueclocks.Thisnewgenerationofartisanswillnotonlyhelppreservetraditionalskills;theinnovationtheybringtothecraftwillalsoensurethattheartofclockrepairingstandsthetestoftime

跟隨多年前自己老師的腳步，王先生現(xiàn)在將自己的技能傳授給了新成員，他們將承擔(dān)未來(lái)的許多維修工作。此外，受父親的啟發(fā)，王先生的兒子現(xiàn)在也開始修理古董鐘。新一代的工匠不僅有助于保存?zhèn)鹘y(tǒng)技能；他們給工藝帶來(lái)的創(chuàng)新也將確保鐘表修復(fù)藝術(shù)經(jīng)得起時(shí)間的考驗(yàn)

6Intoday’sfast-pacedworld,thesayingthat“timewaitsfornoman”hasneverseemedmoreapt.YetinsidethehiddencourtyardsofXiSanSuo,thereissomethingtimelessaboutthewayMrWangandhiscolleaguessedatelypiecetogetherthepastwithskilfulhandsandmodesthearts.Itisasiftheyhavebecomeonewiththeircraftandwiththehistoryofthecountry.6在當(dāng)今快節(jié)奏的世界里，“時(shí)間不等人”的說(shuō)法似乎再合適不過(guò)了。然而，在Xi三所隱秘的院落里，王先生和他的同事們用嫻熟的雙手和謙遜的心穩(wěn)重地拼湊著過(guò)去，這是一種永恒的方式。就好像他們已經(jīng)與自己的技藝和國(guó)家的歷史融為一體.重點(diǎn)詞匯befondof愛好inorderto為了;為了，以便rangefrom從…排列workon對(duì)…有效dayout一日游ForbiddenCity紫禁城usedtobe過(guò)去是comebacktolife死而復(fù)生takeon承擔(dān)WhatqualitiesdoWangJinandhiscolleaguesdisplayintheirwork?patience,modestyanddevotion

WhatwasspecialaboutWangJinandhisstudentQiHaonan?WangJinandhisstudentQiHaonanusedtobetheonlytwotimepiecerestorersinthePalaceMuseum.aWhyisWangJinoptimisticaboutthefutureofthetimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?bWhyisitpainstakingforWangJinandhisstudentstorepairthecollectionoftimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?cWhathasbeendonetotheclocksthatdatebacktothetimeofEmperorQianlong?dWhoisWangJinandwheredoeshework?eWhatqualitiesdoWangJinandhiscolleaguesdisplayintheirwork?fWhatwasspecialaboutWangJinandhisstudentQiHaonan?Matchthequestionstotheparagraphs.aWhyisWangJinoptimisticaboutthefutureofthetimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum