工业设计专业英语课件全解.ppt

工业设计专业英语 Traditional Chinese Furniture (B) On display in the Taiwan Museum in Taipei is a 33-piece suite of 20 different kinds of carved red sandalwood furniture, which was formerly used in the residence of a royal relative during Qing Dynasty (1616-1911 A.D.). Modern people accustomed to using Western style furniture when they discover the quality of materials used excellence of workmanship, and the fine ornamental carving of traditional Chinese furniture, as represented in this exhibit. suite n. （一套）家具，套房 carve vt. 雕刻 sandalwood n. 檀香木 residence n. 住宅，居住 accustomed to 习惯于 ornamental adj. 装饰的 Traditional Chinese Furniture (B) 在台北台湾博物馆展出了一套33件20种不同种类的紫檀雕刻家具，它是清朝王室家庭的物品。虽然人们已经习惯了西式家具，但对现代人来说，每当在家具展览会种看到那些用料精细、技艺超群以及众多令人赞叹雕饰的中式传统家具时，还是难免产生一种怀古之情。 Traditional Chinese Furniture (B) The development of traditional Chinese furniture went from the simple to the intricate, and was closely linked to the Chinese lifestyle and cultural and economic changes in China. In early antiquity, the Chinese sat mostly on straw mats on the floor. After the Warring States period (475-221 D.C.), beds and couches began to come into widespread use as seating. During the Wei-Chin (220-420 A.D.) and the Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589 A.D.) period, Western-style chairs, folding stools, and other seating gradually entered China. From this point on, Chinese everyday living began to be conducted from chairs rather than sitting cross-legged on floor. Straw mats came to be used as covering for beds and couches. Traditional Chinese Furniture (B) intricate adj. 复杂的 antiquity adj. 古代，古物 传统中式家具的发展从简单到复杂，而且与中国人的生活方式，以及中国文化和经济变化紧密相关。在远古时代，中国人席地而坐。战国以后，床和长椅被广泛用作坐具。在魏晋南北朝时期，西式椅子、折叠凳子和其它坐具开始逐渐进入中国。从这时起，中国人每天的生活便开始于椅子，而不再是从盘腿席地而坐开始。席子开始用于铺盖床和睡椅。 Traditional Chinese Furniture (B) Beginning in the late Qing dynasty, foreign living styles began to be adopted in China, with the result that original predominant Chinese style furnis