新概念2册成人版第80课__ppt.ppt

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace New words and expressions 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 extraordinary an extraordinary man extraordinary kindness extraordinary weather 反常的天气 Her strength of will is extraordinary. What an extraordinary hat! iron pig iron 生铁; 非法酿造的劣酒 a smoothing iron 熨斗 put sb. in irons 给某人戴上镣铐 a man of iron 意志坚强的人; 铁面无私的人 the Iron Age 【史】铁器时代 various vary v. machinery (总称)机器 A factory contains much machinery. 一家工厂可容纳很多机器。 体系, 机构 We need to discuss ways of improving the machinery of government. 我们需要商讨改进政府机构的办法。 steam at full steam? 放足蒸汽, 开足马力, 尽力 college 2012美国大学排名.doc profit n. 利润 ① n. 利润，赢利；得益 Stores haven’t made as much profit as usual this year. The profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges. ② vi. 获益，得益；获利 I have profited much from your advice/this book/ living abroad. 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 Nasmyths 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 b