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【New words and expressions】生詞和短語（10）

palace n. 宮殿

extraordinary adj. 不平常的，非凡的

exhibition n. 展覽

iron n. 鐵

various adj. 各種各樣的

machinery n. 機器

display n. 展覽

steam n. 蒸汽

profit n. 利潤

college n. 學院

★profit n. 利潤

① n. 利潤，贏利；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. 獲益，得益；獲利

I have profited much from your advice/this book/ living abroad.

【Text】

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.

參考譯文

19 世紀最不尋常的建筑也許要數水晶宮了，它是為1851 年的“世界博覽會”而建在海德公園的。這

座水晶宮不同于世界上所有的其他建筑，因為它是用鋼和玻璃建成的。它是有史以來最高大的建筑物之一，

因此，人們從各個國家紛紛前來參觀。大量的商品從世界各地運送到了博覽會，參展的還有很多機器，其

中最奇妙的是內史密斯的蒸汽錘。盡管在當時旅行不像現在這么容易，但汽船還是把成千上萬的參觀者從

歐洲大陸送過了英吉利海峽。一到英國，火車就把他們送到了水晶宮。參觀的人數總共是600 萬。博覽會

的贏利用來建造博物館和高等學校。后來，“水晶宮”被移到了倫敦南部。在1936年被焚毀之前，它一直

是世界上最著名的建筑物之一。

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【課文講解】

1、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 Great Exhibition 世界博覽會

2、The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.

be different from… 與……不同

be made of… 用……制造（指原材料沒有發生化學上的變化）

3、It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.

of all time 空前的，有史以來（常與形容詞的最高級連用，表示范圍）

He is one of the greatest men of all time.

“one of =最高級+復數名詞”結構的語氣比直接用形容詞最高級+名詞結構要緩和些，不那么絕對。

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year.

Yesterday was one of the hottest days of the year.

4、There was also a great deal of machinery on display.

machinery n. 機器，機械裝置（集合名詞，與單數動詞搭配）

某個具體的機器可用machine或者a piece of machinery來表示：

This is a wonderful piece of machinery/a wonderful machine.

on display = on show 展出，陳列

Shall we put all these flowers on display/show?

5、There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and

colleges.

in all 總共，合計

at the wedding there were over 100 people in all.

6、It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.

remain在這里為系動詞，表示“保持不變，仍然”（后面可跟形容詞、名詞、動名詞等）

Why did you remain silent/quiet at the dinner party?

They all remained standing while the manager talked.

【Special Difficulties】

帶on的短語：

on display/show 展出，陳列

This is the best dress on display/show. 這是展出的最好的衣服。

on business 因公（與for pleasure相對）

Last month he went to New York on business and had little time to visit friends.

on foot 步行（與by bus，by car，by air 等相對）

I usually go to work by car, but this morning I went on foot.

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on duty 值班，值班的

It was Sunday and there was only one doctor on duty.

on the whole 總的看來，總的來說，大體上

On the whole, he is a hard-working student.

on fire 起火，著火

Soon the whole building was on fire.

on purpose 故意地，有意地，特意地（與by chance 相對）

They have come here on purpose to see you.

She broke the vase on purpose.

on the average 平均，通常

On the average, he works more than ten hours a day.

on any account 無論如何，不管怎么說（通常用否定句）

Do not interrupt him on any account.

You mustn’t on any account sign the contract before you read it.

on second thought(s) 經重新考慮后（thought 用單數或復數均可）

I intended to go to the party, but on second thought(s), I decided to stay at home.

get better when the new manager takes over.