Day1-2

单词作业+背景补充

1、remarkable

      Someone or something that is remarkable is unusual or special in a way that makes people notice them and be surprised or impressed.非凡的，引人注目的，不同寻常的

2、superdeluxe：super-deluxe

      deluxe：Deluxe goods or services are better in quality and more expensive than ordinary ones.高级的，奢华的

3、relatively

      Relatively means to a certain degree, especially when compared with other things of the same kind.某种程度上，相较而言

4、wheel：轮子

5、reciprocating：来回的，往复的 

      reciprocating machine 往复式机器

      reciprocate：报答，酬答

6、cyclotron：回旋加速器

7、demonstrate：

     ①To demonstrate a fact means to make it clear to people证明

     ②If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.显露

     ③When people demonstrate, they march or gather somewhere to show their opposition to something or their support for something示威，进行游行示威

     ④If you demonstrate something, you show people how it works or how to do it.展示

8、assemble

①When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.集合

②To assemble something means to collect it together or to fit the different parts of it together.组装，装配

9、spunk：Spunk is courage.

10、solitude

Solitude is the state of being alone, especially when this is peaceful and pleasant.(尤指平静愉快的)独居，独处

11、scores of 大量的，许多的

12、sink：

①A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes.水槽

②disappears below the surface of a mass of water.下沉

13、revolutionize:cause great changes 带来巨大变革

14、an army of:一大群

15、suspend

①If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.推迟，暂缓

②If someone is suspended, they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them.被暂时降职

③If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place.悬挂

16、marble

①弹丸

②大理石雕像

③If you say that someone has lost their marbles, you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, as if they have become insane.失去理智，发疯

17、tingle

①When a part of your body tingles, you have a slight stinging feeling there.刺痛

②verb，If you tingle with a feeling such as excitement, you feel it very strongly.强烈感到，激动

18、solitary

①A person or animal that is solitary spends a lot of time alone.（人或动物）独处的，独居的

②A solitary activity is one that you do alone.（行动）单独的

③A solitary person or object is alone, with no others near them.孤单的，孤零零的

19、stain

①A stain is a mark on something that is difficult to remove.污渍

②If a liquid stains something, the thing becomes coloured or marked by the liquid.在...上留下污迹

20、cathedral：a very large and important church大教堂

21、a thatched hut 一个茅草屋

22、dye：给...染色

23、luminous

Something that is luminous shines or glows in the dark.发光的，发亮的

24、arched space：拱形空间

25、skeptical：

①denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion怀疑性的

26、consecrate：为...祝圣，使圣化

27、jet propulsion：喷气推进

28、propulsion

Propulsion is the power that moves something, especially a vehicle, in a forward direction.推进力

29、anonymous

①If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.匿名的，无名的

②If you describe a place as anonymous, you dislike it because it has no unusual or interesting features and seems unwelcoming.平淡无奇的，无特色的

30、devise

If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.发明，设计，想出，策划

31、buttress

①Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.扶壁，撑墙

②To buttress an argument, system, or person means to give them support and strength.加强（论点或制度），支持某人

32、merchant

①A merchant is a person who buys or sells goods in large quantities批发商

②A merchant is a person who owns or runs a shop, store, or other business.店主，商人

③Merchant seamen or ships are involved in carrying goods for trade.海上货运的，商船的

33、nobility

①The nobility of a society are all the people who have titles and belong to a high social class.贵族

②A person's nobility is their noble character and behaviour.高贵的举止

34、sublime

①If you describe something as sublime, you mean that it has a wonderful quality that affects you deeply.壮丽的，宏伟的

e.g.Sublime music；the sublime beauty of nature大自然壮丽景象

②You can use sublime to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, usually a quality that is undesirable or negative.极端的，过分的

35、tempting:吸引人的，诱人的

36、soaring vault：高耸的拱顶

37、delicate：

①Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.娇美的;精美的;雅致的;纤细的

②Something that is delicate has a colour, taste, or smell which is pleasant and not strong or intense.(颜色)柔和的;(味道)鲜美的，清淡可口的;（气味）清香的

③If something is delicate, it is easy to harm, damage, or break, and needs to be handled or treated carefully.娇贵的;脆弱的;易碎的

38、wield：

①If you wield a weapon, tool, or piece of equipment, you carry and use it.使用，挥，操

②If someone wields power, they have it and are able to use it.掌握，运用，行使(权利)

Day3-4

逻辑导图+神词神句翻译

神句

1.All

the money would have been worthlessiflegions

of craftsmenhadn’t beenwilling to dedicate their skills

and often their lives to making this not just another building, but amonument

tohuman achievement.

如果大批的工匠没有奉献出自己的技能甚至是生命去建造这栋不仅仅是建筑物更是人类成就的里程碑的建筑，所有的钱都将是无用的

2.Certainly

no other creature could conceive and create something ofsuchsublime beauty. Case closed? Hardly.

当然没有其他的生物能够设想以及创造出像这样如此壮丽景象的东西了。没有其他例子了吗？几乎没有。

3.Some

of the workers maywell have beenveterans

of the First Crusade, an expedition to save the Holy Land from the infidel

Muslims that waspart religious frenzy, part military adventure,and part social fad.

一些工人可能在第一次十字军东征中成为经验丰富的人，从穆斯林手中救出那个被分裂地有宗教狂乱，军事冒险和社会流行的巴勒斯坦。

4.We

like to think that our erratic behavior isa thing of the

past, that we’ve outgrown the excesses of the Crusades. Butnothing

could be further from truth.

我们往往认为我们飘忽不定的行为只是过去的，我们现在已经超过十字军东征的士兵。但是实际上并没有好多少。

神词组

1.Remarkable phenomenon卓越的现象

2.Scores of musicians/ an army of

people几十个音乐家/一大群人

3.How far we

human have comein such a short time在这样短时间内我们人类走了多远

4.The sight of …. Is almostenough tomake a believer of even the most skeptical….的眼界是几乎足够让一个信仰者成为一个无神论者

5.Medieval equivalent of the

modern effort中世纪等效的现代努力

6.Reshape our destiny重塑我们的信仰

7.Set goals/pursue goals设定/追求目标

8.Be ashamed of …对…愧疚

9.Fall for ….爱上…

10.Alternate between…在…间交替

11.Wrestle with sth与某物搏斗

12.Get off the ground远离地面

13.Contradictory drives矛盾的看法

Day5

运用所学 输出

Day6

复盘