II---1 Cultural relics

一、知识点

2. rare and valuable 珍贵稀有

It is rare to find such a genius nowadays.

这样的天才现在很少见。

The flaw in this vase makes it less valuable. 这个花瓶因为有点缺陷，不那么值钱了。

4. in the fancy style 以别致的风格 in … style/ in the style of ……以……风格

These clothes are too fancy for me, I prefer plainer ones. 这些衣服对我来说有些花哨，我还是喜欢素净些的。

6. …a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. 用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品，一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。

decorate with 以...装饰

7. be designed for …为……而设计

by design 故意地

My brother designs to be an engineer. 我弟弟立志要当工程师。

This room was originally designed to be my study. 这间屋子原预定做我的书房。

His parents designed him for the army, but he preferred the navy. 他父母打算要他当陆军，但是他却喜欢当海军。

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9. in return 作为回报/报答/交换

in turn 依次地，轮流的；转而，反过来

14. Later，Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. 后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宫殿中。 have sth done

请/让别人做某事，使得，蒙受某种损失

We had the machine repaired.

我们请人把机器修好了。

15. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. 1770年，这间琥珀屋按照她的要求完成了。 ( I was never allowed to do things the way /that/ in which I wanted. 我从来不允许按照自己的想法去做事情。)

16. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is

missing. 可悲的是，尽管琥珀屋被认为是世界上的一大奇迹之一，可是现在它却消失了。