新标准大学英语unit08.ppt

Language in Use;unpacking complex sentences 1. Look at the sentence from the passage The Eiffel Tower. The Crystal Palace, made of iron, erected for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, covers the largest area; the Brooklyn Bridge, completed in steel in 1883, has the longest span; and the Eiffel Tower, made of steel and started in 1887, reaches the greatest height.;You can rewrite it in a diagram like this: ;Language in Use;Language in Use; Now rewrite the sentence from the passage The Eiffel Tower in the diagram below. Bouguereau, the academic painter; Garnier, the architect of the Opéra; Dumas, Jr., the novelist; Gounod, the composer; Leconte de Lisle, the poet; Prudhomme, the essayist; Guy de Maupassant, the novelist, all signed a resounding letter of indignant protest to the Minister of Public Works in an attempt to stop "the horror".; ;2. Look at the sentences from the passage The Eiffel Tower and answer the questions. 1 Sir Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace not only served royally the Great Exhibition but, being demountable, was transferred afterwards to Sydenham, where it was used for sculpture, painting and architectural exhibits, and for concerts until November 1936, when it burned, a lost symbol of happiness and brotherhood. (a) What was transferred to Sydenham? The Crystal Palace. (b) Why was it possible for it to be transferred? It was demountable.;1 Sir Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace not only served royally the Great Exhibition but, being demountable, was transferred afterwards to Sydenham, where it was used for sculpture, painting and architectural exhibits, and for concerts until November 1936, when it burned, a lost symbol of happiness and brotherhood. (c) What was the Palace used for in Sydenham? It was used for sculpture, painting and architectural exhibits and for concerts until November 1936. (d) What burned? The Crystal Palace.;2 Monsieur Eiffel extolled its utility as a military lookout, the salubrit