英語口語大贏家Topic155:文物保護Conservation of Cultural Relics

丹尼爾對博物館裏所有的文物都被裝在玻璃瓶裏表示疑惑，阿美告訴他那是爲了保護文物不被腐蝕。丹丹還差點以爲一個四千年前的三腳杯毫無價值。

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Daniel: May, is this the Hall of Ancient China?

May: Yes. Look at these historical relics here, amazing!

Daniel: Why are they all in glass boxes?

May: For protection. Some relics will turn to dust if exposed to air.

Daniel: So there isn't air in the glass boxes?

May: No, there isn't. They are all vacuumed.

Daniel: I wonder how old these things are, thousands of years?

May: Yeah, they all come from a very ancient time.

Daniel: Hey, look at the three-leg cup. I've seen it on TV.

May: The bronze cup was made 4,000 years ago. It's priceless!

Daniel: Yeah, it has no value at all. Who will use this cup today?

May: Danny, priceless means so valuable that you can't put a price on it.

Daniel: Oh, it does?

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丹尼爾：阿美，這是古代中國館嗎？

阿美：是啊。看這些歷史遺址，真令人驚歎！

丹尼爾：爲什麼它們都被裝在玻璃瓶裏呢？

阿美：爲了保護它們啊。一些文物放在空氣中就會變成粉末。

丹尼爾：那麼玻璃瓶中沒有空氣了？

阿美：沒有。它們都是真空的。

丹尼爾：真不知這些東西有多古老，幾千年？

阿美：是啊，它們都是來自古代。

丹尼爾：嘿，看這個三隻腳的杯子。我在電視上看到過。

阿美：四千年前的青銅杯子。這可是無價之物！

丹尼爾：是啊，沒有一點價值。如今誰會用這種杯子啊？

阿美：丹丹，無價意味着價值大得無法計算。

丹尼爾：哦，是嗎？

經典背誦 Recitation

Daniel: I like the Hall of Ancient China in a history museum. The historical relics there, are amazing! They all come from a very ancient time. That's so cool. They are all kept in glass boxes which are all vacuumed for protection. May says they are priceless!

生詞小結

ancient adj. 古老的

historical adj. 歷史的

dust n. 粉末，灰塵

vacuum vt. 抽成真空

bronze n. 青銅

priceless adj. 無價的

valuable adj. 有價值的，貴重的

Functional structure 功能性句型擴展

表示感嘆的句型

請朗讀以下句型，家長和孩子交替進行

1.憤怒

My god! 天！

What a nuisance! 真討厭！

I am extremely displeased about… 我很氣憤……

2.讚歎

How marvelous! 真神氣！

How wonderful! 真了不起！

That's fantastic! 棒極了！

It looks terrific! 看上去棒極了！

It's so splendid! 太棒了！

3.高興

I am pleased about… 我很開心……

I am excited about… 我太興奮了……

I can't say how pleased I am to… 我簡直說不出自己有多開心……

I am delighted to hear that… 我很高興地聽到……