Module2Module2TheRenaissanceCulturalCornerPrinting

中國(guó)的四大發(fā)明ThefourgreatinventionsinancientChina造紙術(shù)：Papermaking指南針：Compass

火藥：Gunpowder印刷術(shù)：Movable–typeprinting畢昇（北宋）活字印刷術(shù)JohannGutenberg“西方畢昇”—谷登堡谷登堡(JohannGutenberg,1400~1468,德國(guó)人)被譽(yù)為鉛活字印刷術(shù)的發(fā)明者。他在印刷術(shù)上的貢獻(xiàn)在于首次發(fā)明了鉛活字印刷術(shù)，用這種方法，人們可以進(jìn)行快捷、大批量的生產(chǎn)。15世紀(jì)中葉，他開始致力于活字印刷的發(fā)明研究。他還發(fā)明了鑄字盒、沖壓字模、鑄造活字的鉛合金、木制印刷機(jī)、印刷油墨和整套印刷工藝。Collectinformationaboutprinting.Groupwork1.WheredidprintingbegininEurope?Germany.

Readthepassageandanswerquestions.2.WhywasprintingsoimportantfortheRenaissance?Becausepeoplewerehungryforknowledge,anditleadtothespreadofapassionforartisticexpression.Printingansweredpeople’sneed.Readthepassagecarefullyanddecidewhetherthefollowingistrue.1.Beforeprintingwasinvented,therewerenowaystomakecopies.2.ItisbelievedthataGermanmadethefirstprintingpressinEurope.3.Theinventionofprintingmeantthatthedesirethatpeoplewantedbooksintheirownlanguagescouldbesatisfied.FTT4.ThefirstpapermillinEuropewasbuiltattheendofthe12thcentury.5.Iftherehadnotbeenthedevelopmentoftheprintingpress,theRenaissancemayneverhavehappened.TTFillintheblanks.

InChina,Printingwasknownas1______asinthe7thcentury;inEurope,itwasanimportantpartofthe2___________.Itansweredaneedbecausepeoplewere3______forknowledge.Itis4________thataGermanmanmadethefirstprintingpressin5________.earlyRenaissancethirstybelievedEuropeHe6_______itfromthemachinesfarmersusedto7_________fromolives.ThefirstbookthatGutenberg8_________wasaBible.Thespreadofprintedbooksledtoarenewed9_______forartist10__________.adaptedsqueezeoilproducedpassionexpression1.Printingansweredaneedbecausepeoplewerethirstyforknowledge.

印刷滿足了人們對(duì)知識(shí)的渴望。

bethirstyfor渴求，渴望

e.g.It’sobviousthatthesecretaryisthirstyformorepower.________________________________________________________很明顯那位秘書渴望得到更多權(quán)利。2.Headapteditfromthemachinesfarmersusedtosqueezeoilfromolives.印刷機(jī)是他由農(nóng)民用來(lái)從橄欖中榨油的機(jī)器改造而來(lái)的。1)Hesqueezedthetubehardandthelastbitoftoothpastecameout.2)Shesqueezedsomejuicefromalemon.squeezev.“___________”，如句1；“榨出，擠出”，常與_____或outof連用，如句2。捏；擠壓from3)Itisnoteasytosqueezeallthefurnitureintothelittleroom.4)Thedogsqueezedthroughthesmallholeinthewall.“擠入，擠過(guò)，塞入”，常與into,_________等介詞連用，如句3、句4。

through5)It’satightsqueezetogetfivepeopleinthatsmallcar.6)She’sjustlostherjob,sothey’rereallyfeelingthesqueeze.n.“擁擠狀態(tài)”，如句5；“拮據(jù)，經(jīng)濟(jì)困難”，如句6。[拓展]

squeeze...out(ofsth.)

把……擠出（某行業(yè)等）e.g.Supermarketsaresqueezingout

smallshops.根據(jù)括號(hào)內(nèi)的漢語(yǔ)提示完成下列句子。

1)Therewerealreadyfourpeopleinthelift,but______________________(他還是擠進(jìn)去了).2)Wemanagedtogetalltheluggageintothecarbut__________________(擠得要命).hemanagedtosqueezein

itwasatightsqueeze3.Printingmadeitpossibletoproducemorecopiesinafewweeksthancouldhavebeenproducedinalifetimewrittenoutbyhand.

印刷使這一點(diǎn)成為了可能：在數(shù)周之內(nèi)印刷出來(lái)的書比一個(gè)人一輩子手工抄寫的書還要多。byhand用手工e.g.Wehadtofinisheditingbyhand

asthecomputerbrokedown.____________________________________________________________電腦出故障了，因此我們不得不用手工完成編輯。4.Thisspreadofprintedbooksledtoarenewedpassionforartisticexpression.

印刷書籍的傳播，重新喚起人們對(duì)藝術(shù)表達(dá)的激情。

leadto導(dǎo)致，引起

e.g.Hercarelessnessledtotheaccident.

她的疏忽大意導(dǎo)致了這次事故。通向

e.g.Astheoldsayinggoes,allroadsleadtoRome.

老話說(shuō)的好，條條大路通羅馬。5.Withoutthedevelopmentoftheprintingpress,theRenaissancemayneverhavehappened.Withoutinexpensiveprintingtomakebooksavailabletoalargesectionofsociety,thesonofJohnShakespeare,agovernmentofficialinruralEnglandinthemid-1500s,mayneverhavebeeninspiredtotakeupwritingasaprofession.假如沒有印刷術(shù)的發(fā)展，也許根本不會(huì)出現(xiàn)文藝復(fù)興；假如沒有低廉的印刷技術(shù)使得廣大社會(huì)階層有書可讀，16世紀(jì)中期英格蘭鄉(xiāng)村的政府官員—約翰.莎士比亞的兒子也許根本不可能受到鼓舞而將寫作作為職業(yè)。1)請(qǐng)注意虛擬語(yǔ)氣的用法。實(shí)際情況是印刷術(shù)發(fā)展了，文藝復(fù)興也發(fā)生了；低廉的印刷技術(shù)使得廣大社會(huì)階層有書可讀，約翰.莎士比亞的兒子從事了寫作這一職業(yè)。2)takeup從事，動(dòng)手

e.g.Shehadnochoicebuttotakeup

cleaningasherjob.

她除了從事清潔工作外別無(wú)選擇。inspire

v.

激勵(lì)；鼓舞inspiresb.(withsth)e.g.Theactorsinspiredthekidswiththeirenthusiasm._______________________________

inspiresb.tosth./inspiresb.todosth.e.g.Liuxiang’scoachinspiredhimtovictory.________________________________Myteacherinspiredmetostudyharder.演員們以熱情鼓舞著孩子們。劉翔的教練鼓勵(lì)他取得了勝利。Myteacherinspiredmetostudyhar