大学英语阅读教程(文化)Unit8--Polish culture重点短语.ppt

Some important sentences and phrases Polish culture is the product of one thousand years of tradition, the country’s geographical position and its turbulent, often tragic, history. Her Slavonic origins combined with strong Western and Oriental influences have contributed to make Polish culture unique in its richness among the Eastern nations. turbulent 动荡  combine 使结合;使联合[(+with)] Para 3, Line 3 It also made her subject to cultural influences from the Czechs, Germans... subject to (prep.) =likely to do sth 有…的倾向；易遭；易患；根据 be subject to 受...的支配;经受,遭受 eg. He is not subject to discipline.  他不守纪律。  be subjected to 遭受，受…控制 eg. Media is not subjected to political pressure. 媒体不受政治压力的束缚. Universality is a major feature of Polish musical life today when state patronage allows music to extend beyond the metropolis to the small towns and rural areas. A wide network of musical institutions covers the whole country. universality 普及化 patronage 赞助 metropolis [m?trɑp!?s] 大都市，首都 Para 11, Line 8 esteem [isti:m] =respect尊敬 regard，consider认为 Para 14, Line 6 naturalized [n?t??r?laizd] =be made a citizen 入籍的 To find the best preserved of Poland’s architecture, one should visit the old city of Cracow with its medieval and Renaissance buildings and a splendid royal castle---the Wawel. In other cities---for example, Warsaw, Gdansk, and Poznan---a program of extensive and painstaking reconstruction---after a history of foreign invasions, uprisings and independence struggles---has restored some of their finest monuments. a program of 一系列的 program 1.节目单;程序表the last item on the program 最后一项节目 2. 节目,表演,演出television program 电视节目 3. 计划;方案;程序 =plan What is the program for tomorrow? 明天计划做什么? Para 17, Line 9 schools of =genre [‘?ɑ:nr?] 流派 Para 19, Line 2 be second