【讀外刊學(xué)英語(yǔ)】懷念一代建筑大師貝聿銘-備戰(zhàn)2020年高考英語(yǔ)之（原卷版）

1、自主預(yù)習(xí)課前預(yù)習(xí)區(qū)DAY 07 Architect I.M. Pei dies at age 102自主學(xué)習(xí)文本 自我思考問題 自行查閱資料 I. 寫出下列詞匯的漢語(yǔ)釋義 （1）第一組形容詞6個(gè)（adj.）：1. prolific 2. controversial 3. prominent 4. abstract 5. controversial 6. aspiring （2）第二組動(dòng)詞4個(gè)（v.）： 1. confirm 2. prove 3. include 4. retire （3）第三組名詞10個(gè)（n.）：1. architect 2. profile 3. portfolio 4.

2、renovation 5. institute 6. technology 7. firm 8. precision 9. reverence 10. pyramid II. 詞匯拓展積累1. controversial adj. 引起爭(zhēng)論的，有爭(zhēng)議的 n.（公開的）爭(zhēng)論，辯論2. prominent adj. 重要的，著名的，杰出的 n. 重要，突出3. include v. 包括，包含 prep. 包括在內(nèi)4. architect n. 建筑師 n. 建筑學(xué) adj. 建筑學(xué)的5. precision n. 精確，準(zhǔn)確，細(xì)致 adj. 準(zhǔn)確的，確切的 6. retire v. (令)退職，

3、(使)退休 n. 退休，退職III. 重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)英譯漢1. municipal buildings 2. be composed of 3. start ones own firm 4. work sth into 5. date to 6. even though 7. take on projects IV. 翻譯下列句子 1. I.M. Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th cent

4、ury, has died. He was 102.翻譯： 2. Pei, whose portfolio included a controversial renovation of Paris Louvre Museum and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame（搖滾名人堂）in Cleveland, died overnight, his son Chien Chung Pei told The New York Times. NBC News confirmed Peis death.翻譯： 3. Ieoh Ming Pei, the son of a pr

5、ominent banker in China, left his homeland in 1935, moving to the United States and studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.翻譯： 4. After teaching and working for the U.S. government, he went to work for a New York developer in 1948 and started his ow

6、n firm in 1955.翻譯： 5. The museums, municipal buildings, hotels, schools and other structures that Pei built around the world showed precision geometry and an abstract quality with a reverence for light.翻譯： 你的感悟：06懷念一代建筑大師貝聿銘課程導(dǎo)讀2019年5月16日，世界著名的華裔建筑大師貝聿銘在紐約去世，享年102歲。曾獲得1979年美國(guó)建筑學(xué)會(huì)金獎(jiǎng)、1981年法國(guó)建筑學(xué)金獎(jiǎng)、1989

7、年日本帝賞獎(jiǎng)、1983年第五屆普利茲克獎(jiǎng)及1986年里根總統(tǒng)頒予的自由獎(jiǎng)?wù)碌龋蛔u(yù)為“現(xiàn)代建筑的最后大師”。 貝聿銘作品以公共建筑、文教建筑為主，被歸類為現(xiàn)代主義建筑，善用鋼材、混凝土、玻璃與石材，代表作品有巴黎盧浮宮擴(kuò)建工程、香港中國(guó)銀行大廈、蘇州博物館新館等。本文節(jié)選自 Reuters （路透社） Architect I.M. Pei stands inside of the construction site for the Louvres inverted pyramid. He designed the glass and metal pyramids to serve as an

8、entrance to the Louvre museum. Paris, France. Architect I.M. Pei dies at age 102I.M. Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died. He was 102.Pei, whose portfolio included a controversial renovation of P

9、aris Louvre Museum and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame（搖滾名人堂） in Cleveland, died overnight, his son Chien Chung Pei told The New York Times. NBC News confirmed Peis death.Ieoh Ming Pei, the son of a prominent banker in China, left his homeland in 1935, moving to the United States and studying archite

10、cture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. After teaching and working for the U.S. government, he went to work for a New York developer in 1948 and started his own firm in 1955.The museums, municipal buildings, hotels, schools and other structures that Pei built aroun

11、d the world showed precision geometry and an abstract quality with a reverence for light. They were composed of stone, steel and glass and, as with the Louvre, he often worked glass pyramids into his projects.The Louvre, parts of which date to the 12th century, proved to be Peis most controversial w

12、ork, starting with the fact that he was not French. After being chosen for the job by President Francois Mitterrand amid much secrecy, Pei began by making a four-month study of the museum and French history.Ieoh Ming Pei, the son of a prominent banker in China, left his homeland in 1935, moving to t

13、he United States and studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. After teaching and working for the U.S. government, he went to work for a New York developer in 1948 and started his own firm in 1955.When Pei won the international Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he used the $100,000 award to start a program for aspiring Chinese archite