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Ⅰ． 课文注释与疑难解析

1． For many people, the Renaissance means 14th to 16th century Italy, and the developments in art and architecture, music and literature which took place there at that time. (P16)

对很多人来说，文艺复兴是指14到16世纪的意大利，以及当时艺术、建筑、音乐、文化等各方面的发展。

1) 句中的take place 是"发生"的意思，具有相同用法的还有happen, break out。

e.g: Great changes have taken place in China in the past 50 years.

在过去的五十年中，中国发生了翻天覆地的变化。

2) take place 表示的是事情有计划地、自然地发生。happen表示的是偶然的发生。break out指疾病、战争等灾难性事件的爆发。

　　　e.g. An accident happened in the street yesterday.

昨天街上发生了一起事故。

In 2003, SARS broke out in China without any sign.

2003年，非典毫无预兆地在中国爆发了。

　　3)这三个词都不用于被动语态。

　　　e.g. World WarⅠwas broken out in 1914. (false)

World WarⅠbroke out in 1914. (right)

2. It is believed to be the best example of a new life-like style of painting that amazed people when it was first used. (P16)

　这幅惊世之作刚刚问世，就被人们看作是新颖逼真的绘画作品之最佳典范。

　1） It is believed to be ... 被认为是......

　　　具有相似用法的动词还有It is considered / known to be ...

　　　e.g. He is considered to be the greatest scientist in the world.

　　　　　人们认为他是世界上最伟大的科学家。

2）painting that amazed people此处that引导定语从句，在定语从句中作