高中必修一 · 第 8 课
石头里的故事 Stories in Stone
地标展示进入第二轮：这次每个小组要挖掘地标背后的故事、象征和争议。石头不会说话，但建筑会。
📖 22 个单词📄 404词长文📝 6+13 题
1本课单词
2课文精读：石头里的故事 (Stories in Stone · 约404词)
地标展示进入第二轮：这次每个小组要挖掘地标背后的故事、象征和争议。石头不会说话，但建筑会。 读课文，先自己理解，再点 🔊 听朗读。
Stories in Stone
The second round of the landmark project was harder: each group had to dig beneath the surface of its landmark and find the story behind the stone. 'Last time you sold us the sights,' Cozy teacher said. 'This time, show us the souls.' The students groaned, then got to work, armed with library books, documentaries, and a great deal of curiosity.
地标项目第二轮更难：每个小组要挖掘地标表面之下的故事。“上次你们向我们推销景点，”Cozy 老师说，“这次，展示灵魂。”学生们哀叹一声，然后带着图书馆的书、纪录片和大量好奇心开始工作。
Jack discovered that the Great Wall was not one wall but many — built, rebuilt, and extended over two thousand years by different dynasties. 'It is a family album,' he said in his presentation. 'Every dynasty added its page. Some pages are glorious, some are tragic. But together they tell the story of a civilisation that kept saying: we will protect what we love.'
Jack 发现长城不是一堵墙，而是许多堵——两千年来由不同朝代修建、重建、延伸。“它是一本家庭相册，”他在展示中说，“每个朝代加上自己的一页。有些页光辉，有些页悲壮，但合起来，它们讲述了一个文明不断诉说的故事：我们会保护我们所爱的。”
Lily explored the dark history of the Eiffel Tower: the engineers who were mocked, the artists who protested, and the tower's secret role as a radio station in wartime. 'It was almost torn down,' she said. 'It survived because it was useful — not beautiful, useful. And in the end, usefulness became beauty. Maybe that is the lesson: keep building what works, and the world will learn to love it.'
Lily 挖掘了埃菲尔铁塔的暗面历史：被嘲笑的工程师、抗议的艺术家，以及它在战时作为电台的秘密角色。“它差点被拆除，”她说，“它能幸存是因为它有用——不是美，而是有用。最终，有用变成了美。也许这就是启示：继续建造有用的东西，世界会学会爱上它。”
Han Mei found that the Pyramids had been robbed, studied, and argued over for centuries — and that new questions were still being asked with modern technology. 'We used to think we knew everything about them,' she said. 'Now we know we know almost nothing. The greatest landmarks are humble teachers: they remind us how little we understand, and how much there is to learn.'
Han Mei 发现金字塔被偷盗、研究和争论了几个世纪——而现代技术仍在提出新问题。“我们曾以为对它们了如指掌，”她说，“现在我们知道自己几乎一无所知。最伟大的地标是谦逊的老师：它们提醒我们懂得多么少，而值得学的又多么多。”
Li Lei's group chose a different kind of landmark: the Terracotta Army. 'It was built for one emperor, discovered by accident, and now it stands as a symbol of China's depth,' he said. 'An entire army, buried underground for two thousand years, waiting. It teaches us patience — the kind of patience that turns a burial mound into a world heritage site and silence into a story.'
李雷的小组选择了另一种地标：兵马俑。“它为一位皇帝而建，被偶然发现，如今作为中国历史深度的象征矗立着，”他说，“整支军队埋在地下两千年，等待着。它教会我们耐心——那种把坟丘变成世界遗产、把沉默变成故事的耐心。”
At the end of the presentations, Cozy teacher asked the class to vote for the most moving story. The vote was tied between the Wall and the Terracotta Army. 'You are both right,' she said. 'China has many voices, and they all speak the same language: stone. Let us never forget that we are standing on a civilisation that has been telling its story for five thousand years — and the best chapters are still being written.'
展示结束时，Cozy 老师让全班投票选出最动人的故事。长城和兵马俑打成平手。“你们都说得对，”她说，“中国有许多声音，它们说着同一种语言：石头。让我们永远不要忘记，我们正站在一个讲了自己五千年故事的文明之上——而最好的篇章还在书写中。”
📖 读后理解（0/6）
1. What was the task in the second round of the project?
2. What did Jack call the Great Wall?
3. Why did the Eiffel Tower survive, according to Lily?
4. What did Han Mei say the greatest landmarks are?
5. What did Li Lei say the Terracotta Army teaches us?
6. What language do China's voices all speak, according to Cozy teacher?
3语法小课堂：全语法综合（倒装与强调）
倒装综合
否定词 / only / so / neither 开头的倒装
Not only is the tower historic, but it is also beautiful. （这座塔不仅历史悠久，而且美丽。）
So impressive was the view that nobody spoke. （景色如此壮观，没人说话。）
Neither has he visited the Wall, nor has he seen the sea. （他没去过长城，也没看过大海。）
⚠️ so + 形容词/副词开头 → 部分倒装；so + 主语 + 助动词 表“确实如此”不倒装。
强调与省略综合
It is...that / 状语从句省略
It was the guide's story that moved us most. （最打动我们的是导游的故事。）
When (it is) viewed from the hill, the city is spectacular. （从山上俯瞰，这座城市很壮观。）
The sculpture, though (it was) damaged, is still priceless. （雕塑虽受损，依然无价。）
⚠️ though/if/when 引导的从句中，主语与主句一致时可省略主语和 be。
👨🏫Cozy 老师说：高中语法重在「在语境中理解」——多读课文里的例句，语法自然就活了。
4课后练习（0/13）
1. Not only ___ the tower historic, but it is also beautiful.
2. So impressive ___ the view that nobody spoke.
3. Neither ___ he visited the Wall, nor has he seen the sea.
4. It was the guide's story ___ moved us most.
5. When ___ from the hill, the city is spectacular.
6. Each group had to dig beneath the ___ of its landmark.
7. The Great Wall is a family ___ of dynasties, said Jack.
8. Every dynasty added its ___ .
9. The tower survived because it was ___ , not beautiful.
10. The greatest landmarks are humble ___ .
11. An entire army waited underground for two thousand years — it teaches us ___ .
12. The best chapters are still being ___ .
13. Though ___ , the sculpture is still priceless.