Building the Forbidden City pavilion at home把“故宮亭”搬回家

王濤濤

自學榫卯、斗拱、彩畫、地仗等技術，不用一根釘子、一滴膠水，浙江省溫州市文成縣的“90后”姑娘蘇清吾在家建造了一座故宮同款亭子。

1Su Qingwu， a post?90s girl from Wenzhou， has recently amazed netizens by building a replica （仿制品） of a wood pavilion （亭子） found at the world?renowned Forbidden City in the courtyard of her own home， without relying on glue or nails. Su spent five months and roughly 10，000 yuan completing the construction of the pavilion.

2Su's story is an extraordinary one because the young lady， who is now an independent photographer， has never attended a class on architecture or carpentry before but completed all the construction work by herself throughout the whole process. Nobody helped her except that her parents helped her carry wooden pillars for the pavilion.

3Out of her love for the architecture of the Forbidden City， Su decided to build a pavilion in imitation of the techniques used in constructing the treasured masterpiece of ancient Chinese architecture.

4To make this happen， the young woman， who previously lacked even the most basic knowledge about architecture， began from then on to learn woodworking skills by examining academic papers， such as learning an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon technique （榫卯技術）， and by watching related instructional videos.

5Su even visited the Forbidden City herself to inspect the specific pavilion she intended to copy and examine its unique mortise and tenon joint structure. Back home， she applied the same mortise and tenon joints found in the Forbidden City.

6Su's amazing achievement has won high praise from her parents， who initially did not support their daughter in building the pavilion. Whenever the family has guests at home， Su's father always guides them to the pavilion and tells them that the pavilion is his daughter's masterpiece.

ReadingCheck

Ⅰ. Choose the best answers according to the text

Vocabulary 1. What does the underlined word “extraordinary” in paragraph 2 probablymean？

A. Special. B. Smart.

C. Common. D. Appropriate.

Inference 2. What did Su's parents think of her work according to paragraph 6？

A. Amazing. B. Artistic.

C. Elegant. D. Proud.

Detail 3. What do the replica and the real Forbidden City pavilion have in common？

A. They both cost about 10，000 yuan.

B. They both need five months to build.

C. They both get high praise all over the world.

D. They both adopt the same mortise and tenon technique.78706666-FB7D-47FD-BDDD-02E0794693A7

Genre 4. What is the type of the text？

A. A news report. B. A short story.

C. A travel brochure. D. A book review.

Ⅱ. Discussion

What made Su successful in completing the construction of the pavilion？ Summarize her good qualities and find evidence from the text.

LanguageStudy

Ⅰ. Analyze the difficult sentence in the text

To make this happen， the young woman， who previously lacked even the most basic knowledge about architecture， began from then on to learn woodworking skills by examining academic papers， such as learning an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon technique， and by watching related instructional videos. 為了實現(xiàn)這一目標，這位之前連最基本的建筑知識都缺乏的年輕女子從那時開始通過查閱學術論文來學習木工技能，比如學習中國古代的榫卯技術，以及觀看相關的教學視頻。

【點石成金】本句中，To make this happen為動詞不定式作目的狀語，主語為 the young woman，而who previously lacked even the most basic knowledge about architecture 為定語從句，修飾the young woman。by examining academic papers和by watching related instructional videos是方式狀語。

Ⅱ. Complete the following phrases according to the text

1. 依靠 rely_________

2. 獨自________oneself

3. 盛贊 high________78706666-FB7D-47FD-BDDD-02E0794693A7