人教版高中英语必修二词汇表（带音标及原文例句）
Book2  Unit1
1.△ cultural /'kʌltʃərəl/  adj. 文化的（常用于名词前）
Do you know what a cultural relic is? 你知道什么是文物？（P1）
2. △ relic  /'relik/  n. 遗物；遗迹；纪念物
Do you know what a cultural relic is? 你知道什么是文物？(P1)
3.rare /reə/ adj. 稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的
Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? 文物必须是稀有且珍贵吗？（P1）
4. valuable /'væljuəbl/adj. 贵重的；有价值的
5.survive /sə'vaɪv/vi. 生存；存活；继续存在
Is it enough to have survived for a long time?已经存留很长时间就足够了吗？（P1）6.vase /vɑ:z/ n. 花瓶；瓶
Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too?
文物仅仅是像花瓶一样的物品呢，还是也可以是建筑物？（P1）
7.dynasty  /ˈdɪnəsti/  美/ˈdaɪnəsti/  n. 朝代；王朝
the Ming Dynasty vase明朝的花瓶（P1）
8.△ dragon /'dræɡən/n. 龙
9.△ amber /'æmbə/  n. 琥珀；琥珀
Have you ever seen a piece of amber? 你见过琥珀吗？（P1）
10.in search of 寻
in search of the amber room 寻琥珀屋（P1）
12.amazing /ə'meɪzɪŋ/adj. 令人吃惊的
Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Rus
sian people would have such an amazing history .普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有一段令人惊讶的历史。（P1）
13.select /sɪ'lekt/vt. 挑选；选择
The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown color like honey.
选出来的琥珀彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐。（P1）
14.honey  /'hʌni/ n. 蜜；蜂蜜；（爱称）亲爱的；宝贝
15.design /dɪ 'zaɪn/ n. 设计；图案；构思; 意图
The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days .
琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。（P1）
16.fancy /'fænsɪ /adj. 奇特的；异样的vt. 想象；认为；想要
17.style /staɪl/n. [C,U] 风格；方式；类型; [C] 款式
18.decorate /'dekəreɪt/v. 装饰；装修
It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels.它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。（P1）
19.jewel /'dʒu:əl/n. [常用复数]珠宝；宝石
20.artist /'ɑ:tɪst/n. 艺术家
It was also a treasure decorated with goldand jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make. 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。（P1）
21.belong /bɪ'lɒŋ/vi. 属于；是……的成员
belong to 属于；是……的成员；是……的一部分（不能用于进行时态和被动语态）However, the next King of Prussia ,Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. 然而，下一位普鲁士国王，腓烈特·威廉一世，这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不再要它了。（P2）
22.in return 作为报答；回报
In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers.
作为回馈，沙皇则送给他一队自己最好的士兵。（P2）
About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .
琥珀屋长约4米，被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室。（P2）
24.at war 处于交战状态
This was a time when the two countries were at war .这是两国交战的时期。（P2）25.remove /rɪ'mu:v/vt. 移开；拿开（常和from连用）；开除；脱去（衣服等）
Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace , the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room .
在纳粹分子到达夏宫之前，俄罗斯人只能把琥珀屋里的一些家具和小件艺术饰品搬走。（P2）
27.wooden /'wʊdn/adj. 木制的; 呆板的
In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes .
在不到两天的时间里，10万个部件装进了27个木箱。（P2）
28.doubt /daʊt/ n. 怀疑；疑惑vt. 怀疑；不相信
There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea . 毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，它是当时德国在波罗的海边的一个城市。（P2）
29.△ mystery /'mistri ;US 'mistəri/n. 神秘；神秘的事物
After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.
从那以后，琥珀屋的去处便成了一个谜。（P2）
30.former /'fɔ:mə/adj. [只用于名词前] 以前的；从前的
By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the old one . 通过研究琥珀屋原来的照片，他们建造的新琥珀屋样子和旧的看起来非常像。（P2）
31.worth /wɜ:θ/prep. 值得的；相当于……的价值n. 价值；作用adj. [古] 值钱的
Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuanmingyuan in Beijing?
像琥珀屋，北京的圆明园这样的遗失的文化遗址值得重建吗？（P2）
32.△ rebuild /ri:'bild/  vt. 重建；使恢复
33.local /'ləʊkl/adj. 本地的；当地的
Later he gave it to his local museum.后来他把它交给了当地的博物馆。（P3）35.take apart 拆开；拆卸
The old man saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it.
一位老人看见一些德国人把琥珀屋拆开，移走了。（P4）
36.painting /'peɪntɪŋ/n.  [C]画作；[U]绘画
The painting which was drawn by a famous artist in the Tang Dynasty was very valuable. 这幅唐代著名画家的画作很有价值。（P4）
37.castle /'kɑ:sl/n. 城堡
Every year a large number of tourists come to visit the State Apartments of Windsor Castle, which is b
eautiful. 每年都有大量的游客来参观美丽的温莎城堡的国家公寓。（P4）
In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. 在审判中，法官必须断定哪些证人可以相信，哪些证人不能相信。（P5）
39.△ eyewitness  /ai 'witnis/ n. [C] 目击者；证人
40.evidence /'evɪdəns/n. 根据；证据；证词
This kind of information is called evidence. 这类的信息被称为证据。（P5）
relic
In April 1945 I heard something explode at midnight.
在1945年4月午夜我听到有东西爆炸了。（P5）
To my surprise, the entrance to the mine was closed.令我惊讶的是，矿井的入口被关闭了。（P5）
43.sailor  /'seɪlə/ n. 水手；海员；船员
44. sink /sɪŋk/(sank,sunk; sunk,sunken) vi. 下沉；沉下；坐下；(心情)变沉重
On the voyage, the ship was attacked and sank.
在航行中，那艘船遭到袭击并沉没了。（P6）
46.think highlyof  看重……；对……评价高
I think highly of those who are searching for the Amber Room.
我很赞赏那些寻琥珀屋的人。（P7）
47. informal /ɪn'fɔ:ml/adj. 非正式的