（第一段）
One
of the most famous sailing ships of the 19th century, the Cutty Sark,
can still be seen at Greenwich.
One of the most famous sailing ships of the 19th century,（主语）
the Cutty Sark（主语的同位语）, can still be seen at
Greenwich.
知识点（一）
One of the most… 最…之一
知识点（二）
表达“世纪”：
in the early / middle /
late 19th century
at the turn(初) / dawn /
beginning of the 19th
century （时间短的用at）
at the end of the 19th
century …世纪末期
知识点（三）
语法：表达“船只”前加定冠词，做同位语可省略
The loss of the Titanic
the Cutty Sark
the Vasa
The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on
April 10th, 1912.
The small ship, Elkor, which had been searching the Barents Sea
for weeks, was on its way home.
One of the most famous sailing ships of the 19th century,
the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at
Greenwich.
知识点（四）
Greenwich：格林威治（英国伦敦东南一市镇， 从前皇家天文台的所在地；
通过该天文台的经线被定为本初子午线）
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time 世界标准时
She
stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year.
语法：指“车、船、祖国”时常用 “she”
She was carrying 1,316 passengers and crew of
891.
What’s wrong with my car? She won’t
start.
China has done what she promised to do.
She
serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past.
知识点（一）
serve as … 发挥…作用/当做…来用
This room can serve as a study.
Her death should serve as a warning to other
young people.
Not all sounds made by animals serve as
language, …
act as … 发挥…作用/当做…来用
function as … 发挥…作用/当做…来用
知识点（二）
reminder (souvenir
、memo …) 使人回忆起其他事物的物品
知识点（三）
serve / act as a reminder = be
a reminder 使人们回忆起
Before
they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark
were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia.
Before they were replaced by steam-ships（时间状语从句）, sailing
vessels like the Cutty
Sark（后置定语修饰“帆船”，like做介词） were used to carry
tea from China and wool from Australia.（并列宾语）
知识点（一）
replace
vt. 取代，代替；替换，更换；归还，偿还；把…放回原处
be replaced by … 被…取代
Before they were replaced by steam-ships,
sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China
and wool from Australia.
The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be
replaced by a new $500,000 home.
知识点（二）
steamship
n. 轮船；汽船
sailing ships 帆船
sailing vessels 帆船
ships with sails 帆船
知识点（三）
be used to do 被用来做某事
be used to doing 习惯做某事
used to do 过去常做
The
Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever
been built.
知识点（一）
…that （主语）has ever been built.
语法：定语从句先行词前有形容词最高级修饰，后面关系代词不用（which,
who, whom…）,而用that
At that time, however, she was not only the largest
ship that had ever been built, but was
regarded as unsinkable, for she had 16 watertight compartments.
知识点（二）
语法：one of + 复数名词 + who / which
/ that +
谓语动词（单复数均可），如果one前面有定冠词the限定，定语从句的谓语动词用单数。
The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that
has ever been built.
One of the things that
fascinates us most about cats is the
popular belief that they have nine lives.
Jasper White is one of those rare people who
believes in ancient myths.
托福改错题：
John is the only one of the
students in the class (A) that never (B) admit making a
mistake even when (C) it is (D) pointed out to
him.
John is the only one of the
students in the class that never admits making a
mistake even when it is pointed out to him.
The only
other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
课文分析
The only other ship to match her（后置定语，限定other ship）
was the Thermopylae.
match v. 与……相匹敌，是……的对手
match … in / for … 在…与某人匹敌
You can’t match him in
knowledge of wild plants.
But nothing can match them
for speed and comfort.
The hotel can’t be matched for
good service and food.
Both
these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race
to England.
Both these ships set out from Shanghai（地点状语）
on June 18th, 1872 （时间状语）on an exciting race to
England.（目的状语）
知识点（一）
set out / off 动身出发，不强调方式
start out / off
Four days after setting out, while the
Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge
iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out.
After making a short test flight at 4.15 a.m., Bleriot
set off half an hour later.
One afternoon she set out from the coast
in a small boat and was caught in a storm.
She is going to set out from the French
coast at five o'clock in the morning.
Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a 'guard of
honour' of six pretty girls, he set off down the
main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
set out to do 带着目的去做某事
The journalist immediately set out to
obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to
send them.
Dimitri at once set out to find the
thief.
True eccentrics never deliberately set out to
draw attention to themselves.
知识点（二）
介词on: 在…的路上
Several people complained of ‘cat-like noises’ at night and a
businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a
tree.
While on a walking tour with his wife, he
stopped to talk to a workman.
介词on：和动作的词连用，表示开始做某事
Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June
18th, 1872 on an exciting race to
England.
We started out on a
20-mile walk.
She had come on a visit
to England.
After a day or so we will go
on an excursion.
This
race, which went on for exactly four months, was the last of its
kind.
This race, which went on for exactly four months(定语从句，修饰race),
was the last of its kind.
go on （单独使用）持续，延续
go on with sth. 继续做同样的时
go on to do 继续做下一件事
go on doing 不同的做
It
marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the
beginning of a new era.
It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails
and the beginning of a new era. （并列宾语）
the beginning / dawn / dawning of a new
era / epoch 新时代的开始
