【正文】 r with the words “Xiao Penglai ( Small Paradise )” and “Ti Yun Zhishang ( Go Straight Up With Ladders) ”on it, is made of bricks and stones, which is 6 meters high. People can reach the summit by stepping on the winding stairs in the building. On each floor there are a lot of ancient stone inscriptions, portraits or poems on display, and through the windows of each floor, the variable scenic Yangtze River appears in full view. Visitors spiral up and get in the ancient stone temple “Lan Ruo Dian ( Orchidlike Temple )” on the top. In the main hall of the temple, a figure of the general called Ba Manzi in ancient Ba Country is consecrated. The peak of the hill, 230 meters above sea level, is a stone yard covering an area of 1200 square meters. Appreciating the misty scenery, you would feel really refreshed and openminded immediately. Shibaozhai is a unique tower made by means of Chuandou Skills with its special structural style in China, among the rare precious high buildings of wooden structures in existence. It is a typical local building, a symbol of folk architectural technology in South China, and a priceless treasure in the world. Notes: 1. 屋頂是中國古代建筑造型中最主要的部分，重要的建筑都以斗拱挑出檐口，在屋檐轉(zhuǎn)角處形成翼角起翹。 且不論 50多處舊石器時代的遺址、 80多處新石器時代的遺址、 100多處古代巴人的遺址、 470多處漢至六朝的遺址和眾多古墓葬群等，僅在三峽工程淹沒區(qū)搶救中的地面文物點，就有 453處，含古建筑、石刻、棧道、纖道、橋梁、塔、牌坊等類別。例如我國最早地面建筑物忠縣的漢闕，忠州明代的石寶寨，云陽清代的張飛廟， 巫山大昌古鎮(zhèn)， 建 筑 特 色 秭歸的屈原祠及江瀆廟， 300多處明清民居群等建筑。 eaves n.: overhanging edges of a roof The pavilion is an ancient building with six eaves and twelve pillars. 這個亭子是一個六角十二柱的古典建筑。 3 We can’t exist without food and water. 沒有食物和水我們不能生存。設(shè)計者特意在寨門前的仰墻上，留下一道長達５０米的豁口，在豁口處安裝一道可以升降的鋼閘門。其為依崖瀕水的 12層紅色塔形樓閣，高 56米，全系木質(zhì)結(jié)構(gòu)。 6米多高的磚石桔構(gòu)寨門上題有“小蓬萊”和“梯云直上”字樣。 石寶寨在我國僅存的幾座高層木結(jié)構(gòu)建筑中，以其建筑風(fēng)格和技巧獨樹一幟。圖中人物走獸、花草蟲魚，幾乎無所不有，多取材于神話傳說或生活故事。從遠(yuǎn)處看，仿佛這里是一大片佛家廟宇。 New Words: residence n. 居住 ,住宅 characteristic n. 特點 trend n. 趨勢 tile n. 瓦 lean vi. 依靠 archway n. 門樓 gateway n. 大門 courtyard n. 天井 embody n. 體現(xiàn) pillar n. 柱子 column n. 柱子 diameter n. 直徑 sculpture n. 雕刻 absorb vt. 吸收 edge n. 邊緣 leak vt. 漏 harmonious a. 和諧的 Exercises: I. Answer the questions: 1. Where are Xintan Ancient Residence Complexes? 2. When were the ancient houses firstly built and when were most ones made? 3. How many levels at least is a set of the old house on? 4. How do you do usually, if you want to enter the formal room of an ordinary house? 5. Why is it said that you would lose your way in the house if you want to visit a richer family? key key II. Decide the statements true or false: 1. The plexes, which were joined together taking their trends along the mountain. ( ) 2. The old houses with white walls and dark gray tiles face the north leaning upon the mountain. ( ) 3. The characteristics of the old house still embody in using materials for the building. ( ) 4. The timber for a supporting pillar or a column always has a diameter of over 33 or 66 centimeters. ( ) 5. And the wooden doors, windows and fences are partly of firstrate quality, most of which are decorated with various sculptures. ( ) key III. Multiple choices: 1. The ______ of outside wall are called “Line Brick” by local people. It is only 2 centimeters ______, made by the yellow mud on the beach and burnt by ______, whose color is light gray. A. bricks, thick, firewood B. bricks, long, coal C. firewood, wide, bricks D. bricks, thick, coal 2. The house made of the Line Bricks is ______ and not easy to ______ heat, so it is very ______ in summer. A. solid, absorb, cool B. solid, send out, warm C. weak, absorb, cool D. weak, get in, solid, cold key 3. The tiles on the old house are called “Cun Tile”( 1 cun means ______ in China) by local people. “Cun Tile” is so ______ that the roof never leak rain even throughout decades and hundreds years. A. 33 centimeters, soft B. centimeters, strong C. meters, smooth D. meters, hard 4. It is such over ______ houses row upon row that form an ancient town, one of the few ______ residence crowds. A. 100, traditional B. 1000, traditional C. 1000, modern D. 100, ancient key 5. The people adapted the working method to local ______, took flexible measures, and obtained raw materials locally, which fully shows the ______ relationships between human beings and architecture, or between