TPO10 Chinese Pottery文章意思不懂 - 英檢

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: TPO這篇我實在是錯太多整個很傻眼!
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: 這篇是想問文章裡面的句子意思!
: The earliest ceramics were fired to earthenware temperatures, but as early as
: the fifteenth century B.C., high-temperature stonewares were being made with
: glazed surfaces. During the Six Dynasties period (AD 265-589), kilns in north
: China were producing high-fired ceramics of good quality. Whitewares produced
: in Hebei and Henan provinces from the seventh to the tenth centuries 【evolved
: 】 into the highly prized porcelains of the Song dynasty (AD. 960-1279), long
: regarded as one of the high points in the history of China's ceramic
: industry. 【The tradition of religious sculpture extends over most historical
: periods but is less clearly delineated than that of stonewares or porcelains,
: for it embraces the old custom of earthenware burial ceramics with later
: religious images and architectural ornament.】 Ceramic products also include
: lead-glazed tomb models of the Han dynasty, three-color lead-glazed vessels
: and figures of the Tang dynasty, and Ming three-color temple ornaments, in
: which the motifs were outlined in a raised trail of slip- as well as the many
: burial ceramics produced in imitation of vessels made in materials of higher
: intrinsic value.
: 5.Paragraph 3 supports all of the following concerning the history of the
: ceramic industry in China EXCEPT:
: A) The earliest high-fired ceramics were of poor quality.
: B) Ceramics produced during the Tang and Ming dynasties sometimes
: incorporated multiple colors.
: C) Earthenware ceramics were produced in China before stonewares were.
: D) The Song dynasty period was notable for the production of high quality
: porcelain ceramics.
: 答案給A 可是我選C
: 沒選A是因為看到下面這句話
: During the Six Dynasties period (AD 265-589), kilns in north
: China were producing high-fired ceramics of good quality.

A-->6世紀的kilns good quality 不代表 早期的ceramics 就是poor,
也有可能早期是normal quality. 在下認為除非有做古今比較
否則直言斷定早期poor 太過武斷
C-->原文是寫"The earliest ceramics were fired to earthenware temperatures"
是earthenware temperatures 並非 earthenware ceramics. 文中只可得知
high-temperature stonewares在 15 B.C就存在 但Earthenware ceramics
的年代並不知 無從比較
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: Just as painted designs on Greek pots may seem today to be purely decorative,
: 【whereas】 in fact they were carefully and precisely worked out so that at
: the time, their meaning was clear, so it is with Chinese pots.
: 還有這句話我一直看不太懂....
: 這句話是想表達Chinese pots和Greek pots雖然現在看起來好像只是個純粹的裝飾品
: 可是以前他們卻是有他們清楚的意義?

這樣理解是對的 建議原po可以從後文連貫 末句 "Only when European decorative
themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost""
意指原先在pot design 做出的當下 都有自己清楚的意涵 但當歐式裝飾性概念引入
後 這些意涵就因此模糊甚至消失了


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