PROMOTING CULTURE
THROUGH DIGITAL IMAGES①
Lanzhou, 9 August 2017. A group of researchers and scientists from China and other countries are working together to help increase knowledge and appreciation② of China's ancient cultural heritage. They are recording and collecting digital images of cultural relics from the Mogao Caves③， which were a key stop④ along the Silk Road throughout⑤ China's ancient history 【1】. Nearly 500,000 high-quality⑥ digital photographs have been produced since the international project started in 1994 【2】．
【1】此处是which引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰the Mogao Caves。 which在从句中作主语。
【2】本句中含有since引导的时间状语从句。since引导时间状语从句时，主句常用现在完成时，从句常用一般过去时。
The Mogao Caves have long been a meeting point⑦ for different cultures and are part of the history of many countries. Today, the caves are just as international as they were at the time when people travelled the Silk Road 【3】. Tourists from all over the world⑧ visit Dunhuang to see the caves, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles has even reproduced⑨ a copy of the caves and paintings for people to admire in America.
【3】该句使用了as...as...句式，表示“像……一样……”。句中含有when引导的定语从句。
By sharing so many digital photos over the Internet, the group hopes to promote even⑩ wider interest around the world in? China's ancient history, culture, and traditions?. They also hope to further? educate people about the importance of safeguarding historic? and cultural relics for future generations to understand and appreciate. As one researcher who is working on? the project explains 【4】， “Appreciating one's own cultural heritage is very important for understanding oneself. Appreciating the cultural heritage of other countries is very important for international communication and understanding.”
【4】“As one researcher who is working on the project explains”是由关系代词As引导的非限制性定语从句，As作explains的宾语，表示“正如”；“who is working on the project”是由关系代词who引导的定语从句，修饰先行词one researcher。who在定语从句中作主语。
[词语积累]
①digital/'d?d??tl/adj.数码的；数字显示的
image/'?m?d?/n.影像，图像；形象；印象
digital image数码影像
digital camera数码相机
②appreciation n．欣赏，赏识；感激
appreciate v．欣赏；感激
appreciate (sb./sb.'s) doing sth.感激(某人)做某事
I would appreciate it if...如果……，我将不胜感激。
③cave/ke?v/n.山洞；洞穴
the Mogao Caves莫高窟
④stop n. [熟词生义]中途停留(处)
⑤throughout/θru?'a?t/prep.各处；遍及；自始至终
⑥quality/'kw?l?ti/n.质量；品质；素质；特征
adj.优质的；高质量的
high-quality adj.高质量的
[反义]poor-quality/low-quality
[构词法]high-quality是由“形容词＋名词”构成的形容词，类似的单词还有：full-time全日制的，全职的；long-distance长距离的。
⑦a meeting point一个汇合点
⑧all over the world在世界各地
⑨reproduce vt.复制
[构词法]re-是常见的动词前缀，表示“再，又”，由它构成的词还有：rearrange (重新安排), reapply (重新申请)。
⑩even在此修饰比较级。常用于修饰比较级的还有：a bit, a little, a lot, much, far。
?promote wide interest in...激发对……的广泛兴趣
?tradition/tr?'d??n/n.[C, U]传统；传统的信仰或风俗
traditional adj.传统的
traditionally adv.传统上
?further adv.进一步(表示程度)；更远(far的比较级)
?historic/h?'st?r?k/adj.历史上著名(或重要)的；有史时期的
a historic building有历史意义的建筑
a historic decision/day/victory历史性的决定/日子/胜利
[比较]historical adj.(有关)历史的；有关历史研究的，历史学的
historical documents/research史学文献/研究
?work on从事于……
