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Near the end of August, thousands of people came together in Hirosaki City, Japan. Their goal was simple: to move a heavy, three-floor tower (1)______ pulling on it with ropes. The volunteers (2)______ turns, with 80 people at a time pulling on long, strong ropes. They moved the nearly 400-ton building a little bit at a time, and in the process they helped keep an old Japanese tradition (3)______.
Hirosaki Castle（弘前城） was built in 1611, and its tower, called a "keep", was once five floors tall. But in 1627, a fire (4)______ much of the castle, and the keep was built again in 1810 with only three floors. In 1983, an earthquake badly damaged one of the castle's stone walls. The wall was hard to repair (5)______ the tower was in the way.
So the people in charge decided to use an old method called "Hikiya", which involves raising a whole building and moving it on rollers. In 2015, the keep was moved away from the wall. In 2024, the wall was repaired: all 2,185 stones were carefully (6)______ back in place, and the keep could return.
This year, the city asked for volunteers to help move it back. More than 10,000 people from all over the world (7)______ to take part - far more than the city had expected. The work was hard, (8)______ most of them still enjoyed the experience. "There is no other chance to pull a castle," said one volunteer. "It was fantastic."
Now large machines will pull the keep the rest of the way. (9)______, there is still a lot of work to do. The city does not expect the castle to open back up to the public (10)______ 2033.
1. A.for B.without C.by D.against
2. A.made B.took C.gave D.kept
3. A.alive B.awake C.alone D.afraid
4. A.covered B.recorded C.protected D.destroyed
5. A.because B.although C.unless D.before
6. A.thrown B.taken C.put D.sold
7. A.refused B.failed C.stopped D.applied
8. A.but B.so C.and D.or
9. A.Therefore B.However C.Finally D.Otherwise
10. A.since B.during C.until D.for
词汇短语精讲
1. take turns 轮流，依次来做
例句：The volunteers took turns, with 80 people at a time pulling on long, strong ropes.
提示：take turns 后接 to do 或 doing 说明轮流做的事（take turns to pull / take turns pulling）；名词词组 in turn 意为「依次」
2. a little bit at a time 一点一点地，每次一小部分
例句：They moved the nearly 400-ton building a little bit at a time, and in the process they helped keep an old Japanese tradition alive.
提示：at a time 意为「每次」，与数量词连用（one at a time 一次一个）；a little bit 修饰程度或数量
3. the people in charge 负责人，主管者
例句：So the people in charge decided to use an old method called "Hikiya", which involves raising a whole building and moving it on rollers.
提示：in charge 意为「主管、负责」，常说 be in charge of sth.（负责某事）；the people in charge 指「负责的那些人」
4. put ... in place 把…安放到位
例句：In 2024, the wall was repaired: all 2,185 stones were carefully put back in place, and the keep could return.
提示：in place 指「在原来的位置、就位」；put sth. in place 与 put sth. back in place（放回原位）为同一结构的变体
5. open back up to the public 重新向公众开放
例句：The city does not expect the castle to open back up to the public until 2033.
提示：open up to sb./sth. 有「向…开放」之义，back 表示「恢复原状、重新」；同类表达如 reopen to the public
句子精讲
1. The wall was hard to repair because the tower was in the way.
结构：主句 The wall was hard to repair 为主语 + be + 形容词 + 不定式的结构（主动形式表达「难以被修复」的含义）；because 引导原因状语从句 the tower was in the way，解释难修的原因。从句中 in the way 是固定短语，意为「挡路、妨碍」——the tower was in the way 即「塔楼挡在那里妨碍作业」，而非「在路上」；way 在此不表示道路，而是指「通行的位置」
语法：be + 形容词 + to do 结构 + because 原因状语从句 + 固定短语 in the way（挡路、妨碍）
仿写：用「主语 + be + 形容词 + to do」表达「某事难/易做」，后用 because 说明原因：The problem was hard to solve because we had no time left. 注意此结构中不定式用主动形式表达被动含义，不用 to be done。若要说明「某物挡着妨碍做事」，用 sth. is in the way：The big desk is in the way, so we can't get the boxes out.
2. "There is no other chance to pull a castle," said one volunteer. "It was fantastic."
结构：主干 There is no other chance 为 there be 句型的否定式，表示「不存在别的一次机会」；不定式 to pull a castle 作后置定语，修饰前面的名词 chance，说明是「做什么的机会」（pull 的逻辑宾语正是 chance 所指的那件事）。逗号后的 said one volunteer 为引述语，交代说话人
语法：There is no + 名词 + to do sth.（没有……可做某事）——there be 句型否定式 + 不定式作后置定语修饰前面名词。同类表达：There is no time to lose. / There is no reason to give up. / There is no need to worry.
仿写：用 There is no + 名词 + to do sth. 表达「没有……可做某事」，语气强烈，适合号召、下结论或抒发感慨：There is no time to waste, so let's start right now. / There is no reason to be afraid of making mistakes. 使用时把 chance 换成 time、reason、need、way 等名词，句意随之变化，结构不变。
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