Detailed Study of Reading one Language Points 1. 1. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms (line 2) in the midst of---(it or old use)the middle part or position a checkerboard of.纵横交错的.,阡陌纵横的. eg. a checkerboard of cultivated fields checkerboard can be used as a verb eg Canals checkerboard the countryside on both sides of the damDetailed Study of Reading One I. Language Points: 1.1. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms,… (line 2) in the midst of---(lit or old use) the middle part or position a checkerboard of… 纵横交错的…, 阡陌纵横的… eg. a checkerboard of cultivated fields checkerboard can be used as a verb: eg. Canals checkerboard the countryside on both sides of the dam. ▪