1、Unit 4 Meeting the museDeveloping ideas新标准新标准英语英语高中选择性必修第一册高中选择性必修第一册Activity 1 Read the passage and judge whether the following statements are true(T)or false(F).1.Art and technology have always been the same thing.2.Art is less accessible to us than ever before.3.People are able to experience a di
2、gital version of Alongthe River During the Qingming Festiva.Activity 2 Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.1.It is _ that have caused a combination of art and technology.A. peoples thoughts B.a variety of tools C. technological advances D.peoples concept of art2. Which of the follo
3、wing statements is NOT true?A. It is easy to judge whether a painting is art or technology.B. We are getting closer to a time when computers create art.C. Digital paintings and videos are new art forms.D.The line between art and technology is less distinct.3. We can learn from the last two paragraph
4、s thatA. we are sure where technology will take art nextB. a lot of artists have stopped exploring new possibilitiesC.something unexpected is likely to come up in the futureD. a person familiar with traditional artiststools must be an artistActivity 3 Compare your ideas with those of the author.Acti
5、vity 4Complete the diagram. have led to a combination of have led to a combination of art and technologyart and technologyMillions more people have been able to experience a digital Millions more people have been able to experience a digital version of version of Along the River During the Qingming
6、FestivalAlong the River During the Qingming Festival. .its creationits creationDigital paintings and videos.Digital paintings and videos.its overall qualityits overall qualityA video of someone slicing a tomato A video of someone slicing a tomato played in slow motion.played in slow motion. making t
7、he line between art and making the line between art and technology less distincttechnology less distincta new “Rembrandt painting” printed in 3Da new “Rembrandt painting” printed in 3Dwhere technology will where technology will take art nexttake art nextdefinitely expect the definitely expect the un
8、expectedunexpectedThink & Share1 What effect do you think technology will have on art in the future?2 Do you know of any artworks created mainly by technology? Share an example with the class.3 What work of art can you create with the help of technology?4 Which of the two reading passages in this un
9、it, both about the artists inspiration, do you prefer? Why?Activity 5 1 Divide each group in half. Each half takes a side in the debate.2 Do further research to find more arguments and supporting examples besides those in the passage.3 Organise your ideas from the most important to the least importa
10、nt.4 Hold the debate.Hold a debate.Now think about your performance in the debate. Vote for a group member who performs the best. Ask them to share their experience.Whether technology has had a positive effect on art.Whether technology has had a positive effect on art.Activity 6Read the invitation t
11、o an art festival and answer the questions.1 What is the topic of each paragraph?1 What is the topic of each paragraph? Paragraph one: time, place of the event Paragraph two: content of the event Paragraph three: ending of the invitation2 Is the invitation written in formal or informal style? 2 Is t
12、he invitation written in formal or informal style? Give three examples. Give three examples. The invitation is written in formal style. First, it has an invitation card; second, the language is formal, like “. requests the honour of your presence at.”; third, it contains a specific date and address.
13、Activities 7 Answer the questions to help you write Answer the questions to help you write the invitation.the invitation.1 What is the topic of the art festival?2 When and where will it be held?3 What artworks will be included?4 What style will you use for the invitation?Write your invitation.Write
14、your invitation.Activities 7 Write your invitation.Write your invitation.10 October 2020Mr David Smith18 Riverside Drive RoadFushan 100567Dear Mr Smith,Redrose High School requests the honour of your presence at the Arts Centre opening ceremony on the 10th of November. The event will be held in the
15、Great Hall at 10:00 am with a welcome speech followed by the Book Donation, with the midday closing at 11: 45 am. We have free lunch for guests.The opening ceremony will feature an exhibition of the works of over 200 artists graduating from this school. Visitors will enjoy a variety of artworks made
16、 out of technological tools.We do hope you are able to join us at this event. Please reply to confirm your attendance. Yours sincerely,Li HongRedrose High School艺术与科技1.Think “art. What comes to your mind? ls it Greck orRoman sculptures in the Louvre, or Chinese paintings inthe Palace Museum? Or mayb
17、e, just maybe, it s a dancingpattern of lights?说到“艺术”，你会想到什么?是卢浮宫里希腊或罗马的雕塑?抑或是故宫博物院里中国的名画?又也许,仅仅是也许，是一片舞动的光影?2. The artworks by American artist Janet Eehelman look likecolourful floating clouds when they are lit up at night.Visitors to one of her artworks in Vancouver could notonly enjoy looking at
18、it, they could also interact with it-literally.They did this by using their phones to change itscolours and patterns.Exhibits such as these are certainlynew and exciting, but are they really art?美国艺术家珍妮特艾克曼创作了一系列艺术品,晚上将其点亮时，它们就像七彩浮云。其中在温哥华展出的那一件，人们不仅可以欣赏，甚至可以与之互动。人们可以通过操作自己的手机改变它的颜色和图案。像这样的展览品,毋庸置疑,
19、是新潮的激动人心之作。然而，这些真的可以算是艺术吗?3.Whatever your opinion, people have been expressing theirthoughts and ideas through art for thousands of years.Todo this, they have used a variety of tools and technologie s.Yet Michelangelo and others have been labelled as “artists”rather than“technicians”.This means that
20、 art and technology have always been seen as two very separatethings.无论你的看法如何，人们数千年来一直在用艺术表达自己的思想和理念、。为此，人们使用了各种各样的工具和技术。然而，米开朗基罗等人一直被称为“艺术家”而非“能工巧匠”。这就意味着艺术和科技一直被看作两个截然不同的领域。4.Today, however, technological advances have led to acombination of art and technology.As a result, the artworld is changing
21、 greatly. Now art is more accessible tous than ever before.Take for example one of Chinas mostfamous paintings from the Song Dynasty,Along the RiverDsring the Qinging Festival. As this artwork is rarely on display, people have same times queued up to six hours for a chance to see it. 然而如今，科技的进步使得艺术与
22、之结合,并且极大地改变着艺术世界。现在,我们比以往任何时候都更容易接触艺术。例如，中国宋朝的传世名画之一清明上河图，因其极少被展出，人们有时要排队等上六个小时才有机会一睹其容。Once in front of the painting, they only have limited time to spend taking in its five mctres of scenes along the BianRiver in Bianjing.Thanks to technology however, millions more people havebeen able to experien
23、ce a digital version of this painting.Three-dimensional (3D)animation means that viewers can see the characters move around and interactwith their surroundings.They can also watch as the different scenes change fromdaylight into nighttirme.即使面对画卷，由于这幅画卷长达五米,人们也只有有限的时间来欣赏画面上汴京汴河沿岸的景色。然而,在科技的帮助下,已经有数百
24、万人得以观摩这幅画作的数字化版本了。利用3D动画技术，观赏者可以看到画中的人物四处走动并与周围事物互动。他们甚至还可以看到从白天到夜晚画中不同场景的变化。5.The art-tech combination is also changing our concepts of “art”and the “artist”.Not only can we interact with art, but also take part in its crcation.With newtechnological tools at our fingertips, more and more people are
25、 exploringtheir creative sides.The result has been exeiting new art forms, such as digitalpaintings and videos.艺术与科技的结合同样改变着我们对“艺术”和“艺术家”这两个概念的理解。我们不仅可以与艺术作品互动，还可以参与到艺术作品的创作中。通过触手可得的新兴科技工具，越来越多的人开始发掘自己创新的一面，数字绘画、视频等激动人心的新型艺术形式应运而生。6.However, the increase in the amount and variety of art produced has
26、 also raisedquestions over its overall quality. Can a video of someone slicing a tomatoplayed in slow motion really be called art”?然而，艺术作品在数量和种类上的增加同时带来了整体质量上的问题。将一个人切西红柿的视频慢动作播放,真的可以被称作“艺术”吗?7.Similarly, such developments are making the line between art and technologyless distinct. Can someone unfa
27、miliar with traditional artiststools really callthemselves an “artist”? And is the artist the creator of the art itself, or the makerof the technology behind it? A recent project used technology and data in thesame way that Rembrandt used his paints and brushes. The end resulr, printed in3D, was a n
28、ew“Rembrandt painting created 347 years after the artists death.These advances are perhaps bringing us closcr to a time when computers ratherthan humans create art.同样，这种发展也模糊了艺术与科技的边界。那些并不熟悉传统艺术工具的人真的可以自诩为“艺术家”吗?艺术家到底是艺术本身的创造者,还是艺术背后技术的创造者?最近有一个科研项自用科技手段和数据还原了伦勃朗的绘画方式。最终,通过3D打印技术,在这位艺术家去世347年后，一幅全新的“伦勃朗画作”诞生了。也许，这些先进的技术正带领我们走进一个由电脑而非人类创造艺术的时代。8.Where technology will take art next is anyones guess.But one thing is for sure - with so many artists exploring new possibilities, we can definitely expectthe unexpected.科技将会推动艺术发展至何种地步,我们不得而知。但唯一确定的是:随着众多艺术家探索全新的可能性，我们一定可以期待意外的惊喜。
