1、ART&Meeting the muse-developing ideas B o o k 4 U n i t 4Watch the video and answer the questions.lensn.透镜；镜片 Do you think technology can be considered a form of art?What methods did they use to create the artworks?Look at the picture and read the title,predict what the passage is about.It is about
2、the changes and connections between art and technology.ART&Whats the genre of the passage?A.narrative(a story)B.argumentation(facts and opinoins)C.news report D.exposition(introduction)w h i l e -r e a d i n g ART&TECHNOLOGYHow many parts can this passage be divided into?1 Introduction论据2 Arguments3
3、 Conclusionpara 1-3para 4-7para 8argumentation Think“art”.What comes to your mind?Para.1Greek or Roman sculptures in the Louvre?Chinese paintings in the Palace Museum?or maybe,its a dancing pattern of lights?Janet Echelman“The artworks by American artist Janet Echelman look like colourful floating c
4、louds when they are lit up at night.”Para.2 light up（使）光亮；喜形于色美国艺术家珍妮特艾克曼的作品在夜晚被点亮时，看起来就像五颜六色的浮云。Visitors to one of her artworks in Vancouver could not only enjoy looking at it,they could also interact with it-literally.Para.2 literally adv.根据字面意思；确实在温哥华参观她作品的游客不仅可以欣赏它，还确实可以与它互动。Whatever your opinio
5、n,people have been expressing their thoughts and ideas through art for thousands of years.Para.3whatever 在句中引导让步状语从句，可以用no matter what来替换。本句中your opinion后省略了is。无论你的看法如何，数千年来人们一直通过艺术来表达自己的理念和思想Yet Michelangelo and others have been labelled as“artists”rather than“technicians”.Para.3 be labelled as.被称为
6、，label.as.把称为然而，米开朗基罗和其他人被称为“艺术家”，而不是“技术人员”。rather than；而不是Activity 3 Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.Positive effectsToday,technological advances 1 _Argument 1:Art is more accessible to us than ever before.Example(s):2 _ have led to a combination of art and technology
7、Argument 2:We can take part in 3 _.Example(s):4 _Para.13Now art is more accessible to us than before.Para.4accessible adj.可接近的；易懂的 be accessible to sb.对某人来说易懂的/易接近的现在我们比以往任何时候都更容易接触艺术。Along the River During the Qingming FestivalOnce in front of the painting,they only have limited time to spend takin
8、g in its five metres of scenes along the Bian River in Bianjing.Para.4 take in 观看；理解；欺骗；吸入一旦来到这幅画前，他们只有有限的时间来欣赏这幅五米长的汴京的汴河风光。Para.4digital version original version Along the River During the Qingming FestivalWith new technological tools at our fingertips,more and more people are exploring their crea
9、tive sides.Para.5with+介词短语在句中作状语，这个复合结构相当于as new technological tools are available to usat ones fingertips表示“手头有随时可用”随着新的技术工具触手可及，越来越多的人正在探索自己创造性的一面。Activity 3 Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.Positive effectsToday,technological advances 1 _Argument 1:Art is more access
10、ible to us than ever before.Example(s):2 _ Millions more people have been able to experience a digital version of Along the River During the Qingming Festival.have led to a combination of art and technologyArgument 2:We can take part in 3 _.Example(s):4 _its creationDigital paintings and videosPara.
11、13Para.4Para.5However,the increase in the amount and variety of art produced has also raised questions over its overall quality.Para.6 the increase in the amount and variety of art produced在句中作主语；produced过去分词作后置定语，修饰art，表被动；谓语动词是has raised；over是介词，表示“关于”，说明在哪方面产生了问题；its具体指代的内容，即art本身；然而，艺术品数量和种类的增加也
12、对其整体质量提出了质疑。a video of someone slicing a tomato in slow motionThe end result,printed in 3D,was a new“Rembrandt painting”created 347 years after the artists death.Para.7 end是名词作定语修饰result，end result合起来表示“最终结果”；347 years after the artists death是时间状语最终，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。Rembrandt p
13、aintingRembrandt painting printed in 3DActivity 3 Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.Possible problemToday,technological advances 1 _Argument 3:It has raised questions over 5 _Example(s):6 _ A video of someone slicing a tomato played in slow motion.have led to a combinati
14、on of art and technologyArgument 4:Such developments are 7 _Example(s):8 _ making the line between art and technology less distinct A new“Rembrandt painting”printed in 3D.its overallqualityPara.6Para.7Activity 3 Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.Positive effectsToday,tec
15、hnological advances 1 _We dont know 9 _,but we can 10 _.have led to a combination of art and technologyPossible problem where technology will take art next definitely expect the unexpected“Where technology will take art next is anyones guess.”Para.8What effect do you think technology will have on art in the future?THANK S
