1、Unit 4 Amazing art 1.What is the most impressive artwork,building or performance youve ever seen? 你见过的最令人印象深刻的艺术品、建筑或表演是什么? 2.Share your answer with the class. 与你的同学们分享一下你的答案。 3.Greetings from Paris,everyone! 各位,来自巴黎的问候! 4.Now,at the top of these stone stairs.get a load of that! 现在,在这些石阶的顶端,注意一下! 5.
2、Her head and arms are missing,but you can imagine her holding her arms up high,celebrating the result of an ancient battle. 她的头和胳膊不见了,但你可以想象她高举双臂,庆祝一场古老战役的 结果。 6.And just look at how her dress is being folded by the wind! 看看她的衣服是怎么被风折起来的! 7.The skill of the sculptor is just incredible. 雕刻家的技艺简直令人难以置
3、信。 8.The painting is a lot smaller than you would expect,and is protected by glass. 这幅画比你想象的要小得多,而且有玻璃保护。 9.With help from the artist,I managed to make one in the shape of a fish. 在艺术家的帮助下,我设法做了一条鱼的形状。 10.His artistic talent was discovered by accident when he was sent to the poet Wang Weis house to
4、collect payment for some wine. 他被派到诗人王维家收酒钱时,王维偶然发现了他的艺术才华。 11.Wang Wei decided to sponsor the young man to study painting and recommended him to a master. 王维决定赞助这个年轻人学习绘画,并把他推荐给一位大师。 12.While some say contemporary art lacks skill,meaning and artistic value,others argue that its worth lies in its ab
5、ility to stimulate new discussions and understanding of everyday objects. 虽然有些人说当代艺术缺乏技巧、意义和艺术价值,但也有些人认为 它的价值在于能够激发对日常事物的新讨论和新理解。 13.Then I went into a section decorated like a traditional Chinese study,with two beautiful Chinese paintings of a pine tree and some bamboo hung on the walls. 然后我走进一个装饰得
6、像传统中式书房的区域,墙上挂着两幅漂亮的 国画一棵松树和一些竹子。 14.当我观察她的眼睛,她看起来似乎有自己的想法! I guess thats why she attracts so many visitors every day. 我想那就是她每天吸引如此多游客的原因吧。 【句式】This/That is because.意为“这/那就是因为” 15.They really do reach out to us across the centuries as if time itself were nothing. 他们的确穿越世纪向我们伸出手来,好像时光并不存在一样。 【句式剖析】在该
7、句中助动词 do 用在肯定句中,强调谓语动词。as if 引导方式状语从句,而且从句使用了虚拟语气。 谓语动词只有两种时态能强调,即一般现在时和一般过去时。在一般 现在时中,do 有人称的变化,第三人称单数用does,一般过去时do 变成 did。 16.Wang Wei decided to sponsor the young man to study painting and recommended him to a master. 王维决定赞助这个年轻人学习绘画,并把他推荐给一位大师。 【词汇精讲】recommend 在该句子中表示“推荐”,为及物动词,在句子 中构成短语 recomme
8、nd sb to do sth,表示“推荐某人做某事”。 【名师点津】recommend 后面跟从句时,从句谓语动词用虚拟语气,即 “should+动词原形”,should 可以省略。以下动词具有相同的用法: 17.Due to Han Gans natural talent and years of hard work,he was eventually chosen to serve Emperor Xuanzong in the royal palace. 由于韩干的天赋和多年的努力工作,他最终被选为在皇宫供奉皇帝玄 宗。 18.The Tang emperors were very f
9、ond of horses.唐朝皇帝非常喜欢马。 【词汇精讲】fond 为形容词,表示“喜爱的”。常用于短语 be fond of, 表示“喜欢”。 19.Those who saw Han Gans horse paintings all sang high praises for his unique skill,saying that his horses“could gallop off the paper”. 看过韩干画的马的人都对他独特的技艺赞不绝口,说他的马“可以在 纸上飞奔”。 【词汇精讲】sing high praises for“高度赞扬” 20.The colours o
10、f the flowers range from bright yellows to brownish yellows,showing that the flowers are at different stages of life. 这些花的颜色从亮黄色到棕黄色不等,表明这些花处于不同的生命阶 段。 【词汇精讲】 在该句子中 range 为动词,表示“(在内)变动”;常用 短语为 range from.to.,表示“在范围内变动”。同时,range 还表示 “平行,列为一行;延伸;漫游;射程达到”等含义。 21.While waiting at the gate,Han Gan used a
11、 stick to draw pictures in the dirt and was seen by the poet himself. 在门口等待的时候,韩干用一根树枝在泥土里画画,恰好被这位诗人看 到了。 【拓展】 当时间或条件状语等从句中的主语同主句主语一致或主语是 it,且从 句含有 be 动词时,可以省略状语从句中的主语与 be 动词。 22.The more time he spent observing these animals,the more his understanding of them grew. 他观察这些动物花费的时间越多,对于它们的理解就越深。 【句式剖析】the more.the more.意为“越;越”。
