美國哥特式 (2)

1、Grant WoodGrant Wood (1892-1942) of the U.S. painter. Wood was born in Anamosa ,Iowa(愛荷華州). He was in Minneapolis(明尼阿波里斯市 ) to learn arts and crafts（工藝品 ）, by doing odd jobs to feed themselves. Then he taught Julian in Paris. 1934, he became a professor in the Department of Fine Arts, until his deat

2、h. Translation of the text Grant Wood instantly rose to fame in 1930 with his painting American Gothic, an often-copiedinterpretation of the solemn pride of American farmers. The painting shows a serious-looking man anda woman standing in front of a farmhouse. 1930年，格蘭特伍德因其畫作美國哥特人一舉成名。此畫體現(xiàn)了美國農(nóng)民莊嚴的自豪

3、，常常被人復(fù)制。畫面展示了一位神色嚴肅的男子和一位女子站立在農(nóng)舍之前。 He was strongly influenced by medieval artists and inspiredby the Gothic window of an old farmhouse, but the faces in his composition were what captured theworlds attention. 伍德深受中世紀藝術(shù)家的影響，他的靈感來自于一所古老農(nóng)舍的哥特式窗戶，但最令世界注目的是畫中人物的臉。 Wood liked to paint faces he knew well.

4、 For the grave farmer he used his dentist, a sour-looking man.For the woman standing alongside him, the artist chose his sister, Nan. He stretched the models necksa bit, but there was no doubt who posed for the portrait. 伍德喜歡畫他熟悉的臉。為畫神色嚴肅的農(nóng)夫，他選擇了他那表情木訥的牙醫(yī)，至于站在他身邊的農(nóng)婦，他選擇了自己的姐姐南。他把模特的脖子稍稍畫長了一些，但無疑能看出誰

5、是畫像的原型 Nan later remarked that the fame she gained from American Gothic saved her from a very boringlife. 南后來說道，美國哥特人帶給她的名譽使她擺脫了一種非常乏味的生活。The Word interpretation: n. 1) U, C an explanation or understanding of sth.解釋，說明，描述 對于這些事實你作何解釋？ What interpretation would you put on these facts? 他們對事件進行了錯誤的解釋 T

6、hey put a false interpretation on events. 這些事實不容作此種解釋。 The facts do not allow such an interpretation. 2) U, C making clear or bringing out the meaning of (a character, music, etc.)（表演、演奏的）藝術(shù)處理 表演往往和劇本本身一樣重要. Interpretation is often as important as the text itself. 這位演員的表演得到了大部分報紙的贊揚。 The actors inte

7、rpretations were praised by most of the newspapers. 這些名詞都含有“解釋，說明”之意。 explanation: 普通用詞，指使人明白未知或不楚的事。 definition: 主要指對某一詞、短語或?qū)ｉT術(shù)語的含義作解釋、下定義。 description: 指對某一事物的重要方面進行詳細敘述，常含教育與啟迪意味。 exposition: 通常指對論點、假設(shè)、理論等的重點作詳盡的闡述。 interpretation : 多指對文字上較難的段落，或難于理解，令人迷惑的問題作出解釋或說明。 . solemn a. done, made, etc. s

8、eriously; having a sense of religious-like importance莊嚴的，肅穆的 教皇(pope)的身影出現(xiàn)時，人群一片肅穆。 There was a solemn silence when the pope appeared. 你看來一本正經(jīng)的樣子。 You look very solemn. 政府發(fā)表了一項嚴正的聲明。 The government made a solemn statement. . inspire: 1) give sb. a feeling of wanting and being able to do sth. good, c

9、reate a work of art, etc.給以靈感 他童年時代的一件往事給了他創(chuàng)作這首詩的靈感 An incident in his childhood inspired the poem. 這些故事激發(fā)了他們的創(chuàng)造力。 These stories inspired his creativity. 最好的博物館可以用來教育，娛樂和給我們賦予靈感。 The best museums educate, entertain and inspire us. 2) fill sb. with confidence or eagerness, esp. so that they feel they

10、 can achieve sth. difficult or special 鼓舞，激勵 他的駕駛技術(shù)很難使乘客對他產(chǎn)生信任感。 His driving hardly inspires confidence in his passengers. 他試圖激勵他們更努力。 He tried to inspire them to greater efforts. grave : adj.1) (of people) sad or serious （指人）表情嚴肅的，端莊的 他沉默地站在那兒，一臉嚴肅。 He was standing quietly with a grave face. 他向他們講述

11、事故的有關(guān)情況時，神情十分嚴肅 He looked grave as he told them about the accident. 2) seriously bad:嚴重的 當他指控我說謊時，他犯了一個嚴重的錯誤。 It was a grave mistake when he accused me of lying. n. C a place where a dead person is buried, esp. when under the ground and marked by a stone墳?zāi)?，墓?他每個禮拜天去給母親掃墓，在她的墳上放一些鮮花。 He visits his m

12、others grave every Sunday and lays fresh flowers on it. 他因酗酒過度而過早死去。 He drank himself into an early grave. . alongside : prep. 在. .旁邊，和. .一起 一輛汽車停在我們的車旁邊。 A car pulled up alongside ours. 大部分員工拒絕與新小組一同工作。 Most of the staff refused to work alongside the new team. 我們把船靠在他們的旁邊。 We brought our boat along

13、side theirs. 狗在女主人(mistress)的身邊奔跑. The dog ran alongside his mistress. stretch: v 1)make sth. longer, wider or tighter by pulling 拉長，拉緊，伸展 通過做這個練習我們可以伸展肌肉。 We can stretch our muscle by doing this exercise. 2) cause to go as far as possible or beyond the usual limit使盡全力，到（超過）. . 的極限 你逼得我再也無法忍受了。 Your

14、e stretching my patience to the limit. 你不能過度勞累. You can not stretch your powers . 3) vi. vi. (a piece of land or water, etc.) spread over a large area or distance 擴展，延伸，延續(xù) 森林連綿數(shù)百英里。 The forests stretch for hundreds of miles. 茶園（plantation）一直延伸到很遠的地方。 The tea plantations stretch far into the distance

15、 . save sb. from prevent sb. or sth. from having or doing sth. bad 拯救，使免于 謝謝，你使我明白過來，沒有干蠢事。 Thank you; you saved me from making a fool of myself. 我們怎樣才能使他避免自食其果呢？ What can we do to save him from the results of his own mistakes? 有很多辦法可以挽救他們的婚姻。 Lots can be done to save their marriage from failure. 延伸

16、（extend）哥特式文化（Gothic culture） Include Gothic Architecture , Gothic Music, Gothic Literature, Gothic PaintingGothic Architecture Include Gothic metal Gothic rockGothic MusicGothic literature Most of Gothic literature include the terrorist ranks of literature and fantasy novels. Their main topics are

17、death(死亡), ghost(神鬼), reasoning(推理), massacre(血案), etc. Most of them have a strong color of terror（恐怖）.Gothic PaintingSummarize（總結(jié)）American gothic comes from a oil painting ，1930, drawn by an American named Grant Wood .This oil painting composed a magnificent American history無論我們見過與否，毫無疑問地，它是美國眾無論我們見過與否，毫無疑問地，它是美國眾多畫作中唯一的一個成為文化標簽的。其主要多畫作中唯一的一個成為文化標簽的。其主要原因是，畫中農(nóng)民夫妻二人的表情深刻的體現(xiàn)原因是，畫中農(nóng)民夫妻二人的表情深刻的體現(xiàn)了美國人民的民族精神了美國人民的民族精神-勇于探索，堅強不勇于探索，堅強不屈！屈！ Whether we see it or not, Whether we