裕興新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)筆記-第26課

Lesson26Thebestartcritics最佳藝術(shù)評(píng)論家Whoisthestudent'sbestcritic?IamanartstudentandIpaintalotofpictures.Manypeoplepretendthattheyunderstandmodernart.Theyalwaystellyouwhatapictureis'about'.Ofcourse,manypicturesarenot'about'anything.Theyarejustprettypatterns.Weliketheminthesamewaythatwelikeprettycurtainmaterial.Ithinkthatyoungchildrenoftenappreciatemodernpicturesbetterthananyoneelse.Theynoticemore.Mysisterisonlyseven,butshealwaystellsmewhethermypicturesaregoodornot.Shecameintomyroomyesterday.'Whatareyoudoing?'sheasked.'I'mhangingthispictureonthewall,'Ianswered.'It'sanewone.Doyoulikeit?'Shelookedatitcriticallyforamoment.'It'sallright,'shesaid,'butisn'titupsidedown?'Ilookedatitagain.Shewasright!Itwas!參考譯文我是個(gè)學(xué)藝術(shù)的學(xué)生，畫了很多畫。有很多人裝成很懂現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)的樣子，總是告訴你一幅畫的“意思”是什么。當(dāng)然，有很多畫是什么“意思”也沒(méi)有的。它們就是些好看的圖案，我們喜愛(ài)它們就像我們喜歡漂亮的窗簾布一樣。我覺(jué)得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現(xiàn)代繪畫，他們觀察到的東西更多。我的妹妹只有7歲，但她總能說(shuō)出我的畫是好還是壞。昨天她到我房里來(lái)了?！綨ewwordsandexpressions】（13）1art[ɑ:t]n.藝術(shù)2critic['kritik]n.評(píng)論家3paint[peint]v.畫4pretend [pri'tend]v.假裝5pattern['p?tn]n.圖案6curtain['k?:t?n]n.窗簾，幕布7material[m?'ti?ri?l]n.材料8appreciate[?'pri:?ieit]v.鑒賞9notice['n?utis]v.注意到10whether['wee?]conj.是否11hang[h??]v.懸掛，吊12critically['kritik?li]ad.批評(píng)地13upside['?psaid]上下顛倒地一．單詞講解：art1)

[U]藝術(shù)，美術(shù)anartstudent一個(gè)學(xué)藝術(shù)的學(xué)生anartgallery['ɡ?l?ri]畫廊anartcritic藝術(shù)評(píng)論家anartlover藝術(shù)愛(ài)好者eg.Artislong;Lifeisshort.（諺）藝術(shù)長(zhǎng)久，人生短暫。arts

pl.文科languages,literature,historyBachelor['b?t??l?]ofArts文學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位BachelorofScience理科學(xué)士學(xué)位bachelor’sdegree學(xué)士學(xué)位master’sdegree碩士學(xué)位doctor’sdegree博士學(xué)位B.A.inEnglishfortrade外貿(mào)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的文學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位2)技術(shù)，技巧，竅門eg.Heisgoodattheartofmakingfriends.他擅長(zhǎng)交朋友。artsandcrafts[krɑ:ft]工藝artist

n.藝術(shù)家，畫家eg.Heisagreatcriticandartist.他是著名的評(píng)論家兼畫家。critic

n.

評(píng)論家，批評(píng)家eg.I’mmyowncritic.我是一個(gè)嚴(yán)于律己的人。amusiccritic音樂(lè)評(píng)論家atheatrecritic戲劇評(píng)論家aliterary['lit?r?ri]critic文學(xué)評(píng)論家eg.Heisfamousasanartcritic.他是位著名的藝術(shù)評(píng)論家。critical

adj.批評(píng)的，評(píng)論的，苛刻的，岌岌可危的，（疾?。┪＜钡腶criticalremark批評(píng)性的評(píng)論eg.Whyareyoualwayssocritical?你怎么老是吹毛求疵？eg.Thatteacheristoocriticalofhisstudents.那個(gè)老師對(duì)學(xué)生太苛刻了。acriticalsituation危急的情況eg.Heisnowinacriticalcondition.他現(xiàn)在病況危急。critically

adv.苛刻的，非難的eg.Shelookedatmypicturecritically.她用挑剔的目光看我的畫。criticize['kritisaiz]

v.批評(píng)，評(píng)論，對(duì)…挑剔eg.HecriticizedtheAmericanfilmfavorably.他對(duì)那部美國(guó)影片給予好評(píng)。eg.She’salwayscriticizingherfriendsforbeingselfish.她總是批評(píng)朋友們自私。類似的詞匯、短語(yǔ)：attack(withwords)抨擊，辱罵blame責(zé)備condemn[k?n'dem]

嚴(yán)責(zé)criticize批評(píng)appreciation[?,pri:?i:'e???n]

n.[U]

欣賞，感謝eg.Ishownoappreciationofjazz.我對(duì)爵士樂(lè)沒(méi)有欣賞能力。eg.Pleaseacceptthisgiftinappreciationofallyouhavedoneforus.

多蒙鼎力相助，不勝感激，謹(jǐn)備薄禮，敬請(qǐng)笑納。notice1)n.布告，通知，啟事putupanotice張貼布告putanobituary[??'b?t?u:,eri:]noticeinthepaper在報(bào)紙上登了一則訃告eg.Hegavehissecretaryamonth’snotice.他提前一個(gè)月通知他的秘書。takenoticeof…注意到，留心到（通常用于否定句）eg.Takenonoticeofwhatotherssayaboutyourwayoflife.別理會(huì)別人對(duì)你生活方式的評(píng)論。withoutnotice沒(méi)事先通知，擅自beneathaperson’snotice不值一顧2)v.注意到，看到noticesbdosth注意到某人做某事eg.Haveyounoticedhercry?你注意到她哭了嗎？noticesbdoingsth注意某人正在做某事eg.Hewasnoticedbreakingintothedoor.有人注意到他正破門而入。eg.Didn’tyounotice?Hehasdyedhishairred.難道你沒(méi)注意到他把頭發(fā)染紅了？eg.Sorry,Ididn’tnoticeyou.抱歉，我沒(méi)注意到你。eg.Shejustwantstobenoticedthat’swhyshedressessostrangely.她就是想引起注意，所以她穿得很奇怪。whether

conj.是否weather

n.天氣whether（廣）/ifeg.Whethertheweatherischillyorwhethertheweatherishot,we’llweathertheweatherwhatevertheweatheris.We’llgotherebelieveitornot.undertheweather心情不佳的，身體不適的inallweathers不論晴雨，不論幸與不幸makeheavyweatherofsth大驚小怪，小題大做weather-beaten飽經(jīng)風(fēng)霜hanghang---hung---hung

v.懸掛，吊hang---hanged---hanged

v.絞死，吊死1)v.懸掛，吊eg.Iamhangingmypictureonthewall./Mypictureisbeinghungonthewall.eg.Hehungamapoftheworldonthewall.eg.Hangyourcoatonthehook!2)v.絞死，吊死eg.Hewashangedformurder.他因謀殺被絞死。eg.Shehangedherself.她上吊自盡了。

Shekilledherself.她自殺了。

Shecommittedsuicide.她自殺了。commit[k?'mit]vt.自殺

suicide['sjuisaid]n.自殺；自取滅亡eg.Hangit!見(jiàn)鬼，豈有此理！hangbyathread/hangbyahair千鈞一發(fā)，危在旦夕hanground徘徊，閑蕩critically

adv.批評(píng)地upsidedown1)adv.上下顛倒地eg.It’supsidedown.顛倒了。

/Itisn’ttherightwayup.eg.Thatpictureisupsidedown.那幅畫掛倒了。eg.Theboypretendedtobereading.Butheheldthebookupsidedown(thewrongwayup).

那個(gè)男孩假裝在看書，但他把書拿倒了。turnturtle['t?:tl]（船/車）翻覆2)adv.雜亂地，亂七八糟地turnaroomupsidedown

把房間弄得亂七八糟。二、關(guān)鍵句型KeyStructures一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)與現(xiàn)代進(jìn)行時(shí)1.表客觀事實(shí)，普遍真理，用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。例：Lighttravelsfasterthansound.光聲音傳播得快。Twoandfourmakessix.二加四等于六。Waterboilsat100℃.水在一百度沸騰Theroommovesroundtheearth.月亮繞著地球轉(zhuǎn)2.表現(xiàn)在的特征或狀態(tài)，用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。例：Sheisalwaysreadytohelpothers.她總是樂(lè)于助人。Italldepends.視情況而定。Helovessports.他喜歡運(yùn)動(dòng)。3.經(jīng)常性或習(xí)慣性的動(dòng)作，用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。(often，always)例:Wealwayscareforeachotherandhelpeachother.我們總是互相關(guān)心互相幫助。Theycycletoworkeveryday.他們每天騎車去上班。Theyoftengetupat7o’clock.他們經(jīng)常7點(diǎn)起床。4.表示狀態(tài)和感覺(jué)的動(dòng)詞：通常使用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，很少用于進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)。belovelikehatewanthopeneedpreferwishknowunderstandrememberbelieverecognizeappearappreciatefeelforgethearlooklikenoticeresembleseethink例：Ihearthatyoulikeclassicalmusic.我聽(tīng)說(shuō)你喜歡古典音樂(lè)。IrememberTomverywell.Doyouknowhim?我清楚地記得Tom，你認(rèn)識(shí)他嗎？Ifeelsharppaininmychest.我的胸口疼得厲害。Youseewhat工mean?你明白我的意思嗎？5.現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)表示正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作。表示狀態(tài)和感覺(jué)的動(dòng)詞，—般不用進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)，因?yàn)樗鼈儾荒鼙硎菊谶M(jìn)行的動(dòng)作，但是如果詞義轉(zhuǎn)變，能表示一個(gè)正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作，可用于進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)。例:Doyouseeanyoneoverthere?你看到那有人了嗎？Areyouseeingsomeoneoff?你在送人走嗎？Ihearsomeonesinging.我聽(tīng)到有人正在唱歌。They'rehearinganEnglishtalk.他們?cè)诼?tīng)英語(yǔ)講座。Whatdoyouthinkofit?你認(rèn)為這個(gè)東西怎么樣？Whatareyouthinkingabout?你在想什么？Helookswelltoday.他今天看起來(lái)不錯(cuò)。Heislookingafterhislittlesister.他正在照顧他的小妹妹。三、課文講解TextAmanartstudentandIpaintalotofpictures.and并列連詞Manypeoplepretendthattheyunderstandmodernart.pretend，understand用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)manypeoplepretendthat…賓語(yǔ)從句(modern['m?d?n]現(xiàn)代的，時(shí)髦的model['m?d?l]模型，模特medal['med?l]獎(jiǎng)?wù)?，?jiǎng)牌metal['metl]金屬Theyalwaystellyouwhatapictureis‘a(chǎn)bout’.（作者認(rèn)為一些懂得藝術(shù)的人的評(píng)論根本不著邊際，這里用about‘有諷刺意味）Ofcourse,manypicturesarenot‘a(chǎn)bout’anything.Theyarejustprettypatterns.ofcourse:infactabout用引號(hào)表反語(yǔ)，諷刺的口吻。“just”meansonly僅僅是Weliketheminthesamewaythatwelikeprettycurtainmaterial.pretty指人時(shí)用于婦女兒童，也可指嬌媚溫柔的容貌beautiful指人時(shí)用于婦女兒童是一個(gè)有分量的詞，含有高雅的，完美的，可修飾任何事物abeautifulday天氣不錯(cuò)eg.Youdidabeautifuljob.你干得不錯(cuò)。abeautifultree

長(zhǎng)得好看的樹handsome指人時(shí)，指男子：英俊，瀟灑good-looking好看的（指任何人或物）ugly難看的pretty漂亮的prettyugly相當(dāng)?shù)仉y看thesamethat指同一件事物thesameas指同種類的事物eg.Thisisthesamewallet(that)Ilostaweekago.這是我上周前丟的錢包。eg.Putthebookbackinthesameplacewhereitwas.

把書放回原來(lái)的地方。eg.Mybagisthesameasyours.我的書包和你的書包是一樣的。eg.Shegoestothesameuniversityasherfatherdid.她和父親上的是同一類型的大學(xué)。Ithinkthatyoungchildrenoftenappreciatemodernpicturesbetterthananyoneelse.Theynoticemore.Ithinkthat…賓語(yǔ)從句anyelse任何別的人比較時(shí)，排除自身去比較…,theynoticemore.是對(duì)前一句的補(bǔ)充。長(zhǎng)短句兼用，使文章不顯得死板，富于變化。Mysisterisonlyseven.,butshealwaystellsmewhethermypicturesaregoodornot.Sheisonlysevenyearsold.Sheisaseven-year-oldgirl.復(fù)合形容詞：1）只能放在名詞之前，做前置定語(yǔ)；2）各詞之間用短橫線連接；3）當(dāng)中間出現(xiàn)名詞時(shí)，要以單數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)。30-metre-tall2-foot-tall…tellsmewhethermypicturesaregoodornot.whether引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句whether和if表“是否”，可引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句，但是，當(dāng)句尾有ornot,只能用whether。文章到這為止，分開(kāi)為兩段。第一段描述一般情況，采用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。下面講述昨天發(fā)生的故事，采用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。Shecameintomyroomyesterday.‘Whatareyoudoing?’sheasked.’I’mhangingthispictureonthewall,’Ianswered.’It’sanewone.Doyoulikeit?’“one”代替“picture”避免重復(fù)。Shelookedatitcriticallyforamoment.'It'sallright,'shesaid,'butisn'titupsidedown?'Ilookedatitagain.Shewasright!Itwas!Isn’titupsidedown?反問(wèn)句Itwas!省略句避免重復(fù)、羅嗦（在不引起歧義的情況下），補(bǔ)全為：Itwasupsidedown!四、練習(xí)Exercises1.Whatisitabout?Tellme____.A.whatisitaboutB.whatitisaboutC.whataboutitisD.whata