(共14张PPT)
Unit 3
The art of painting
As a huge art fan, I knew exactly what I was looking forward to most about my trip to Paris:visiting the Musee d’Orsay. Housed in an old railway building, this world-famous art museum features some of the best-known paintings from the Impressionist movement of the 19th century.
作为一个狂热的艺术迷,我非常清楚自己此次巴黎之旅最期待的是什么——参观奥赛博物馆。这家世界闻名的艺术博物馆设在一座古老的铁路建筑里,以19世纪印象派运动时期一些最著名的画作为特色。
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安置于,设于...
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As I wandered through the impressionist gallery, I appreciated masterpieces like The Ballet Class and The Card Players. Even though I had admired them hundreds of times on my computer screen, nothing could have prepared me for the wonder I felt when I finally laid eyes on the real thing.
漫步于印象派展馆,我欣赏着像《舞蹈课》和《玩纸牌者》这样的杰作。尽管我在电脑屏幕上已经欣赏过数百次,但当我终于亲眼见到实物时,还是觉得猝不及防,惊叹不已。
看见,目睹
在...中漫步
使某人为某事做好准备
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While it was hard to pick a favourite painting out of so many amazing works, the artists who made the deepest impression on me were two of the greatest impressionist painters, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
虽然从这么多令人称奇的作品中很难选出一幅最喜欢的,但两位伟大的印象派画家给我留下了最深的印象一克劳德 .莫奈和皮埃尔奥古斯特.雷诺阿。
给某人留下最深刻的印象
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I could see from Monet's works that he was greatly inspired by nature. In the last three decades of his life he painted mostly scenes from his garden. One of these sences is shown in the famous piece BlueWater Lilis, which I studied for quite a while in the gallery.
从莫奈的作品中,我可以看出他深受大自然的启发。在他生命的最后三十年里,他画的大多是自家花园里的风景。其中一处风景就展现在他著名的《蓝睡莲》里,我在展馆里端详了好一阵子。
受到...巨大的启发/鼓舞
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I couldn't believe it when I heard he did around 250 paintings of the same water lily pond, all in different colours and styles. It is amazing that every time Monet studied this simple scene, he brought the pond's beauty to the canvas in a unique way.
当听说同一个睡莲池他画了大约250幅画,每一幅颜色和风格都各异时,我简直难以置信。令人赞叹的是,莫奈每次端详睡莲池这处简单的风景,都以独特的方式让它的美跃然于画布之上。
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Renoir, 1 noticed, preferred to paint scenes of ereryday life. For me, the most interesting of his paintings is his 1876 masterpiece Dance at Le Moulin de la Galetee, which shows life in a busy neighbourhood of Paris on a Sundy afternoon.
我注意到,雷诺阿更喜欢描绘日常生活场景。在我看来,他最有趣的画作是他1876年的杰作《煎饼磨坊的舞会》,这幅画展现了某个周日下午巴黎一处热闹街区的生活。
更喜欢做...
宁愿做...而不愿意做...
prefer to do...rather than do...
prefer doing...to doing...
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When I saw it up close, I was struck by the small areas of light across the painting, and the way the soft edges of the figures seemed to mix together. There' s so much going on, but so little clear detail. This effect makes the lively movement of the dance almost jump out at the viewer.
近距离观赏,画面上遍布着小面积的光斑,人物柔和的轮廓似乎融为一体,令我大为震撼。画上呈现的内容如此丰富,但清晰的细节又如此之少。这种效果使得舞蹈动作活灵活现,引人注目。
被...打动
靠近,近距离
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Although the paintings had very different settings, it was their similarities that stayed with me long after I left the Musée d'Orsay ---- similarities which can be seen throughout the Impressionists' paintings. Monet and Renoir, along with other like-minded artists, sought liberation from the rules of the old style. Everyday subject matter was the main focus of their works, as opposed to the history paintings that had traditionally dominated European art.
尽管这两幅画的背景截然不同,但在我离开奥赛博物馆后很长一段时间里,一直萦绕着我的却是它们的相似之处一这种相似之处在印象派的画作中随处可见。莫奈和雷诺阿,以及其他志趣相投的艺术家,都力求从之前风格的束缚中挣脱出来。印象派的作品主要关注日常主题,这与传统上欧洲艺术界占主流的历史题材画作大相径庭。
力求从...中解放出来
相对于,而
强调句型的基本结构为:It is /was+ 被强调的部分+that /who+ 句子其他部分。
强调主语时,要注意主语和谓语的一致性。
判断强调句可采用“还原法”:去掉it is /was 和that/who后能还原为一般句子,且句子成分完整。
...it was their similarities that stayed with me long after I left the Musée d'Orsay...
①强调句型的一般疑问句结构:Is/ Was+it+被强调的部分+that/who+句子其他部分?
②强调句型的特殊疑问句结构:特殊疑问词+is/was+it+that+句子其他部分?
③“not...until...”句型的强调结构:It is /was+ not until...+that + 句子其他部分 ,且that 从句 的谓语动词用肯定式。
Practice
e.g. I met Zhangjie at the airport yesterday.
强调主语:
强调宾语:
强调时间状语:
强调地点状语:
It was I that/who met Zhangjie at the airport yesterday.
It was Zhangjie that/who I met at the airport yesterday.
It was yesterday that I met Zhangjie at the airport.
It was at the airport that I met v yesterday.
_____________________ that he met our new teacher
他是在公园里遇见我们的新老师的吗?
_____________________ he made up his mind to take this course
他是什么时候决定修这门课的?
__________________________________ I realized knowledge is valuable.
正是当我再次求职失败时,我意识到知识是有价值的。
Was it in the park
When was it that
It was when I failed to seek a job that
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They employed free brushwork and used colours to show the effect of light on things, creating paintings that were far less realistic than the works that came before. To me, these techniques are the essence of the Impressionist view of art. Impressionist artists did not try to paint every detail in a scene---just a brief "impression" they had at that moment, burning with vivid colours and light, before it disappeared.
他们运用自由的笔法,使用色彩来表现光线投射在物体上的效果,创作的画远不如前人之作那么写实。在我看来,这些技巧是印象派艺术观的精髓。印象派画家试图描绘的并非某个场景的所有细节一而 是他们当时产生的瞬间“印象”,在它消失之前,进发着鲜明的光彩。
...的本质
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The Impressionists' vision inspired a whole new generation of Post-Impessionist painters such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, whose works are also displayed at the Musee d’Orsay. It is also worthy of note that Post-Impressionist painters were not the only ones to be influenced by Impressionism---the movement has had a lasting influence on modern art, encouraging artists to look at the world from an entirely new point of view. It certainly left a lasting impression on me too!
印象派的远见卓识启发了新一代的后印象派画家,如文森特.凡.高和保罗.高更,奥赛博物馆有展出他们的作品。值得注意的是,后印象派画家并不是唯一受印象派影响的群体一这场运 动还对现代艺术产生了持久的影响,鼓励着艺术家们从一个全新的视角去看待世界。当然,这也给我留下了难忘的印象!
被...影响
值得一提的是...
对...有深远的影响
从一个全新的角度看待世界