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Unit 4
Meeting the muse
外研版高中英语选择性必修一
Learn to know different styles of artworks in the world and accept their diversity;
Learn to analyze an event in different ways and find out the positive and negative effects of it;
Learn to find what an invitation includes and the useful expressions used to give an invitation;
Design and write an invitation to an art festival;
Learn to use the words’ and expressions’ to help you show your opinions.
Learning objectives
Watch the video and learn how the artworks are made;
Express your idea of different art forms.
Art & Technology
Artworks with technology
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. How many artworks did you see
2. What methods did they use to create the artworks
3. Do you think technology can be considered a form of art
Open.
People create paintings with pencils, paper and paint, and create photographic artworks with cameras.
Open.
The structure of this passage
Paragraph 1 – Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4 – Paragraph 5
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 6 – Paragraph 7
Art and technology have been seen as two separate things .
The combination of art and technology has some positive effects on us.
The author wants us to think about what the “real” art is.
The art-tech combination may contribute to some possible problems to us.
The author states his/her optimistic attitude to the art in the future.
Read the passage and compare your ideas with those of the author.
tips
your understanding of the different kinds of
artworks in the passage;
underline the author’s views about the
artworks.
This sentence means that art and technology have always been seen as two very separate things.
1. What does the sentence “Yet Michelangelo and others
have been labelled as ‘artists’ rather than ‘technicians’.”
in Paragraph 3 mean
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2. Why does the author say “the art world is changing greatly”
in Paragraph 4
Because technological advances have led to a combination of art and technology.
Argument 1: Art is more accessible to us than ever before.
example(s): ___________________________________
Argument 2: We can take part in ___________________.
example(s): ___________________________________
Positive effects
Today, technological advances
_______________________.
We don't know____________,
but we can _______________.
Argument 3: It has raised questions over _____________.
example(s): ___________________________________
Argument 4: Such developments are ________________.
example(s): ___________________________________
Possible problems
have led to a combination of art and technology
Millions more people have been able to experience a digital version of Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
its creation
Digital paintings and videos
its overall quality
A video of someone slicing a tomato played in slow motion
making the line between art and technology less distinct
A new “Rembrandt painting” printed in 3D.
where technology will take art next
definitely expect the unexpected
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
When we talk about an event, we usually should read as many angles of it as possible. Different people may have different ideas for the same things. To understand it fairly, we should analyze both its positive effects and its negative effects. We can have our choice from the object statement.
1. What effect do you think technology will have on art in the
future
2. Do you know of any artworks created mainly by technology
Share an example with the class.
3. What work of art can you create with the help of technology
4. Which of the two reading passages in this unit, both about
the artists’ inspiration, do you prefer Why
Think and Share
Work in groups. Hold a debate on whether technology has had a positive effect on art.
1. Divide each group in half. Each half takes a side in the
debate.
2. Do further research to find more arguments and
supporting examples besides those in the passage.
3. Organise your ideas from the most important to the
least important.
Now think about your performance in the debate. Vote for a group member who performs the best. Ask them to share their experience.
4. Hold the debate.
1. What comes to your mind
你想到什么了?
come to (one’s) mind (某人)想到……;突然想起
e.g. A thousand confused thoughts come to mind.
与mind相关的短语
have… in one’s mind考虑到;打算
(be) on one’s mind 挂在心上;惦念
change one’s mind 改变主意
make up one’s mind 下决心
absence of mind 心不在焉
keep/ bear … in mind 记起…
be in two minds about (sth/ about doing) sth 对(做)某事物拿不定主意或犹豫不决
【归纳】
2. To do this, they have used a variety of tools and
technologies.
为此,他们使用了各种各样的工具和技术。
a variety of 各种各样的
e.g. All of them arrived late for a variety of reasons.= All of
them arrived late for various reasons.
vary v. 变化,不同
vary from … to… 在……到……之间变化;从……到……不等
vary with 随……而变化
vary in 在某方面不同
vary according to 根据……而有所不同
vary between 在……之间变动
various adj. 不同的;各种各样的
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) A ___________ (vary) of investments can lower your risks
so there is no need to put all your eggs into one basket.
2) _________ (variety) of toys are on sale in shops.
3) We have __________ (variety) of toys are on sale in shops.
4) The prices of fruits and vegetables vary ______ the season.
variety
Varieties
various
with
3. Yet Michelangelo and others have been labelled as “artists”
rather than “technicians”. This means that art and
technology have always been seen as two very separate
things.
然而,米开朗基罗等人一直被称为“艺术家”而非“能
工巧匠”。这就意味着艺术和科技一直被看作两个截然
不同的领域。
label… as: assign to a category, especially inaccurately or restrictively (不公平地)把…称为,把…列为
e.g. The newspapers had unjustly labelled
him as a troublemaker.
4. Can someone unfamiliar with traditional artists’ tools
really call themselves an “artist”
那些并不熟悉传统艺术工具的人真的可以自诩为“艺术家”
吗?
unfamiliar adj. not known to you不熟悉的;陌生的,可作
表语或定语。
e.g. This is Mona’s first time to come to China. Everything
is unfamiliar.
She feels nervous in an unfamiliar place.
be unfamiliar to sb. 为某人所不熟悉,主语通常为物。
e.g. That face is unfamiliar to me.
be unfamiliar with sth. 对……不熟悉,主语通常为人。
e.g. These students are unfamiliar with computers.
【语境应用】根据句意,用恰当的介词填空。
1) He was unfamiliar ________ the Chinese way
of life.
2) The new work is unfamiliar ________ me. I
don’t know what to do.
with
to
5. These advances are perhaps bringing us closer to a
time when computers rather than humans create art.
这些先进的技术正带领我们走进一个由电脑而非人类
创造艺术的时代。
rather than: and not 而不是
e.g. I think I’ll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
We want the matter settled sooner rather than later.
rather than: more willingly…than;instead of 与其,不愿,常用于prefer to do ... rather than do ... 结构,宁愿做……而不愿做……。
e.g. The man prefers to stay in prison rather
than be released and forced to leave the country.
【归纳】
1) do A rather than do B
= rather than do B, sb. does 某人不做B却做A
2) A rather than B 是A而不是B
3) would rather do A than do B
= would do A rather than do B 宁可做A而不做B
4) prefer to do A rather than do B 更喜欢做A而不做B
5) would rather sb. did/had done sth.宁愿某人做某事
【点拨】
rather than表示客观事实, 它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动词ing形式、分词、不定式、动词等。
后接不定式时, 不定式可以带to, 也可以不带to。但rather than位于句首时, 则只能接不带to的不定式。
【语境应用】英汉互译。
1) 我想我要喝冷饮而不是咖啡。
I think I’ll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
2) Jack选择了离开而不是制造麻烦。
Jack chose to leave rather than (to) cause trouble.
3) I prefer to wait rather than go at once.
我宁愿等待而不愿立刻就去。
Complete the debate —whether technology has had a positive effect on art.
Thank you