The Frick Collection
弗里克收藏馆
Home of Frick
煤矿大亨亨利弗里克的宅邸
Henry Clay Frick
5th Avenues and E.70th Street
Many art lovers would rather visit this small art gallery than any other in New York. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919, leaving his house, furniture, and art collection to the
The Frick Collection
Avenue n. 大街: a hotel on Fifth Avenue
第五大街上的旅馆
American people. Frick had a preference for pre-twentieth century Western paintings, and these are well-represented in this excellent collection. You can also explore Frick’s beautiful home and garden which are well worth a visit.
Guggenheim Museum
古根海姆博物馆
5th Avenue and 88th Street
This museum owns 5,000 superb modern paintings, sculptures and drawings. These art works are not all displayed at the same time. The exhibition is always changing.
Guggenheim Museum
exhibition n. 展览, 展出; 展览品
It will appeal to those who love Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. The Guggenheim Museum building is also world-famous. When you walk into the gallery, you feel as if you were inside a fragile, white seashell. The best way to see the paintings is to start from the top floor and walk down to the bottom. There are no stairs, just a circular path. The museum also has an excellent restaurant.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
大都会博物馆
Metropolitan Museum of Art
(5th Avenue and 82nd Street)
The reputation of this museum lies in the variety of its art collection.
This covers more than 5,000 years of civilization from many parts of the world, including America, Europe, China, Egypt, other African countries and South America. The museum displays more than just visual delights of art.
civilization n. 文明
It introduces you to ancient ways of living. You can visit an Egyptian temple, a fragrant Ming garden, a typical room in an 18th century French house and many other special exhibitions.
Museum of Modern Art
现代艺术博物馆
Museum of Modern Art
(53rd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues)
It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st century are housed in the same museum.
The collection of Western art includes paintings by such famous artists as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse. A few words of warning: the admission price is not cheap and the museum is often very crowded.
Monet
Matisse
French painter
Whitney Museum of American Art
惠特尼美国艺术博物馆
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Whitney Museum of American Art
(945 Madison Avenue, near 75th St.)
The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American painting and sculpture. There are no permanent displays in this museum and exhibitions change all the time.
contemporary adj. 当时的, 同时代的
permanent adj. 永久的, 持久的
Every two years, the Whitney holds a special exhibition of new art by living artists. The museum also shows videos and films by contemporary video artists.
Number on map
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Frick Collection
Museum of Modern Art
Guggenheim Museum
4
5
Match the numbers on the map with the names of the museums.
1
2
3
Name
Address
Which centuries?
What countries?
America
20th-21st centuries
Complete the chart with the information from the reading passage.
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.)
Name
Address
Which centuries?
What countries?
Museum
of
Modern
Art
19th -21st centuries
Western art
53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Name
Address
Which centuries?
What countries?
From
ancient
to modern
times
All over the world
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Avenue and 82nd Street
Name
Address
Which centuries?
What countries?
Guggenheim
Museum
Western countries
20th-21st centuries
5th Avenue and 88th Street
Name
Address
Which centuries?
What countries?
The Frick
Collection
Western countries
Pre-20th century
5th Avenue
And E.70th Street
I
1. Museum of Modern Art
2. The Frick Collection
3. Whitney Museum of American Art
4. Metropolitan Museum of Art
5. Guggenheim Museum
Match the names in column I with the collections in column II.
II
a. Pre-twentieth century Western paintings
b. Art collection covering more than 5, 000
years of civilization from many parts of the
world
c. Great works of art from the late 19th
century to the 21st century
d. 5, 000 modern paintings, sculptures
and drawings
e. Contemporary American painting
and sculpture
1 c 2 a 3 e 4 b 5 d
课文短文改错。
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is famous
as the variety of its art collection. This covers
more than 5,000 years of civilization from
many parts of the world, included America,
Europe, China, Egypt, other African
countries and South America.
including
for
It introduces you ancient ways of living. You
can visit an Egyptian temple, a fragrant
Ming garden, a typical room in an 18th
century France house and many other
special exhibitions.
to
︿
French
It is amazed that so many great
work of art from the late 19th century to the
21st century are housed in the Museum of
Modern Art. The collection includes paintings
by so famous artists as Monet, Van Gogh,
Picasso and Matisse.
amazing
works
such
There are no permanent displays in the
Whitney so exhibitions change all the time.
Every two year, the Whitney holds a special
exhibition of new art by living artists.
and
years
1. It will appeal to those who love
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.
展览将吸引印象派和后印象派作品的爱好者。
appeal vi. 有感染力;呼吁;求助
vt. 将……上诉
n. 呼吁;恳求
【归纳】
appeal to sb. 对某人有吸引力
appeal for sth. 呼吁某事; 请求给予
appeal to sb. for sth.
请求某人某事/为某事向某人提出呼吁
appeal to sb. to do sth.
呼吁/恳求某人做某事
make an appeal to sb. 向某人提出呼吁
e.g. Farmers have appealed to the government for help.
The police have appealed to anyone with information to come forward and talk to them.
The idea of working abroad really appeals to me.
She appealed to the high court against her sentence.
单句语法填空。
1) The government appealed to the
International Red Cross ________ (help)
the people suffering from the floods.
2) What’s more,it is another effective way
to appeal _____ the news media.
to help
to
一句多译。
作者向我们呼吁要对动物更加友好。
① The author _________________________
be more kind to animals. (appeal v.)
② The author _________________________
be more kind to animals. (appeal n. )
appeals to us to
makes an appeal to us to
2. This covers more than 5000 years of
civilization from many parts of the world,
including America, Europe, China, Egypt,
other African countries and South
America.
它的艺术收藏品涵盖了5000多年来世界
上众多国家的文明史,其中包括美洲、
欧洲、中国、埃及、非洲其他国家和南
美洲。
civilization n. 文明
指人类改造世界的物质和精神成果的总和,社会进步和人类开化状态的标志。“文明”一词来源于拉丁文“civitas”, 意思是“公民的,国家的,社会的”,用以表示国家,社会的进步状态。
I.?根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词,写出该单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
1. Be careful not to drop it; it’s very f________.
2. Are you looking for a temporary or a p_________ job?
3. He did not have a good ___________ (名声) in his home town.
fragile
permanent
reputation?
4. Art and music are among the great products of human ______________ (文明).
5. Television news brings us ________ (视觉的) images from around the world.
6. Fire crews from all the surrounding d________ helped to fight the fires in the city.
civilisation?
visual
districts
II.?根据括号内的提示翻译下面句子。
1.?你对这些画感兴趣吗????? (appeal to)
2.?她特别喜欢蓝色。???? (preference)
3.?我宁愿走路也不愿意坐公共汽车。?(would rather ... than ...)
Do these paintings appeal to you?
She has a preference for blue.
I’d rather walk than take a bus.
4.?这个计划值得一试。?? (be worth + n.)
5.?他的举动好像发了疯似的。?????(as if)
The plan is worth a try.
He behaves as if he were mad.
Complete the READING TASK on page 45.