to-infinitive, -ing and -ed as predicative
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
1 Apart from nouns and adjectives, what other word forms can serve as predicative?
2 Can “interested” in sentence (b) be replaced by “interesting”? Why or why not?
Answer the questions.
1 Apart from nouns and adjectives, what other word forms can serve as predicative?
Apart from nouns and adjectives, to-infinitive, -ing and -ed can serve as predicative
2 Can “interested” in sentence (b) be replaced by “interesting”? Why or why not?
No, it can’t. Because “interested” usually indicates a person’s interest in something while “interesting” usually indicates something making a person interested. In sentence (b), the subject is “he”, which refers to a person.
Look for more sentences with these structures in the reading passage, and summarise their uses in your own words.
1 One way for him to find inspiration is turning to his children’s toys.
2 He is most widely known for composing music for the film...
3 To listen to Tan’s music is to experience a mix of Chinese musical traditions and Western influences.
观察下列句子,体会to do 作表语和---ing 作表语的区别。
My favorite sport is playing table tennis.
My task today is to teach children to play table tennis.
My dream is to be admitted into a key university.
What I hate most is being laughed at in public.
归纳 :
to do 作表语表示按计划和安排要发生的事情,
表示“要做的事”或某次具体的动作;---ing作表语表示比较抽象的一般的行为,说明主语的内容。
观察下列句子,体会---ing 作表语和—to do作表语的区别。
It is really inspiring to hear that the Chinese Women`s Volleyball Team has got a honor of five consecutive championships.
We are deeply inspired by the news that the Chinese Women`s Volleyball team has got honor of five consecutive championships.
We are amazed to find that it was a disabled man who made this great scientific discovery.
It was amazing that a disabled man had made this great scientific discovery.
归纳:
---ing 作表语表示主语的性质和特征, 意为令人感到…的. ---ed 作表语表示人的某种感觉体会,意为感到…的。
Read the passage and underline the predicatives.
to see;
tired;
determined;
called;
One of my biggest dreams had always been to see the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring, by the Dutch artist, Vermeer. It wasn`t until we went on a trip to the Hague last year that this dream came true! There were lots of people waiting to enter the Mauritshuis. Although my legs were tired from walking around the city, I was determined to see the painting, which is often called the “Mona Lisa of the North “.
Nobody is sure of the identity of the girl in it . And there she was . It was amazing to be standing in front of her at last! The girl is looking over her shoulder. Her eyes are wide and her mouth is parted, just as if she were about to speak. I would love to know what she was going to say!
sure;
there;
amazing;
wide;
parted
荷兰博物馆之旅海牙皇家莫里茨美术馆-Mauritshuis
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生于荷兰德尔夫特市的约翰内斯?维米尔,是著名的荷兰风俗画家,同哈尔斯和伦勃朗并列为荷兰三大绘画大师。这位在荷兰商业繁盛时期不被看好的画家,一生潦倒,身后却受到无限追捧。他驾驭光线的手法,以及构图和造型的精细程度,都让他成为当之无愧的“光影大师”。
Johannes Vermeer
Self Portrait
Johannes Vermeer`s works
Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Chinese artist Wu Guangzhong is 1_________(know)
for his paintings using oils and also for those using the more
traditional Chinese method of ink. According to Wu Guanzhong, his goal as an artist was 2____________(combine) Western principles of art with Chinese spirit, and his passion is 3_________(seek) a point at which the two could meet. To him, the important value of an artwork was 4____________(reflect) the art within the life of Chinese people, and 5__________(express) love of and responsibility to his motherland. Wu Guanzhong remained 6____________(interest) in exploring ways of expression, with his style changing and developing throughout his career. His life`s work is now 7______________(inspire) artists not only in China but across the world.
known
to combine
to seek
to reflect
to express
interested
inspiring
Art exhibitions
Read the comments and answer the questions.
1 What is the exhibition about? What artworks might you see in it?
The exhibition is about abstract art. We can see Storm and Superhighway in it.
2 Which comment makes the greatest impression on you? Give your reasons.
3 Do you want to go to this exhibition after reading the comments? Why or why not?
Match the compound adjectives to their meanings.
1 _______________: extremely impressive so as to take one’s breath away
2 ______________: known by a lot of people
3 _______________: making you feel great respect and admiration, and sometimes fear
4 _______________: very good at doing something
5 _______________: innovative, using new methods or achieving new results
6 ___________: very expensive
breathtaking
well-known
awe-inspiring
highly-skilled
ground-breaking
over-priced
Think of more compound adjectives to describe an art exhibition or an artwork.
1 What else do you know about Pablo Picasso and Feng Zikai?
2 What other artists are famous for representing war and peace? What are their best-known artworks?
Answer the questions.
毕加索( 1881年10月25日——1973年4月8日),西班牙画家、雕塑家。是现代艺术的创始人,西方现代派绘画的主要代表。毕加索出生在西班牙马拉加(Malaga),长期在法国进行艺术创造活动。是当代西方最有创造性和影响最深远的艺术家之一,立体画派创始人,他和他的画在世界艺术史上占据了不朽的地位。毕加索是位多产画家。据统计,他的作品总计近 37000 件,包括:油画1885 幅,素描7089 幅,版画20000 幅,平版画6121幅。他对二十世纪的艺术史有着浓墨重彩的一笔,人们称他为“人类艺术史上罕见的天才”。在西班牙内战和纳粹占领法国期间,毕加索坚定地站在民主和进步势力一边,积极参与反法西斯斗争。
Listen to the audio guide and find out the main message of each artwork.
Guernica
Painted after the attack on the town of Guernica.
Size : 3.5 metres in height and almost 8 metres in width.
Images : a bull , a horse, a light bulb and a(n) dead or wounded man lying on the ground.
Using only three colours for a more powerful effect.
by Pablo Picasso
The battlefield in spring, by Feng Zikai
Painted in protest of Japanese aggression against China.
Images: sandbags, an army cap, a wire fence and some grass leaves.
Contrast achieved with the lifeless objects and the grass leaves.
Showing Feng Zikai`s encouragement to the Chinese people as well as his hope for peace.
The Battlefield in Spring
丰子恺(1898年11月9日-1975年9月15日),散文家、画家、文学家、美术与音乐教育家,主要作品有《缘缘堂随笔》、画集《子恺漫画》等。师从弘一法师(李叔同),以中西融合画法创作漫画以及散文而著名。
丰子恺最经典的33句话:
1. 不乱于心,不困于情。不畏将来,不念过往。如此,安好。
2. 深谋若谷,深交若水.深明大义,深悉小节.已然,静舒!
3. 善宽以怀,善感以恩.善博以浪,善精以业.这般,最佳!
4. 勿感于时,勿伤于怀.勿耽美色,勿沉虚妄.从今,进取!
5. 无愧于天,无愧于地.无怍于人,无惧于鬼.这样,人生!
6. 你若爱,生活哪里都可爱。你若恨,生活哪里都可恨。你若感恩,处处可感恩。你若成长,事事可成长。
7. 不是世界选择了你,是你选择了这个世界。既然无处可躲,不如傻乐。既然无处可逃,不如喜悦。既然没有净土,不如静心。既然没有如愿,不如释然。
8. 心小了,所有的小事就大了;心大了,所有的大事都小了;看淡世事沧桑,内心安然无恙.
9. 可怜一片无暇玉,误落风尘花草中。羡他村落无盐女,不宠无惊过一生。
10. 你住几层楼?--“人生有三层楼:第一层是物质生活,第二层是精神生活,第三层是灵魂生活。”
11. 藏书如山积,读书如水流。 山形有限度,水流无时休。
12. 有些动物主要是皮值钱,譬如狐狸;有些动物主要是肉值钱,譬如牛;有些动物主要是骨头值钱,譬如人。
13. 哭的时候用全力去哭,笑的时候用全力去笑,一切游戏都甩全力去干。
14. 一粒沙里看出世界, 一朵野花里见天国, 在你掌中盛住无限, 一时间里便是永结。
15. 或者有人笑我故意向未练的孩子们的空想界中找求荒唐的乌托邦,以为逃避现实之所,但我也可笑他们的屈服于现实,忘却人类的本性。
16. 我的生活全部沉浸在“时间”的急流中,跟了它流下去,没有抬起头来望望这急流的前后的光景的能力。
17. 在我们以前,“人生”已被反复了数千万遍,都像昙花泡影地倏现倏灭。大家一面明明知道自己也是如此,一面却又置若不知,毫不怀疑地热心做人。
18. 世事之乐不在于实行而在于希望,犹似风景之美不在其中而在其外。
19. 全为实利打算,换言之,就是只要全家。充其极端,做人全无感情,全无义气,全无趣味,而人就变成枯燥、死板、冷酷、无情的一种动物。这就不是“生活”,而仅是一种“生存”了。
20. 山水间的生活,因为需要不便而菜根更香,豆腐更肥。因为寂寥而邻人更亲。
21. 人生随处皆不满,欲图解脱,唯于艺术中求之。
22. 夜本来是一日的最深沉的,最幽邃的一部分,就是一日的神秘的时间,又可说是人的退省时间。
23. 他们已不复是“快活的劳动者”,正在为分数而劳动,为名誉而劳动,为知识而劳动,为生活而劳动了。
24. 这便是为了人生的饱暖的愉快,恋爱的甘美,结婚的幸福,爵禄富厚的荣耀,把我们骗住,致使我们无暇回想,流连忘返,得过且过,提不起穷究人生的根本的勇气,糊涂到死。
25. 无常就是常。无常容易画,常不容易画。
26. 人生二十而知有生的利益,二十五而知有明之处必有暗,至于三十的今日,更知明多之处暗亦多,欢浓之时愁亦重。
27. 人生如一次长长的旅行,旅行中有坦途也有弯路,你得以平静的心态面对每一天,挑战自我,执着向前,一如既往地朝着目的地走下去。
28. 数千万光年中的七尺之躯,与无穷的浩劫中的数十年,叫作“人生”。
29. 要在自然中看出生命,要在一草一木中发见自己,故必推广其同情心,普及于一切自然,有情化一切自然。
30. 世间的人,本来都有像你那样的天真明净的生命,一入人世,便如入了乱梦,得了狂疾,颠倒迷离,直到困顿疲毙,始仓皇地逃回生命的故乡。
31. 天地万物,没有一件逃得出荣枯,盛衰,生灭,有无之理。
32. 人间的事,只要生机不灭,即使重遭天灾人祸,暂被阻抑,终有抬头的日子。个人的事如此,家庭的事如此,国家、民族的事也如此。
33. 有欠公允,也就意味着偏见的存在,不过,私以为“偏见”并不全然就是要不得的。对于有想法、有创造的艺术家来说,“偏见”恰恰是其本人价值观的另类表述。
Complete the table with the expressions from the audio guide.
Complete the table.
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}About an artwork
Basic information
What you see
How you feel
? ... by the well-known...
? It measures...
? It is widely believed...
? In the centre of the
painting, we can see...
? Through..., I can see...
? Through..., I can feel...
? In my opinion, this makes...
? ... create a strong contrast.
? I personally think...
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