Book 4 unit 3 reading
Language points
I . Phrases :
1.期待,份望,预料
2.沿着…游荡;徘徊穿过…
3.使某人为某事做好准备
4.注视,看见
5.从…中挑出…
6.给某人留下最深刻的印象
7.靠近地
8.引观众/读者注目
look forward to (doing) sth.
wander through sp.
prepare sb. for sth.
lay eyes on/upon sth./sb.
pick. … out of…
make/leave the deepest impression on/upon sb
up close
jump out at the viewer
9.从…寻求解放,摆脱…的束缚
10. (表示对比)而,相对于
11.值得注意, 值得一提的是
12.开始绘画,喜欢上绘画
13.从…获得安慰
seek liberation from …
as opposed to …
be worthy of note
take up painting
draw comfort from sth.
II. Key words
1. As I wandered through the Impressionist gallery, I appreciated masterpieces like The Ballet Class and The Card Players.
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。
wander v. to walk slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction 闲逛, 漫步
wander around/through the street
=hang about/around/out in the street在街上闲逛
【运用】英汉互译。
1)?学习时思想不能开小差。
Don’t let your mind wander while studying.
2) While waiting for Jenny, I had a bit of a wander round the shops.
等詹尼时,我在商店里逛了一会儿。
3) We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city.
我们整个上午都在城市的老城区闲逛。
wander off 漫步;漫游;离群走散
wander about 徘徊;流浪;漫步
wander from 离题
2. 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.
近距离观赏, 画面上遍布着小面积的光斑, 人物柔和和轮廓似乎融为一体, 令我大为震惊。
strike (vt.)打动;打
(n.)①罢工;②军事进攻, 袭击, (尤指)空袭
(adj.)突出的______
今晚很可能会有暴风雪袭击这个区域.
It's?likely?that?a?snowstorm?will?strike?this?area?tonight.
striking
写出下面句子中划线单词的词性及中文释义。
1) The boy?struck?the man with a stick. ________
2) The disease has?struck?the whole community, sometimes wiping out whole families.?? ________
3) The?strike?ended when the pay demands were met. ?________
4) Her car went out of control and?struck?an oncoming vehicle.? ________
5) The clock?struck?just as we left.? ________
v. 敲, 鸣, 报时
V. 打, 击
V. 侵袭
n.罢工
V. ?碰撞?
写出下面句子中划线单词的词性及中文释义。
6) An awful thought has just struck me._________
7) She strikes me as a very efficient person.____________
V.突然想到
V.给(某人以……) 印象
用hit, beat和strike的适当形式填空:
(1)?________ while the iron is hot.
?(2)?Listen! The clock ________.
?(3)?The little girl ________ a match to keep warm.
?(4)?Do you think our team ________ theirs at the match tomorrow?
?(5)?It suddenly ________ me that I forgot to do my homework.
Strike
is striking
struck
will beat
strike / hit
They've been on ________ (罢工) for nearly three weeks up to now.
it strike me +句子 :突然想到
strike a match 划火柴
go on strike 罢工
strike
3. Monet and Renoir, along with other like-minded artists, sought liberation from the rules of the old style.
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。
liberation n. 解放 __________vt 解放 摆脱
释放某人 : liberate sb.
release /free sb.
set sb. free
liberate
"open-minded", "narrow-minded", "absent-minded'',
The boy is always absent-minded in class.
She is quite open-minded about most things。
If you fail to consider others' viewpoints, you may become narrow-minded.
心不在焉的
思想开明的
气量小的,狭隘的
4. Everyday subject matter was the main focus of their works, as opposed to the history paintings that had traditionally dominated European art.
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。
oppose vt. 反对,反抗;与(某人)较量→opposed adj.反对的;对立的
We?are______________?to?driving?while?drunk.?(oppose)
opposed
???????她的父母反对她晚上独自外出。
Her parents _____________________at night.
Her parents _____________________at night.
oppose her going out alone
are opposed to her going out alone
5. 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.
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。
___________ (v.) 雇佣;利用 ___________ (n.) 雇佣;聘用_________ (n.)雇主___________ (n.) 雇员
_______________________ 忙于做某事
employ oneself in doing …
occupy oneself in doing …
employ
employment
employer
employee
【运用】?根据汉语提示补全下列句子(每空一词)。
1) 别打扰他,他正忙着写作文呢。
Don’t trouble him. He ____ ________ ______ writing a composition.
2)?她失业两年之后被当地的一家书店雇用了。
Having been out of work for two years, she ________ __________ ________ a local bookstore.
employed by
is employed in ?
was
take on/_____________/hire a security officer雇一名保安人员
employ
6. It is also worthy of note that Post-Impressionist painters such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin…
worthy 值得的
The teacher who devotes himself to his teaching career is worth praising.
=The teacher who devotes himself to his teaching career is???_________________.?
___________________ .
=It is __________ to praise the teacher who devotes himself to his teaching career.
worthy to be praised
worthy of being praised
worthwhile
7. 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.
e.g.
While I am willing to help, I do not have much time available.
Even though/Although
8. 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.
Their similarities stayed with me long after I left the Musée d'Orsay.
... it was their similarities that stayed with me long after I left the Musée d'Orsay …
强调句式
9. 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.
伴随状语
that引导定语从句修饰paintings
that引导定语从句修饰works