新一代大学英语综合教程2PPT(含课后习题答案).ppt

Art and Nature Unit 2 Book 2 Unit 2 Book 2 iPrepare A iExplore B iProduce C 01 iPrepare Art and Nature Prepare In our busy lives, we seem to take some of the important things for granted. It seems to be that each day the connection between us and our planet earth drifts further and further apart. Not only does the earth provide us with everything we need to survive, like air to breathe and material to build our shelters, but it also provides us with inspiration for art. The complex beauty of nature has inspired many artists whether it is the array of colors in a sunset or the natural geometry of a pinecone. Both art and nature are purely inspirational. Put together, they might possibly provide us with the key for a bright and long future. You met a foreign visitor when in an art gallery in Beijing. He was eager to know more about Chinese painting, and invited you to introduce some basic elements in Chinese paintings. His questions are as follows: In what way are Chinese paintings connected with calligraphy? What is the aim of the traditional Chinese painter? Prepare - Scenarios Scenario 1 In what way are Chinese paintings connected with calligraphy? Chinese painting as one of Chinese traditional art forms comes from Chinese calligraphy. It is a bridge to show Chinese peoples value in life and nature, individual and collective, internality and externalism. Conventionally, Chinese painting is directly connected with calligraphy. They are integrative. In Chinese peoples thinking, a traditional poet should be of the capability of painting, calligraphy, poem and music. Prepare - Scenarios Scenario 1 What is the aim of the traditional Chinese painter? The aim of the traditional Chinese painter is to capture not only the outer appearance of a subject but its inner essence as wellits energy, life force, and spirit. To accomplish his goal, the Chinese painter more often than not rejected the use of color. Prepare - Scenarios Scenario 1 In English class, you were presented a picture. Your teacher asked the following questions: Who is the boy in the picture? Could you please tell the story? Prepare - Scenarios Scenario 2 In English class, you were presented a picture. Your teacher asked the following questions: Who is the boy in the picture? The boy in the picture is Ma Liang, a young and very kind peasant boy who liked drawing and drew pictures everywhere and had the greatest dream to be an artist. Prepare - Scenarios Scenario 2 Reviewing the power of its effect comes from the striking contrast in the attitudes of the 12 disciples as counterposed to Christ. Explore 1- Discussion Work in pairs. Discuss why you think each painting is famous. Sample Girl with a Pearl Earring is regarded as Vermeers masterpiece; this canvas is often referred to as the Mona Lisa of the North. There is an air of mystery surrounding the girls identity. Explore 1- Discussion Work in pairs. Discuss why you think each painting is famous. Sample The Persistence of Memory is one of most recognizable works of Salvador Dali. The well-known surrealist piece introduced the image of the soft melting pocket watch. It epitomizes Dalis theory of “softness” and “hardness,” which was central to his thinking at the time. Explore 1- Discussion Work in pairs. Discuss why you think each painting is famous. Sample The Starry Night is regarded as among Van Goghs finest works, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture. Explore 1- Discussion Work in pairs. Discuss why you think each painting is famous. Sample Explore 1- Preparing for the structure How to talk about an influential piece of work in the Western art history? Read the following passage on The Last Supper, a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Then analyze the structure of the passage by putting the main ideas in the correct order. Explore 1- Preparing for the structure 02 iExplore 1-Reading Art and Nature What can you acquire from iExplore 1 for your presentation? Explore 1- Reading Explore 1- Reading Understanding Mona Lisa Talking about Mona Lisa, two impressions will pop out. It is familiar almost everyone has seen an image of the picture somewhere. But it is also mysterious there are so many different and even contradictory interpretations on it. What makes it such an influential piece? Why does the woman seem particularly alive? Why do people report to have seen different things from various angles? The following text helps uncover the mystery READING Explore 1- Reading Explore 1- Identifying and synthesizing information Problem The figures look 1) _ , almost 2) _, like statues, rather than 3) _ . hard and harshwooden knowledge False reason the lack of 4) _ or lack of 5) _ patience any living being Possible reason The more the figure is 6) _ _, the less we can imagine 7) _ _. copied line by line and detail by detail that it ever really moved and breathed Leonardos method The painter must 8) _. leave the beholder something to guess 9) Sfumato 10) the blurred outline and mellowed colors 2. Which are the most striking impressions the woman Mona Lisa cast on beholders? Read the following descriptions and choose the correct ones according to the passage. A. She seems to look at us. B. She seems like a statue. C. She seems to have a mind of her own. D. She looks a little different every time we come back to her. E. The figure of her looks hard and harsh. F. Sometimes she seems to mock us. G. Sometimes there seems to be something like sadness in her smile. H. She looks like a sleeping beauty. I. Her expression always seems just to elude us. The correct descriptions: A; C; D; F; G; I Explore 1- Identifying and synthesizing information Explore 1- Identifying and synthesizing information 3. How did Leonardo achieve the mysterious effect of Mona Lisa? Work in pairs and discuss the question. You may refer to the picture on Page 32 and consider the question from the following three aspects: A. the corners of the mouth and of the eyes B. the landscape in the background C. the face Explore 1- Identifying and synthesizing information 3. How did Leonardo achieve the mysterious effect of Mona Lisa? Work in pairs and discuss the question. You may refer to the picture on Page 32 and consider the question from the following three aspects: Firstly, the corners of the mouth and of the eyes were left deliberately indistinct and were let merge into a soft shadow. Thus we are not quite certain in what mood Mona Lisa is really looking at us. Secondly, the horizon on the left side seems to lie much lower than the one on the right. So when we focus on the left side of the picture, the woman looks somehow taller or more erect than if we focus on the right side. Thirdly, the two sides of her face do not quite match. Her face seems to change with the change of the viewers position. Explore 1- Identifying and synthesizing information 4. Leonardo and his forerunners had different practices of lines in painting techniques, which were decided by different beliefs on the relationship between art and nature. Complete the following table of comparison by filling in the blanks. Explore 1- Identifying and synthesizing information ForerunnersLeonardo Practice of lines Copy a figure 1) _ _. Do not draw the outline 2) _. Leave the form 3) _. Perception of art Art is the 4) _ of nature. Drawings are 5) _ of nature. Art needs to leave something to our 6) _. Art can include 7) _ from nature. Artists are not merely 8) _ of nature. line by line firmly a little vague the imitation representations imagination some deviation the faithful servant Explore 1- Language Points 1. A fame as great as that of Leonardos Mona Lisa is not an unmixed blessing for a work of art. (Para. 2, Sentence 2) blessing: n. something that is extremely lucky or makes you happy 幸事;幸福;幸运。 e.g. 幸运的是事故中无人丧生。 It was a blessing that no one was killed in the accident. This sentence can be paraphrased like this: The popularity and success of Leonardos great work of art, Mona Lisa, is not achieved simply because of luck. Explore 1- Language Points 2. Even in photographs of the picture we experience this strange effect, but in front of the original in the Louvre it is almost uncanny. (para. 3, sentence 4) uncanny: a. strange or unusual in a way that is surprising or difficult to understand 神秘的；怪异的。 e.g. 她方向感极强。 She has an uncanny sense of direction. 她和我见过的某个人特别像。 She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen. Explore 1- Language Points 3. He had clearly seen a problem which the conquest of nature had posed to artists a problem no less intricate than the one of combining correct drawing with a harmonious composition. (para. 4, sentence 2) 1) intricate: a. having many parts 错综复杂的; 难理解的 e.g. 这部电影情节错综复杂。 The movie has an intricate plot. 2) composition: n. the way in which something is put together or arranged in painting 构图 e.g. 这幅画的构图非常与众不同。 The paintings composition is fairly unique. Explore 1- Language Points 4. And yet, for all the grandeur and impressiveness of their representations of nature, their figures look more like statues than any living being. (para. 4, sentence 6) 1) grandeur: n. a great and impressive quality 伟大；壮观 e.g. 他的画作扑捉到了风风景的美丽丽和壮观观。 His paintings capture the beauty and grandeur of the landscape. Explore 1- Language Points 4. And yet, for all the grandeur and impressiveness of their representations of nature, their figures look more like statues than any living being. (para. 4, sentence 6) 2) representation: n. a painting, sculpture, etc., that is created to look like a particular thing or person 表现事物 e.g. 历史学家希望通过艺术家对这位名人的描绘，以完整呈现他从前 的模样。 Historians looked to artists representations of the great man to piece together a picture of how he once looked. Explore 1- Language Points 4. And yet, for all the grandeur and impressiveness of their representations of nature, their figures look more like statues than any living being. (para. 4, sentence 6) This sentence can be paraphrased like this: In spite of the grandness and magnificence displayed in their faithful imitation of nature, their figures look more like statues, which lack vitality, than any living being. Explore 1- Language Points 5. It looks as if the painter had suddenly cast a spell over it, and forced it to stand stock-still for evermore, like the people in “The Sleeping Beauty.” (para. 4, sentence 8) 1) spell: n. magic that is performed by saying a group of secret words魔咒 e.g. 故事中的女巫给给孩子们们施了魔咒。 In the story, the witch casts a spell on/over the children. 2) stock-still: a. (not used before a noun) very still; not moving at all 静止的 e.g. 他一动不动地站着。 He stood stock-still. Explore 1- Language Points 5. It looks as if the painter had suddenly cast a spell over it, and forced it to stand stock-still for evermore, like the people in “The Sleeping Beauty.”(para. 4, sentence 8) 3) evermore: adv. forever 永久；今后 e.g. 编辑具有最终决定权，而且应该永远不会改变。 The editors decision is final and shall evermore remain so. Translation: 这样画出来的人物就像“睡美人”一样，仿佛画家忽然给他们施 了魔法，让他们永远静止，无法移动。 Explore 1- Language Points 6. We see that Leonardo has used the means of his “sfumato” with the utmost deliberation. (para. 5, sentence 2) deliberation: n. careful thought or discussion done in order to make a decision 深思熟虑 e.g. 他心直口快，说话总是不太顾忌。 He had a quick tongue and always said what he thought without much deliberation. Explore 1- Language Points 7. But with all these sophisticated tricks, Leonardo might have produced a clever piece of jugglery rather than a great work of art, had he not known exactly how far he could go, and had he not counterbalanced his daring deviation from nature by an almost miraculous rendering of the living flesh. (Para. 5, Sentence 14) 1) jugglery: n. artful trickery designed to achieve an end 花招；欺 骗 e.g. 没有哪一个政党，耍弄这样的政治阴谋和经济欺骗后还可以存 在下去的。 No party could survive such a record of political trickery and financial jugglery. Explore 1- Language Points 7. But with all these sophisticated tricks, Leonardo might have produced a clever piece of jugglery rather than a great work of art, had he not known exactly how far he could go, and had he not counterbalanced his daring deviation from nature by an almost miraculous rendering of the living flesh. (Para. 5, Sentence 14) 2) counterbalance: v. to have an effect that is opposite but equal to (something); to balance (something) by being opposite 抵消 e.g. 你需要用中性色调来平衡家具的设计和颜色。 You need to counterbalance the design and color with neutral shades for the furniture. Explore 1- Language Points 7. But with all these sophisticated tricks, Leonardo might have produced a clever piece of jugglery rather than a great work of art, had he not known exactly how far he could go, and had he not counterbalanced his daring deviation from nature by an almost miraculous rendering of the living flesh. (Para. 5, Sentence 14) 3) deviation: n. an action, behavior, or condition that is different from what is usual or expected 背离; 偏离 e.g. 这个行动惊人地偏离了既定的模式。 This action was a startling deviation from the established pattern. Explore 1- Language Points 7. But with all these sophisticated tricks, Leonardo might have produced a clever piece of jugglery rather than a great work of art, had he not known exactly how far he could go, and had he not counterbalanced his daring deviation from nature by an almost miraculous rendering of the living flesh. (Para. 5, Sentence 14) 4) render: v. to present or perform (something) 艺术处理；表达 e.g. 这部小说呈现了古罗马时期生活的画面。 The novel renders a portrait of life in ancient Rome. Explore 1- Language Points 7. But with all these sophisticated tricks, Leonardo might have produced a clever piece of jugglery rather than a great work of art, had he not known exactly how far he could go, and had he not counterbalanced his daring deviation from nature by an almost miraculous rendering of the living flesh. (Para. 5, Sentence 14) This sentence can be paraphrased like this: But with all these complicated skills, people were likely to play some artful tricks in painting, not to produce a masterpiece. But fortunately Leonardo knew exactly to what extent he could go, and he presented the portrait with such miraculous vitality that his bold step of not following the tradition didnt become an issue. Explore 1- Building your language Words and expressions 1. Complete the following sentences with appropriate words given in the box. 1. mellowed 2. waving 3. fluttering 4. blurred Explore 1- Building your language Words and expressions 2. Complete the following sentences with appropriate words given in the box. 1. harmonious 2. patient 3. faithful 4. miraculous Explore 1- Building your language Words and express