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1、Warming up Work in pairs.Check()the things which you think are forms of art.architecture cinema classical music cooking dancing fashion design martial arts novels painting poetry popular music sculpture Now add some more ideas to the list.第1页/共146页Warming up Work in pairs and answer the questions.1

2、What examples can you think of for each art form?(Reference.)2 What do great works of art have in common?3 Which is the greatest of all the art forms,and why?They refresh the spirit.They have beauty.They express some aspect of being human more clearly for us.Music explores emotions beyond words and

3、has a worldwide appeal.Poetry as a form of art has meaning as well as beauty.第2页/共146页Warming uparchitecture:the Temple of Heaven,Beijing cinema:Chen Kaiges Yellow Earth(黄土地)classic music:Mozarts 40th Symphony(莫扎特第四十交响曲)cooking:a meal at Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant(大董烤鸭店),Beijing dancing:a perform

4、ance of Swan Lake fashion design:a show by Giorgio Armani(乔治阿玛尼)martial arts:a display by Jet Li(李连杰)novels:The Dream of the Red Chamberpainting:a Rembrandts(伦勃朗)self-portraitpoetry:Qu Yuans Li Sao popular music:Teng Lichuns(邓丽君)When will you return?sculpture:Michelangelos(米开朗基罗)DavidBack第3页/共146页Wa

5、rming upWatch a video collection of van Goghs works and try to learn the song Starry Starry Night.Lyrics:第4页/共146页Warming up Look at the painting of sunflowers and answer the questions.1 In what period do you think this was painted?2 Which is the strongest colour?The 1880s.An orange yellow.第5页/共146页

6、Warming up3 What do you think the painter hoped to express with this painting?4 What(if anything)does the painting tell us about the personality of the painter?It is clearly more than the appearance of the flowers.I think his emotions about them or perhaps his emotions in general are expressed in th

7、e form of sunflowers.(A sense of welcome and happiness.)Powerful emotions,almost a sort of pain about life.(the intensity of his feelings.)第6页/共146页SkimmingBrowse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.Analyze the structure of the passage:1.how many parts can the passage be divide

8、d into?2.whats the main idea of each part?Task第7页/共146页Organization of the passagePart 1(1-3)Part 2(4-9)Part 3(10-15)Part 4(16)第8页/共146页Main idea of each partPart 1(1-3):brief introduction to Vincent van GoghPart 2(4-9):van Goghs lifePart 3(10-15):the reasons for his productivityPart 4(16):conclusio

9、n第9页/共146页Skimming Answer the questions.1 What two facts do most people remember about van Gogh?His use of colour and his mental illness.2 What did his early paintings show?The gloomy light of Northern Europe.3 How did the Impressionists influence his style?His style became lighter and brighter.4 Wh

10、y did he paint so many pictures of himself?Because he could not afford to hire models.第10页/共146页Skimming5 Why did he move to the south of France?Because he grew discouraged with his life in Paris,and he was drawn by the sunshine of Arles.6 How did van Gogh and Gauguin get on with each other?They wer

11、e very close but they had serious disagreements.7 Why did van Gogh need to spend time in a mental hospital?For depression and because he was worried about hearing voices.8 What do art lovers think about van Gogh now?He produced some of the greatest paintings the world has ever known,and gave inspira

12、tion to so many later artists.第11页/共146页Skimming Match the conditions 15 with the symptoms(a)(e).1 epilepsy 2 sunstroke3 lead poisoning 4 schizophrenia5 bipolar disorder(a)hearing voices inside your head (b)seeing circles of light around objects(c)experiencing periods of intense activity followed by

13、 tiredness(d)feeling sick and aggressive(e)feeling the need to write a lot第12页/共146页SkimmingAnswer:1-(e);2-(d);3-(b);4-(a);5-(c)第13页/共146页Vincent van Gogh译文Digging1 Between November of 1881 and July of 1890,Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings,but never achieved fame.Yet since his death,he

14、has become one of the most celebrated painters in the world.Background information第14页/共146页Digging2 The two most important but apparently independent features about van Gogh which most people know about are his spectacular,almost explosive,use of colour and the poor state of his mental health,which

15、 brought his life to a sad end.第15页/共146页译文Digging3 Yet,according to medical research since van Goghs death,it now seems that these two features may be linked,and that his mental health may have contributed to his artistic style,not just at the end of his life,but at earlier times as well.第16页/共146页

16、译文Digging4 Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853,and his early career working for an international art dealer took him to London,Paris and Belgium.When he decided to become a painter in 1880 with the support of his brother Theo,his early work was,not surprisingly,filled with the gloomy light of North

17、ern Europe.第17页/共146页译文Digging5 In Paris van Gogh met many of the artists later known as Impressionists,such as Degas,Toulouse-Lautrec,Pissarro and Gauguin.His style changed under their influence,and became lighter and brighter.He used small strokes of primary colours(red,blue and yellow)and complem

18、entary colours(purple,orange and green).He was also sensitive to the more abstract style of Gauguins paintings,where shapes of objects are represented by distinct zones of colour.第18页/共146页译文Digging6 Yet despite working in such an encouraging atmosphere,van Gogh could not equal his friends growing s

19、uccess.He was unable to pay for models,and so he painted a large number of self-portraits,which may indicate his potential for soul searching.第19页/共146页译文Digging7 Van Gogh soon grew discouraged with his life in Paris,and moved to Arles in the south of France,where,drawn by the sunshine,he hoped to e

20、stablish an artists community.He felt liberated by the people,the buildings and the scenery there,and painted them with vivid,passionate colours and a cheerfulness which was new to him and his career.He was keen for Gauguin to visit him,and finally persuaded him to make the journey.第20页/共146页译文Diggi

21、ngThe paintings of Sunflowers and his home were partly intended as a welcome to Gauguin,partly a reflection of his happiness.But because of the intensity of van Goghs friendship for him and hostile disagreements about their working methods,Gauguin left Arles.At this event,van Gogh cut off part of hi

22、s own right ear.第21页/共146页译文Digging8 Van Gogh spent several desperate periods in a mental hospital over the next two years because of his depression and his concern that he had heard voices.His style became more experimental,with stronger lines and sharper colours,always dominated by the green of th

23、e olive trees,the blue of the sky and the spectacular yellow of the sun.This was the period of his greatest output and some success,with the famous The Starry Night and other paintings being well-received by critics at the annual exhibition in Paris.第22页/共146页译文Digging9 But these very productive per

24、iods were matched by moments when despair prevailed,during which he doubted his ability to create a work of value.In a delicate state of mind,van Gogh returned to a friend near Paris and continued his work.In 1890 he shot himself,taking two days to die.10 So what is the link between his love of inte

25、nse colour and his destructive mental state?第23页/共146页译文Digging11 We now know more about mental and physical illness,and their effects.Van Gogh suffered from epilepsy,an illness which leads to fits,and which may have been caused by a defect in the brain at birth.This was made worse by drinking absin

26、the,a popular but dangerous alcohol often drunk by artists at the time.His doctor prescribed a drug which can cause the patient to see everything in yellow or to see yellow spots.This may have been why van Gogh loved the colour.第24页/共146页Digging12 Van Gogh experienced a surge of activity,after which

27、 he became tired and depressed.We now recognize these to be symptoms of bipolar disorder.He also used lead-based paints,exposure to which can lead to lead poisoning.One of the symptoms of lead poisoning is a swelling of the retinas in the eyes,which can cause one to see light in circles around objec

28、ts.We can see this effect in paintings such as The Starry Night.译文第25页/共146页Digging13 Another condition linked to epilepsy and manic behaviour is the spontaneous need to write continuously.Van Gogh wrote over 800 letters to his brother,Theo,which might be the result of this condition.译文第26页/共146页Dig

29、ging14 Van Gogh wanted his paintings to be realistic,so he worked outdoors.Some of the episodes of aggressiveness and feeling sick may be the effects of sunstroke.译文第27页/共146页Digging15 Finally,hearing voices is a well-established symptom of schizophrenia,a serious mental illness which changes the re

30、lationship between what you think and reality.译文第28页/共146页Digging16 We talk about the genius necessary to produce great works of art.In van Goghs case,his genius,especially in his use of colour,may be due to his mental health.As art lovers,we acknowledge that van Gogh produced some of the greatest p

31、aintings the world has ever known,and gave inspiration to so many later artists.But we should not overlook the mental torture he suffered for his art.译文第29页/共146页1.and so he painted a large number of self-portraits,which may indicate his potential for soul searching.(Line 3,Para 6)His interest in pa

32、inting his own face may indicate his interest in examining himself and asking himself questions about his values and the meaning of his life.soul searching:asking oneself questions about ones values and the meaning of ones lifeDifficult sentences 第30页/共146页Difficult sentences 2.He felt liberated by

33、the people,the buildings and the scenery there,and painted them with vivid,passionate colours and a cheerfulness which was new to him and his career.(Line 3,Para 7)He felt a new freedom from the lifestyle,attitudes and scenery he experienced there.His pictures from that time were brighter in colour

34、and happier in mood than any he had painted before.第31页/共146页Difficult sentences 3.But because of the intensity of van Goghs friendship for him and hostile disagreements about their working methods,Gauguin left Arles.(Line 9,Para 7)The friendship was a lot stronger on van Goghs part than Gauguins an

35、d this made the latter feel uncomfortable about it.The two argued bitterly about art(for example,van Gogh believed in painting out in the open,whereas Gauguin thought it better to paint from memory).As their relations got worse,van Gogh panicked that Gauguin would leave him,approached him with a raz

36、or blade in hand,and later cut off his own ear with the blade.Gauguin decided his presence only made van Goghs behaviour worse and he left Arles while his dangerous friend was recovering in hospital.第32页/共146页Difficult sentences 4.In a delicate state of mind,van Gogh returned to a friend near Paris

37、and continued his work.In 1890 he shot himself,taking two days to die.(Line 4,Para 9)delicate state of mind:psychologically fragile;close to breakdown第33页/共146页Difficult sentences 5.Van Gogh experienced a surge of activity,after which he became tired and depressed.(Line 1,Para 12)a surge of activity

38、:of any activity he was engaged in at that time;for example,he might produce many paintings.第34页/共146页Difficult sentences 6.Some of the episodes of aggressiveness and feeling sick may be the effects of sunstroke.(Line 2,Para 14)episodes of aggressiveness:for example,the arguments with and threatenin

39、g Gauguin第35页/共146页Difficult sentences 7.But we should not overlook the mental torture he suffered for his art.(Line 7,Para 16)As we enjoy van Goghs paintings,we ought to remember what pain and unhappiness his work caused him.第36页/共146页explosive 释义1a.(usu before noun)relating to or like an explosion

40、 爆炸式的例句Nuclear weapons are not the only explosive force threatening civilization.核武器不是唯一的威胁人类文明的爆炸力量。翻译Words例句Unemployment became an explosive issue.失业成了一个爆炸性的问题。翻译第37页/共146页释义2a.able to explode 会爆炸的Words例句Highly explosive gas is naturally found in coal mines.煤矿中天然存有高爆气体。翻译例句The explosive device was

41、 timed to go off at the rush hour.爆炸装置被设定在高峰时间引爆。翻译explosive 第38页/共146页释义1n.C a single short line or mark made with a pen or brush（钢笔或毛笔的）一笔，一画例句The most complex Chinese character contains 64 strokes.最复杂的汉字有64画。翻译Words例句翻译stroke Fill in gaps by using short,upward strokes of the pencil.用铅笔向上短短地勾画几道来填

42、充空白。第39页/共146页释义2n.C one of the series of sounds some clocks make to mark the hour,or the time marked by this（某些钟表整点报时的）一敲，一响例句The telephone rang at the stroke of six.钟敲六下，电话铃响了。翻译Words例句翻译On the stroke of 12,fireworks suddenly exploded into the night.12 点的钟声刚敲响，焰火便在夜空中绽放。stroke 第40页/共146页释义1a.abstr

43、act art expresses the artists ideas or feelings rather than showing the exact appearance of people or things（艺术）抽象派的例子翻译Words例句Abstract art is an acquired taste.翻译对抽象派艺术要有足够的了解才会欣赏。.a modern abstract painting一幅现代派抽象画。abstract 第41页/共146页释义2a.abstract ideas exist as thoughts in the mind,and are not re

44、lated to physical objects or real events and actions 抽象的例句The photographs put a human face on an abstract political event.这些照片上的人物面孔使抽象的政治事件具体化。翻译Words例句 Some people say beauty itself is abstract.有人说美是抽象的。翻译abstract 第42页/共146页释义1a.able to be clearly seen,heard,smelt,or tasted 清晰的；清楚的 例句There was a d

45、istinct smell of burning coming from downstairs.楼下飘来浓烈的焦糊味。翻译Words例句As dawn broke,the outline of a building became distinct against the sky.天亮时建筑物的轮廓在天空的衬托下显得十分清晰。翻译distinct 第43页/共146页释义2 a.separate and different in a way that is clear 有区别的；不同的例句They were classified into two distinct groups.他们被归入两种不

46、同类型的群体。翻译Words例句The company,as distinct from its shareholders,should be liable for any debts.公司与其股东不同，负有偿还债务的责任。翻译真题Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities.(Jun.1998,CET-4,Reading Comprehension)distinct 第44页/共146页释义1vt.to make someone feel less conf

47、ident or hopeful 使泄气；使灰心例句Trying to lose weight fast will only discourage you.试图迅速减肥只会使你灰心丧气。翻译Words例句It may be difficult to do at first.Dont let this discourage you.翻译万事开头难，别因此而灰心。discourage 第45页/共146页释义2vt.to try to prevent something from happening,especially because you do not approve of it or th

48、ink it is harmful （尤指因反对或认为有害而）阻止，制止例句Put the plant in a cold room to discourage growth.把这棵植物放到较冷的房间阻止其生长。翻译Words例句We hope the bad weather wont discourage people from coming along.我们希望坏天气不会阻止人们前来。翻译discourage 第46页/共146页释义1vt.to give someone the freedom to do what they want,for example by taking them

49、 out of a situation in which their behaviour is controlled 解除对的束缚；解脱例句翻译WordsIn the 1930s,electricity liberated farmers from many hard chores.20世纪30年代，电使农民从许多累活儿中解脱了出来。例句翻译These reformation measures liberate all villagers from poverty.这些改革措施把村民们从贫困中解脱了出来。liberate 真题Any institution that“liberates”stu

50、dents from fair and formal exams is misguided,if not ignorant.(Jan.1991,CET-4,Reading Comprehension)第47页/共146页释义2 adj.to make a place or the people in it free from soldiers who have been controlling it 解放例句翻译Words例句翻译Those oppressed nations are rising to liberate themselves.那些受压迫的国家要站起来解放他们自己。They p