单词详解

1. art  n. 艺术，美术

词组：art student 艺术系的学生

派生：artist  n. 艺术家

arts  n. 文科

2. critic  n. 评论家

翻译：鲁迅曾是个非常著名的小说和诗歌的评论家。

Lu Xun was once a very famous critic of novels and poetry.

派生：criticize  v. 批评

e.g. The decision was criticized by environmental groups.

critical  adj. 挑剔的  

e.g. He is critical of everything.

critically  adv. 批判地，批判性地

3. paint  v. （用颜料等）画，绘，描写

         n.  油漆，颜料

4. pretend  v. 假装

结构：pretend to do sth.     假装做某事

翻译：当妈妈进来的时候，那孩子假装正在睡觉。

When his mother came in, that baby pretended to be sleeping.

5. pattern  n. 图案

扩展：a check pattern   格子图案

a flowery pattern  花卉图案

6. curtain  n. 窗帘

词组： draw the curtains  拉窗帘

翻译：The curtain falls. (theatre)  落幕

7. material  n. 材料，原料

           adj. 物质的

词组：reading material  阅读材料

8. appreciate  v. 鉴赏 = understand and enjoy

词组： appreciate modern arts  欣赏现代艺术

I would appreciate it if you paid in cash. v. 感激

派生：appreciation  n. 欣赏，感激

9. notice  v. 注意，通知，察觉到

结构：notice sb. do / doing sth. 

翻译：不好意思，我没注意到你在打电话。

Sorry, I didn’t notice you having a phone call.

扩展：n. 通知，通告，启示

翻译：他未经通知就过来看我了。

He came to see me without notice.

10. whether  conj. 是否

辨析：weather n. 天气

11. hang  v. 悬挂，吊 (hang – hung – hung)

翻译：外套挂在墙上。

The coat was hung on the wall.

v. 绞刑 (hang – hanged – hanged)

12. critically  adv. 批评地（见critic）

13. upside down  上下颠倒地

课文解析

1. I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is ‘about’. Of course, many pictures are not ‘about’ anything. They are just pretty patterns.

l 句式：tell you what a picture is ‘about’ 是宾语从句 （详见语法重点）

l 单词：just  只是，仅仅（是）

翻译：这只是个错号。

It was just a wrong number.

    扩展：just 另一个意思是刚才

2. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.

l 词组：in the same way that 正如……一样

  翻译：我们讨厌他就像他两年前讨厌我们一样。

We hate him in the same way that he hated us two years ago.

3. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more.

l 词组： someone / anyone / anything / nothing else 中else表示其他的

注意：比较级中，当主体与其他所有比较时，要加else把主体本身除去

    翻译：他是班上最高的学生。

He is the tallest student in the class.

         = He is taller than anyone else in the class.

l 词组：notice more注意到的更多

翻译：说更多say more    吃得更少eat less

4. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I’m hanging this picture on the wall,’ I answered. ‘It’s a new one. Do you like it?’ She looked at it critically for a moment.

l 句式：whether my pictures are good or not 是宾语从句

l 词组：for a moment  片刻、一会儿 = for a while

翻译：他们互相看了一会儿，然后打了一架。

They looked at each other for a moment and then had a fight.

5. ‘It’s all right,’ she said, ‘but isn’t it upside down?’ I looked at it again. She was right! It was!

l 句式：Isn’t it upside down? = It’s upside down.

否定疑问句 （无否定疑问意义，只表示强调）

Aren’t you lucky? = You are lucky!

Isn’t it bad weather? = It’s bad weather!

考试重点：否定疑问句的回答——要根据事实回答

e.g. Isn’t the boy very clever? 这个男孩难道不聪明吗？

– Yes, he is. 不，他很聪明。

– No, he isn’t. 是的，他不聪明。

【趣味知识1】

哪些专业算文科？

language / literature / history ...

【趣味知识2】

猜一猜：Wet paint!

油漆未干！

【思考1】

猜一猜：pattern drills

句型练习

【复习】

I think that... 中that引导什么从句？

宾语从句

【思考2】

‘It’s a new one.’中a和one是否重复？

不重复。a是不定冠词，而one是代词，代替的是picture.

词类

直接引语中使用的词

间接引语中使用的词

指示代词

this

that

these

those

时间状语

now

then

today

that day

yesterday

the day before

tomorrow

the next day

ago

before

地点状语

here

there

动词

come

go (go不要变come)