新概念英语第三册lesson 18 Electric currents in modern

Lesson 18: Electric currents in modern art

           现代艺术的电流

         

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

How might some of the exhibits have been dangerous?

    Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more. The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places. Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops. We have got quite used to them. Some so-called 'modern' pieces have been on display for nearly eighty years.

    In spite of this, some people -- including myself -- were surprise by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture. The first thing I saw when I entered the art gallery was a notice which said: 'Do not touch the exhibits. Some of them are dangerous!' The objects on display were pieces of moving sculpture. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended form the ceiling and move in response to a gust 1 of wind are quite familiar to everybody. These objects, however, were different. Lined up against the wall, there were long thin wires attached to metal spheres. The spheres had been magnetized and attracted or repelled 3 each other all the time. In the centre of the hall, there were a number of tall structures which contained coloured lights. These lights flickered 5 continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and off angrily. It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric 6 electronic equipment. These peculiar 7 forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally, but to give them electric shocks as well!

New words and expressions 生词和短语

     current

n.   电流

     sculpture

n.   雕塑

     mistaken

adj. 错误的

     gallery

n.   美术馆

     exhibit

n.   展品，陈列品

     oddly

adv. 古怪的

     attach

v.   连，系

     sphere

n.   球体

     magnetize

v.   使磁化

     repel 2

v.   排斥

     flicker 4

v.   闪烁

     emit

v.   放射

     flash

v.   闪光

     prehistoric

adj. 史前的，老掉牙的

     electronic

adj. 电子的

     peculiar

adj. 奇异的

     shock

v.   令人震惊，刺激人

     emotionally

adv. 事情上

参考译文

    现代雕塑不再使我们感到惊讶了。那种认为现代艺术只能在博物馆里才能看到的观点是错误的。即使是对艺术不感兴趣的人也不会注意到在公共场所展示的现代艺术品。公园里、大楼和商店外竖立着的奇形怪状的雕塑，对这些，我们已经司空见惯了。有些所谓的“现代”艺术品在那里已经陈列了近80年了。

    尽管如此，最近举办的一次现代雕塑展览还是使一些人（包括我在内）大吃了一惊。走进展厅首先看到的是一张告示，上面写着“切勿触摸展品，某些展品有危险！”展品都是些活动的雕像。人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。这些展品却使人大开眼界。靠墙排列着许多细长的电线，而电线又连着金属球。金属球经过磁化，互相之间不停地相互吸引或相互排斥。展厅中央是装有彩色灯泡的许多高高的构件，灯泡一刻不停地闪烁着，就像失去了控制的红绿灯。小黑盒子里迸出火花，红色灯泡发怒似地忽明忽暗。这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。好像设计这些奇形怪状的展品不仅是为了给人感情上的强烈刺激，而且还想给人以电击似的！

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Notes on the text课文注释

1  The idea that…  is  mistaken.

此处that引导的从句作idea的同位语。

2  take no interest in…，作“对……不感兴趣”解。

3  cannot have failed to notice, 不至于没注意到。

“cannot+have+过去分词”表示对于过去的事所作的不肯定的推测。

4  move in response  to  a gust of wind，随风飘荡。

in response(to)作“回答’、“响应”、“作出反应”讲。此处是“（展品）随风而动”的意思。

5  be familiar to…是“为……所熟悉”的意思。

6  Lined up against the wall, 靠墙排列着。

7  like traffic lights which have gone mad, 就像失去控制的红绿灯一样。

go mad作“发疯”、“发狂”讲。

8  on and off（亦作 off and on）作“断断续续地”、“有时”讲。

9  These  peculiar  forms  not only  seemed  designed…，其中seemed是系动词，seemed  designed 作用与were designed是一样的。

　　Multiple choice questions

多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1  Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more because ______ .

a．even if not in museums, we see it in and around other public places

b．despite people's lack of interest in art, it is put on display

c．people not only display it in their houses but in their gardens also

d．museums have been exhibiting it for nearly eighty years

2  What surprised the writer when he visited a recent exhibition of modern sculpture?

a．The tact 8 that people were forbidden to touch the exhibits.

b．The oddly shaped forms that were suspended from the ceiling.

c．The way in which electrical energy was used to produce mobile effects.

d．The prehistoric electronic equipment used to activate 9 the exhibits.

3  The pieces of sculpture on display at the exhibition were ______ .

a．noticed because they were dangerous

b．either hung on wires or built into the middle of the hall

c．flickering 10 continuously with different coloured lights

d．such that one could not pass them unnoticed though it seemed wiser to pass them untouched

Structure 结构

4  ----‘modern’pieces ______ on display nearly eighty years ago. (11. 6－7)

a．have been

b．are first

c．were first

d．had been

5  The first thing I saw ______ to the art gallery…(1. 9)

a．on my arrival

b．on entering

c．at the entrance

d．having arrived

6  The notice prohibited people ______ the exhibits. (11. 9－10)

a．to touch

b．from touching 11

c．touching

d．not to touch

7  The spheres had been magnetized ______ attracted or repelled each other…(1. 13)

a．so that they

b．so they were

c．so as they had

d．in order that they

8  These peculiar forms ______ to shock people emotionally and to…(11. 17－18)

a．both seemed designed

b．seemed both designed

c．seemed both designed and

d．seemed designed both

Vocabulay 词汇

9  ----forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move ______ are…(11. 10－11)a．at one blow

b．all of a sudden

c．with a light touch

d．at the slightest breath

10  Small black boxes ______ sparks…(1. 15)

a．gave off

b．sent by

c．gave over

d．throw off

11  There were a number of tall structures ______ in different colours. (1. 14)

a．enlightened

b．illuminated 12

c．alighted

d．burning

12  These peculiar forms not only seemed ______ to shock people…(11. 17－18)

a．drawn 13

b．planned

c．intended

d．created

　　【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★current

n.   电流

current n. the flow of electricity 电流

a continuous movement of water 水流

adj. 目前的，现在的　current affairs 时事

currency n. 流通（货币）

currently adv.普遍地，通常地，现在，当前

★sculpture

n.   雕塑

sculptural adj. 雕塑的，雕刻般的

sculptor 14 n.雕刻家

★mistaken

adj. 错误的

mistaken adj. incorrect;wrong;misunderstood

Eg.: The teacher has mistaken opinion of his pupil,Her doesn's use simple plain language and he is often mistaken.

make a mistake/by mistake 弄错了

He took my umbrella by mistake.

and no mistake 确实如此

Eg.: He is honest and no mistake.

mistake vt.

mistake sb.for 把某人误认为

Eg.: Yesterday I mistook him for my classmate.

★gallery

n.   美术馆

★exhibit

n.   展品，陈列品

exhibit: show in public

exhibition n. 展览会

Eg.: We went to an exhibition to visit exhibits.

★oddly

adv. 古怪的

oddly: strangely

odd adj. 古怪的

strange adj. 因为陌生而奇怪的

queer adj. 奇特的

Eg.: Look,he is wearing a queer hat.

fantastic adj.奇妙的

eccentric adj. 怪癖的；He is an eccentric person.

★attach

v.   连，系

attach vt. 系、拴、粘上，贴上

attach to

Eg.: He attached the lamb to a tree.

attach to sb.for sth. 因为某事而把……加再某人身上

Eg.: We didn't attach blame to him for his failure.

attach importance to sth. 对某事非常重视

Eg.: We attach importance to education

be attached to sth: 喜欢，喜爱

Eg.: I'm very attached to her.

attachment 15 n.固定，爱慕，友情，附着

★sphere

n.   球体

★magnetize

v.   使磁化

magnetize vt.

Eg.: The iron was magnetied.

His speech magnetized the listeners.

★repel

v.   排斥

repel vt.: to drive back;cause feelings of dislike

Eg.: The different sexes attract each other and the same sexes repel on the contrary.

Eg.: Let me go at once,you repel me.

★flicker

v.   闪烁

flicker v. shine unsteadily

flash v. shine for a moment

★emit

v.   放射

emit v. give off

emit sound/emit smell/emit light/emit heat/emit smoke

★flash

v.   闪光

★prehistoric

adj. 史前的，老掉牙的

★electronic

adj. 电子的

★peculiar

adj. 奇异的

peculiar adj. strange and unusual

Eg.: The food has peculiar taste.

Eg.: I'm feelin rather peculiar.

★shock

v.   令人震惊，刺激人

get shocked 受震动

At the news, the got shocked

shock n.震惊：get a big shock

★emotionally

adv. 事情上

emotional adj. 易激动的，情绪的，感情脆弱的

emotive adj.引起情绪反应的

The word home is more emotive than house.

emotionally;emotional,unemotional;emotive;emotion;feeling

Eg.: I think you agree with me,women are often said to be more emotional than men.

反义词　unemotional

emotion n. 感情；　Eg.: Love,hated,

and grief are emotions.

feeling n. 某时的内心感受

Eg.: I can't descibe my feeling now.

　　【课文讲解】

rarely: seldom

We are not surprised at modern sculpture...

that 引导同位语从句，修饰限定the idea 的内容

Eg.: The idea that one can learn English well in Englis-speaking countries is mistaken.

重点句式结构

who take no interest in art 修饰说明people

take interest in 对……感兴趣；take delight in 对……感到高兴

take pride in 对……感到骄傲

show interest in 显示对……的兴趣

cannot;failed to 双重否定意味着肯定

He must have passed his examination last week.

He cannot have failed to pass his examination last week.

You must keep your promise.

You can't fail to keep your promise.

on display/on show 展览，展出

We can see sculptures everywhere

用夸张的口吻表明事实

in spite of this 尽管如此

作者表明了自己的观点

重点句型：The first thing...was a notice which said...

定语从句省略　that

The sculpture can move.

Oddly...that...

that引导的定语从句用来限定shaped forms

are ... familiar to ...谓语

句子主干：Oddly shaped forms are familiar to everybody

that 定语从句中：in response to/in reaction to 作为对……的反应

be familiar to sb.对某人来讲很熟悉

Eg.: The house is familiar to him.

Eg.: I don't really remember where I have seen him before,but he looks very familiar to me

familiar with 熟悉，熟知

Are you familiar with the play of Shakespeare?

I'm familiar with that book too.

be familiar to sb./be familiar with sth.

lined up 过去分词做状语，与long with wires 为被动关系

attached to <I>meta</I>l spheres 过去分词做定语，修饰long thin wires

定语从句

there were long thin wires that were attached to <I>meta</I>l sphers.

the center of the hall 展厅的中央

coloured lights 彩色灯泡

continuously adv. 不停止的

go mad 发疯，发狂：run mad

He must have gone mad to do such a thing.

on and off: continuously

Eg.: It has been raining on and of since noon.

It was rather like...

It was more like...

Key structure

...not only seemed designed to do sth.

not only...but ...as well

seem 系动词＋名词／形容词／分词

Key structures】

1...take no interest in art...on display...

2...got used to...

3...fromthe ceiling...in response to...familiar to...

4...attached to...

Spelling in special difficulties】

以元音加ｙ结尾的名词，加ｓ时，不做任何改变；动词也是如此

day---days

way---ways

enjoy---enjoys

buy---buys

以辅音加ｙ结尾的词，加ｓ时，ｙ改作－ies

lady---ladies

berry---berries

reply---replies

Multiple choice questions】

1. A正确

2. C正确

3. D正确  one could not pass them unnoticed

can not pass something unnoticed

The dress is so beautiful theat I can't pass it unnoticed

4. C正确　eighty years ago

5. C正确　at the entrance    arrival in/at

6. prohibit: 阻止、禁止　　prohibit somebody from doing something

重点强调法律或条例明文禁止　forbid somebody to do something

7. A正确　so that 表示目的和结果

8. D正确　both...and

9. D正确　at one blow强调一次重击　all of a sudden-suddenly

with a light touch

10 A正确　gave off

11 B正确　illuminate: 照亮　alighted: 不及物动词　下来，下车

形容词相当于burning

12 C正确　be intended for

draw: 画　draw a picture 支取