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蒙娜丽莎的微笑是神秘的,每年吸引数以百万计的游客到卢浮宫鉴赏《蒙娜丽莎》。然而,蒙娜丽莎是谁,以及达·芬奇如何描绘她,至今仍是未知的世界。
The Mona Lisa
It's reported that the health of the famous painting,the Mona Lisa,painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506,is getting worse by the year.
“The thin,wooden panel(嵌板) on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said.Visitors have noticed changes but repairing the world's most famous painting is not easy.Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current① chemical state.
Now the Mona Lisa is housed② in the Louvre Museum(卢浮宫).Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year,many attracted by the mystery of her smile.“It is very interesting that when you're not looking at her,she seems to be smiling,and then you look at her and she stops,”said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University.“It's because direct vision is excellent at picking up③ details,but less suited to looking at shadows.Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”
However,the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile.Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him,until it was sold to France's King Francis Ⅰ in 1519.
In 1911,the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee④,who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat.He said he planned to return it to Italy.The painting was sent back to France two years later.
During World War Ⅱ,the French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.
①current adj. 现在的;当前的
②house vt. 把……储藏在……内
③pick up 捡起;获得;收拾;(汽车;飞机)乘载
④employee n. 雇员;雇工
语言技能:①掌握tion, tive 等派生词构词法;②掌握重点词汇和句式;③掌握动词不定式作表语的用法;④能够谈论不同文化中的绘画作品。
素养提升:①通过阅读课文,使学生了解西方绘画的发展历史和中国古代优秀艺术作品,增强对传统文化的热爱和自豪感。②学会写一篇艺术展览的书面通知。
Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking—Comprehending
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①precise adj. 准确的,精确的
②realistic adj. 现实的,逼真的
③primitive adj.发展水平低的;原始的;远古的 n. 文艺复兴前的艺术家(或作品);原始派画家(或作品)
④ in particular 尤其,特