2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：艺术话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜艺术的意义：一只香蕉凭什么值12万美元？ 一只香蕉值多少钱？在最近一场艺术展上，一只用胶带贴到墙上的香蕉竟卖出了12万美元，而且还当场被吃掉了。这一艺术作品，引发了热烈的争论。这只香蕉为何能卖出如此天价？应该如何理解这种当代艺术？ Banana Splits: Spoiled by Its Own Success, the $120,000 Fruit Is Gone ①The banana that consumed the art world has taken early retirement. ②The artist Maurizio Cattelan — whose fruit pinned to the wall with gray duct tape was sold three times at Art Basel Miami, for $120,000 to $150,000 each time — and his gallery Perrotin announced on the last day of the fair that the banana had been removed from its booth because of the Mona Lisa-like attention it was getting. ③The announcement followed an incident in which a performance artist, David Datuna, pulled the banana off the wall and ate it. ④According to the gallery, the stunt did not actually destroy the art work or whatever monetary value it might have had at that moment. The three buyers had bought the concept of the piece, which comes with a certificate of authenticity from the artist, along with installation instructions. After Mr. Datuna consumed the banana, the gallery taped another one to the wall. ⑤The banana has prompted both weighty and lighthearted debate about what constitutes art, and what it is worth. The fruit also now has its own Instagram account and spawned abundant takeoff images on other accounts, including one by the contemporary artist Ashley Bickerton of President Trump duct-taped to the wall. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.split [splɪt] n. ______________________________ 2.spoil [spɔɪl] vt. ______________________________ vi.______________________________ 3.consume [kənˈsjuːm] vt. ______________________________ 4.pin [pɪn] vt. ______________________________ 5.gallery [ˈɡæləri] n. ______________________________ 6.fair [feə] n. ______________________________ 7.booth [buːð] n. ______________________________ 8.incident [ˈɪnsɪdənt] n. ______________________________ 9.stunt [ stʌnt ] n. ______________________________ 10.monetary [