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Section Ⅱ Using Language,Assessing Your Progress & Video Time
Ⅰ.重点单词
基础单词
1. frame n.画面;框架
vt.给……镶框;陷害
2. decline n.(数量、价格、质量等的)减少;下降;衰落
vi.&vt.减少;下降;衰落;谢绝
3. bronze n.青铜;深红褐色
adj.青铜色的;深红褐色的
4. civil adj.国民的;民用的;民事的
5. guarantee v.保证;确保;肯定……必然发生
n.保证;保修单;担保物
6. contemporary adj.当代的;现代的;属同时期的
n.同代人;同辈人
拓展词汇
7. represent v.代表;作为……的代言人→ representative adj.典型的;有代表性的n.代表
8. exhibit v.展览;展出n.(一件)展览品→ exhibition n.展览; (技能、感情或行为的)表演
9. art n.艺术→ artist n.艺术家→ artistic adj.艺术的;艺术家的
10. enter v.进入→ entry n.加入;进入;参与
11. recognize v.承认→ recognition n.承认;认出;赞誉
12. expand v.扩大;增加→ expansion n.扩张;扩展;扩大
13. worth adj.有……价值的n.价值→ worthy adj.值得……的;有价值的→ worthwhile adj.有价值的,值得花费时间/金钱/精力的→ worthless adj.无价值的
Ⅱ.重点短语
1.fail to_do sth 没能做……;做……失败
2.bring... to life 赋予生命;使鲜活起来
3.be worthy of 值得
4.be admitted into 被允许进入
5.turn to 求助于
Ⅲ.重点句型
1. Also_of_primary_note_is_a_collection of nearly 100 bronze objects from the Shang Dynasty (1600 BCE———1046 BCE).
同样十分重要的(看点)是一组近百件商代(公元前1600—1046年)青铜器藏品。
2. While the artists who made these great works are not known, they showed great skill in creating these beautiful pieces.
虽然创作这些伟大作品的艺术家并不为人所知,但他们在创作这些美丽的作品时表现出了高超的技艺。
3.Even though Buddhism entered China much earlier, it did not really begin to show expansion until the seventh century.
尽管佛教进入中国的时间要早得多,但它直到7世纪才真正开始传播。
4.Chinese sculpture thus found_itself_highly_influenced by Buddhist art brought from India and Central Asia through the Silk Road.
因此,中国雕塑深受印度和中亚通过丝绸之路传播的佛教艺术的影响。
Ⅰ.Scan the text and answer the question.
What is the main idea of the text?
The text is mainly about _an_exhibition_held_by_the_Richfield_Museum_of_Fine_Art .
Ⅱ.Read the text and choose the best answers.
1.Which of the following is NOT true about the exhibition?
A.It covers a history of more than 3,000 years.
B.It only exhibits bronze bowls,ceramic vases and jade sculptures.
C.It displays the Chinese artistic genius from ancient times.
D.Its theme is “From Shang to Qing:Chinese Art Thr