内容正文:
Unit 3
The Art of Painting
Reading(2)
Language Points
1
Para.1
1. Housed in an old railway building, this world-famous art museumfeatures some of the best-known paintings from the Impressionistmovement of the 19th century.
译文:这座举世闻名的艺术博物馆设于一座古老的铁路建筑中,重点展出十九世纪印象派运动中最著名的一些画作。
注:
housed in 为过去分词短语作状语,动词短语为be housed in, 表示坐落于..., 主句为 this world-famous art museumfeatures some of the best-known paintings from the Impressionistmovement of the 19th century, 非谓语动词短语 be housed in 作状语。
2
Para.1
2. While it was hard to pick a favourite painting out of so manyamazing works, the artists who made the deepest impression on mewere two of the greatest Impressionist painters,Claude Monet andPierre-Auguste Renoir.
译文:虽然很难从这么多令人惊叹的作品中挑选出一幅最受欢迎的画,但给我印象最深的是两位最伟大的印象派画家,克劳德·莫奈和皮埃尔-奥古斯特·雷诺阿。
注:
while引导让步状语从句,表示尽管、虽然,相当于although、though,意味着虽然很难从这么多令人惊叹的作品中挑选出一幅最受欢迎的画
3
Para.2
3.Although the paintings had very different settings, it was their similarities that stayed with me long after I left theMusee d'Orsay ...
译文:虽然这些画背景各异,但在我离开奥赛博物馆很久之后,却还清楚地记得它们的相似之处……
注:强调句:
1. It is / was + 被强调部分 + that / who / whom(强调主语且主语指人可用who,强调宾语且宾语指人可用whom)+ 其他部分。e.g., It was yesterday that he met Li Ping.
2. Is / Was it + 被强调部分 + that / who / whom + 其他部分
e.g., Was it yesterday that he met Li Ping?
4
Para.2
3.Although the paintings had very different settings, it was their similarities that stayed with me long after I left theMusee d'Orsay ...
译文:虽然这些画背景各异,但在我离开奥赛博物馆很久之后,却还清楚地记得它们的相似之处……
注:强调句:
3. 疑问词 + is / was it + that / who / whom + 其他部分
e.g., When was it that he met Li Ping?
4.It is / was not until + 被强调部分 + that + 其他部分
e.g., It was not until she took off her sunglasses that I realized she was a film star.
5
Para.2
4.When I saw it up close, I was struck by the small areas of light across the painting, and the way the soft edges of the figures seemed to mix together.
译文:我靠近观察,画面上遍布着小面积的光斑,人物柔和的轮廓好像融为一体,令我惊叹不已。
strike ...into one's heart 使……刻骨铭心
It strikes sb that ... 某人突然想起……
be/go on strike