Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art 知识点讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语新概念第三册

Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art 现代艺术的电流 · electric (adj.) 电的 (electric bill 电费账单) electronic(adj.) 电子的 (electronic dictionary 电子词典) electricity (n.) 电 · current (n.) （adj.） 目前的，当下的 eg. electric current 电流 water current 水流 · currently(adv.) = now 1、 Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more. The idea (that modern art can only be seen in museum 同位语从句) is mistaken. 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。 · sculpture (n.) 雕塑 sculptor(n.) 雕塑家 · rarely (adv.) 几乎不（否定） = hardly = seldom · surprise(vt.) sb. 使某人吃惊 · Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more. = Modern sculpture surprises us no more . = Modern sculpture doesn’t surprise us any more. (not … any more 不再) · 主句：The idea is mistaken. eg. We are glad at the news(that he will come.) 同位语从句 We are glad at the news（that he told us.） 定语从句 2、Even people（who take no interest in art定语从句）cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places. 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。 · be interested in… 对…感兴趣 = take interest in · fail to do sth. 未能做某事（否定） · cannot have failed (双重否定，即为肯定) eg. I can not thank you too much. 感激不尽！ · be on display （主动语态的结构，表被动的意思）被展出 = be on show · in public places 在公共场所 反：in private places 在私人场所 eg. 一只古花瓶在大厅被展出。 An ancient vase is on display/show in the hall. 3、 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. 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。 · form (n.) （1）形状，轮廓 （2）形式（transformer 变形金刚） （3）表格 · stand (v.) 位于，处于，座落于 = sit = lie = be located = be situated · have got （quite） used to them get used to sth. / get used to doing sth. 习惯（做）某事 = be used to sth. / be used to doing sth. · so-called (adj.) 所谓的（贬） · nearly (adv.) 几乎，将近 = almost 4、In spite of this, some people -- including myself -- were surprised by a recent exh