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Unit 3 The art of painting
Grammar and usage
Verb-ing forms and verb-ed forms
as predicatives
Have you ever visited a gallery?
What do you do in a gallery?
Lead-in
Where did the writer go to see the paintings?
It is of great difference. You can learn something about a place through your smartphone, but it is impossible for you to touch it, smell it, or embrace it. So to visit and truly appreciate something on your own eyes is always a better option.
Lead-in
Exploring the rules
1. How did the writer appreciate the paintings?
The writer wondered at _________________________, ____________________and ____________________________________________. He/she observed _____________________________________
____________________________, and enjoyed ________________
______________________________________________________________________
the skill of the artist
their use of colour
how they played with light and shade
the brushwork the artist used
bathe his/her senses in this palace of human creativity.
to enhance their works
being able to
2. What was the writer’s attitude towards the act of viewing artworks through smartphones?
The writer felt shocked and believed it was impossible to truly appreciate the human touch of a great painting through a smartphone.
in the digital age 在数码时代
play with light and shade 摆弄光和影
bathe my senses in ... 使感官沉浸在... ...之中
be reduced to a few million pixels 降低到几百万像素
feel the breeze against my face 感受到迎面而来的清风
Go through the blog entry again and complete the table of part A.
Verb-ing forms as predicatives It was surprising then ...
Verb-ed forms as predicatives ..., I was amazed to see all the paintings.
Exploring the rules
What is predicative?
表语是说明主语的身份、性质、品性、特征和状态的,位于系动词之后,与系动词联系十分紧密,有系动词就有表语,有表语就有系动词。
系动词的功能主要是把表语和它的主语联系在一起,它有自己的词义
看到所有这些绘画作品,我觉得非常震惊。
这个注意听起来非常有意思。
听到这个消息后我觉得很兴奋。
一是:be
两似乎:seem, appear
三保持:keep, stay, remain
四变得:become, get, turn, go
五感觉:look, smell, taste, sound, feel
六证明:prove
Go through the blog entry again and