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Language Points
1. look forward to 盼望
2. lay eyes on sb./sth. 看见某人/某物
3. make the deepest impression on sb. 给某人留下最深的印象
4. be inspired by nature 受到大自然的启发
5. It is amazing that... 令人惊叹的是...
6. up close 在近处
7. be struck by... 被...打动
8. jump out at sb. 极易引起某人注意
9. along with... 与...一起
10. as opposed to (表示对比)而, 相对于
11. It is worthy of note that... 值得注意的是...
12. have a lasting influence on... 对...有持久的影响
Notes of Reading
1________(house) in an old railway building, the Musée d'Orsay features some of the best-known paintings from the Impressionist movement of the 19th century.
As I 2__________ (wander) through the Impressionist gallery, I was most impressed by two of the 3________(great) Impressionists, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. 4____ my surprise, Monet did around 250 paintings of the same water lily pond in different colours and styles. 5____________ (amazing) he brought the beauty of the pond to the canvas in 6___ unique way. Renoir's masterpiece Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette shows life in a busy neighbourhood of Paris on a Sunday afternoon. 7_______(see) 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. Monet and Renoir, as well as other like-minded artists, sought 8__________(liberate)from the rules of the old style. Employing free brushwork and using colours 9________(show) the effect of light on things, they created paintings 10___________ were far less realistic than previous works. To me, these techniques are the essence of the Impressionist view of art.
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1.As a huge art fan, I knew exactly what I was looking forward to most about my trip