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Unit1 Language point1
Reading & Thinking + Learning about language
What is Western art? It is hard to give a precise definition.
什么是西方艺术? 很难给出一个明确的定义。
precise: adj. 准确的;精确的
precisely adv. 准确地;精确地;的确如此(常可和exactly换用)
precise instructions / measurements
明确的指令;精确的尺寸
I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon, or,
______________________, at two o'clock this afternoon.
我今天下午约了医生,准确地说 是今天下午两点。
precisely/ to be precise
Thus, artists were not interested in painting realistic scenes.
因此,艺术家们对描绘真实场景并无兴趣
2. realistic (about sth.) adj. 现实的;逼真的---学案p.1/1.
unrealistic; realistically adv.现实/实际地;逼真地
He tried __________________difficulties.
他看待困难尽量保持实事求是。
They talked as if they had accomplished a lot, but
in ____________they did very little.
to be realistic about
reality
In particular, his paintings are set apart from other paintings by their realistic human faces and deep emotional impact.
他的绘画尤其以逼真的人脸和强烈的情感冲击而与众不同。
3. set sb/.sth. apart from 使与众不同;使突出;使优于……
( = distinguish sb / sth from 使有别于,使有特色)
cf. set sth apart (for sth) [常用被动态] 留出/拨出(时间、金钱等)
_____________________ (from the other students) is her great passion for English.
她与其他同学的不同之处在于她对英语有极大的热情。
Thirty minutes of the day should _________________English.
每天应留出30分钟读英语。
What sets her apart
be set apart for
. An important breakthrough during this period was the use of perspective by Masaccio(1401-1428).
这一时期的一项重大突破是马萨乔(1401年一1428年)对透视法的运用。
4. make/achieve a major/ significant breakthrough in
在……方面取得重大突破
_________________________________________ hospital construction without a greater degree of technical cooperation.
没有技术大协作,医院建设就无法实现大突破 。
A significant breakthrough couldn’t be made in
Influential painters such as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Raphael (1483-1520) built upon Giotto and Masaccio's innovations to produce some of the greatest art that Europe had ever seen.
在乔托和马萨乔创新的基础上,莱昂纳多·达·芬奇(1452年一1519年)、米开朗琪罗(1475年一1564年)和拉斐尔(1483年一1520年)等