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新外研版高中英语选择性必修一 Book 4 Uni t 4
短文巧记单词
一、朗读并翻译理解
The combination of technology and art works 科技与狠活
Dear Mr Smith,
Woods High School requests the honour of your presence at the opening of Tech Art Festival on the twelfth of November. The event will begin at Greek Quote Stadium at 6 pm with a welcome address followed by awards ceremony, with the evening closing at 8 pm.
Tech Art will run from the twelfth to the sixteenth of November and will feature the works of over one hundred of our students, who turn to widely-recognized artists for source of inspiration, including Spanish painter Picasso and Dutch sculptor Woods, to name just a couple.
Using a wide variety of tools and technologies, some students created three-dimensional (3D) animation versions of Woods’ animal sculptures, such as Floating Fish, Crouching Tiger and Peacock Princess. This innovation sets these characters from folk tales of Chinese ethnic groups in motion so as to enable the visitors to interact with them, literally.
The other students labelled as technicians turned Picasso’s most awe-inspiring abstract painting into a ground-breaking installation composed entirely of wires and cables, creating a distinct contrast between war and peace. This artworks displays the latest trend to go over the fence between art and technologies.
I personally think that art is more accessible to us than ever before, and that the overwhelming amount of technological advances in the digital age has led to a combination of art and technology. Where technology will take art next is anyone’s guess. But one thing is for sure—with so many people exploring new possibilities, we can definitely expect the unexpected.
Yours sincerely,
Jane Brown
二、核对译文
亲爱的史密斯先生,
伍兹高中敬邀您出席11月12日科技艺术节开幕式。活动将于下午6时在希腊引语体育馆开始,并致欢迎辞,随后举行颁奖典礼,晚上8时结束。
科技艺术节将于11月12日至16日举行,届时将展出本校100多位学生的作品,他们把一些得到广泛认可的艺术家作为灵感来源,包括西班牙画家毕加索和荷兰雕塑家伍兹,略举两例。
运用各种工具和技术,一些学生做出了3D动画版的伍兹动物雕塑,例如浮鱼,卧虎和孔雀公主。这一创新让这些来自中国少数民族民间故事的角色动了起来,以便让访客真正的与这些角色互动。
另外一些被称为巧匠的学生把毕加索最令人钦佩的一幅抽象油画变成了一件开创性的现代雕塑作品。这件雕塑完全由电线和电缆组成,创造出战争与和平间的明显对比。这件艺术品展示出了一种越过艺术与技术之间围栏的最新趋势。
在我看来,我们比以往任何时候都更容易接触艺术,并且数字时代大量的科技进步 促使了艺术与技术的融合。科技将会推动艺术发展至何种地步,我们不得而知。但唯一确定的是,随着众多艺术家探索全新的可能性,我们一定可以期待意外的惊喜。
敬上,简·布朗
三、词汇记忆
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1.Greek
2.quote
3.Dutch
4.animation
5.float
6.crouch
7.peacock princess
8.innovation
9.sets...in motion
10.folk tale
11.literally
12.technician
13.awe-inspiring
14.abstract
15.installation
16.composed of
17.wire
18.cable
19.distinct contrast
20.trend
21.fence
四、词汇检测
The combination of technology and art works 科技与狠活
Dear Mr Smith,
Woods High School ____________________(要求;请求) the honour of your presence at the opening of Tech ____________________(艺术节) on the twelfth of November. The event will begin at Greek Quote Stadium at 6 pm with a ____________________(欢迎辞) followed by awards ceremony, with the evening closing at 8 pm.
Tech Art will run from the twelfth to the sixteenth of November and will feature the ____________________(作品) of over one hundred of our students, who ____________________(求助;转向) widely-recognized artists for source of inspiration, ____________________(包括) Spanish painter Picasso and Dutch sculptor Woods, to name just a couple.
Using ____________________(各式各样的) tools and technologies, some students ____________________(创作) three-dimensional (3D) animation versions of Woods’ animal sculptures, such as Floating Fish, Crouching Tiger and Peacock Princess. This innovation sets these characters from folk tales of Chinese ethnic groups in motion ____________________(为了) enable the visitors to ____________________(与……互动) them, literally.
The other students labelled as technicians ____________________ Picasso’s most awe-inspiring abstract painting ____________________(把……变成) a ground-breaking installation ____________________ entirely____________________(由……组成)wires and cables, creating a distinct ____________________(对比) between war and peace. This artworks ____________________(展示) the latest ____________________(趋势) to go over the fence between art and technologies.
I personally think that art is more ____________________(易接触的;可接近的) to us than ever before, and that the overwhelming amount of technological ____________________(进步;进展) in the digital age has ____________________(导致;产生) a ____________________(组合;结合) of art and technology. Where technology will take art next is anyone’s guess. But one thing is for sure—with so many people ____________________(探索;探究) new possibilities, we can definitely ____________________(期待;期盼) the unexpected.
Yours sincerely,
Jane Brown
五、语法填空
The combination of technology and art works 科技与狠活
Dear Mr Smith,
Woods High School requests the honour of your ____________________(present) at the opening of Tech Art Festival on the ____________________(twelve) of November. The event will begin at Greek Quote Stadium at 6 pm with a welcome address ____________________(follow) by awards ceremony, with the evening closing at 8 pm.
Tech Art will run from the twelfth ____________________ the sixteenth of November and will feature the works of over one hundred of our students, ____________________ turn to widely-recognized artists for source of inspiration, ____________________(include) Spanish ____________________(paint) Picasso and Dutch sculptor Woods, to name just a couple.
____________________(use) a wide variety of tools and technologies, some students ____________________(create) three-dimensional (3D) animation versions of Woods’ animal sculptures, such as Floating Fish, Crouching Tiger and Peacock Princess. This ____________________(innovate) sets these characters from folk tales of Chinese ethnic groups in motion so as ____________________(enable) the visitors to interact with them, literally.
The other students labelled as technicians turned Picasso’s most awe-inspiring abstract painting ____________________ a ground-breaking installation composed ____________________(entire) of wires and cables, creating a distinct contrast between war ____________________ peace. This artworks displays the ____________________(late) trend to go over the fence between art and technologies.
I personally think that art is more ____________________(access) to us than ever before, and that the overwhelming amount of technological advances in the digital age has led ____________________ a ____________________(combine) of art and technology. Where technology will take art next is anyone’s guess. But one thing is for sure—with so many people ____________________(explore) new possibilities, we can ____________________(definite) expect the unexpected.
Yours sincerely,
Jane Brown
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