2026届高三英语外刊阅读人物类 文学与艺术 任务单

2026-02-03
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Nick Relph: Capturing New York’s Unfinished Soul Through Digital Art By Randy Kennedy Nick Relph, a British artist based in定居在 New York, has spent the past seven years wandering the city’s streets under cover of night, lingering徘徊(hang out ) near construction fences and using a small digital scanner to capture images of building renderings posted on wooden barriers. Unlike graffiti artists who leave their marks on urban spaces, Relph extracts art from the city, amassing a vast archive档案 of digital streetscapes that document New York’s ever-changing skyline and the mythical, sometimes eerie可怕的, future it promises. (翻译:尼克·雷尔夫是一位定居纽约的英国艺术家,在过去七年里,他常常在夜色的掩护下游走于纽约的街头,徘徊在建筑工地的围栏旁,用一台小型数字扫描仪捕捉张贴在木质围栏上的建筑渲染图。与在城市空间留下自己印记的涂鸦艺术家不同,雷尔夫从城市中“提取”艺术,积累了大量数字街景档案,记录下纽约不断变化的天际线,以及它所承诺的、兼具神秘与诡异感的未来。) At 42, Relph first rose to prominence首次崭露头角 two decades ago through experimental videos and films he made with his former art-school classmate Oliver Payne. Those works, which wove 交织在together urban and suburban landscapes, experimental music and a sense of aimlessness, offered unclassifiable meditations难以归类的思考 on belonging and place. Now, his focus has shifted to the quiet, overlooked忽视 corners of New York’s construction sites, where renderings建筑效果图 of luxury buildings—required by city law to be displayed publicly—serve as作为 both real previews预览 and fictional 虚构的branding tools. (翻译:42岁的雷尔夫二十年前首次崭露头角,当时他与前艺术学校同学奥利弗·佩恩合作创作了实验性视频和电影。这些作品融合了城市与郊区风景、实验音乐和一种漫无目的的感觉,对“归属感”和“地域感”进行了难以归类的思考。如今,他的焦点转向了纽约建筑工地那些安静、被人忽视的角落——根据城市法律要求,那里必须公开展示豪华建筑的渲染图,这些渲染图既是真实的预览,也是虚构的品牌宣传工具。) His new book, “Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax,” collects more than 100 of these digitally stitched-together拼接 streetscapes, some marked by graffiti or distorted by the lo-fi 低画质的scanning process, reflecting the chaos and chance of urban life. Critics say Relph’s work occupies an unusual place in New York’s street photography history, blending the tradition of artists like Berenice Abbott with a post-internet sensibility that questions the line between reality and fiction in a digital age. (翻译:他的新书《日食:身体与灵魂的语法》收录了100多幅这样的数字拼接街景图,其中一些带有涂鸦痕迹,或因低画质扫描过程而失真,反映了城市生活的混乱与偶然性。评论家表示,雷尔夫的作品在纽约街头摄影史上占据着独特的位置,既延续了贝伦妮丝·阿博特等艺术家的传统,又融入了“后互联网时代”的感知力,质疑着数字时代现实与虚构之间的界限。) In a recent interview, Relph explained that his work is not just about capturing buildings, but about documenting a city in flux—one that is always becoming, never fully finished. “These renderings promise a perfect future, but they’re often disconnected from与..脱节 the people who live here,” he said. “I want to show the gap between that promise and the messy, beautiful reality of New York, to capture the city’s unfinished未完成的 soul.” (翻译:在最近的一次采访中,雷尔夫解释说,他的作品不仅仅是捕捉建筑,更是记录一座不断变化的城市——一座始终在“形成中”、从未真正“完工”的城市。“这些渲染图承诺着一个完美的未来,但它们往往与生活在这里的人们脱节,”他说,“我想展现这种承诺与纽约混乱而美丽的现实之间的差距,捕捉这座城市未完成的灵魂。”) 【重点短语】 based in 定居于 under cover of night 在夜色的掩护下 construction fences 建筑工地围栏 digital scanner 数字扫描仪 building renderings 建筑渲染图 graffiti artists 涂鸦艺术家 leave marks on 在……留下印记 amass a vast archive of 积累大量……的档案 digital streetscapes 数字街景图 ever-changing skyline 不断变化的天际线 rise to prominence 崭露头角 art-school classmate 艺术学校同学 weave together 融合;编织 sense of aimlessness 漫无目的的感觉 meditations on 对……的思考 shift focus to 将焦点转向 overlooked corners 被忽视的角落 luxury buildings 豪华建筑 branding tools 品牌宣传工具 digitally stitched-together 数字拼接的 lo-fi scanning process 低画质扫描过程 urban life 城市生活 street photography街头摄影 post-internet sensibility 后互联网时代感知力 in a recent interview 在最近的一次采访中 a city in flux 一座不断变化的城市 be disconnected from 与……脱节 unfinished soul 未完成的灵魂 【文章主旨】 文是一篇艺术家人物介绍,聚焦定居纽约的英国艺术家尼克·雷尔夫,详细介绍了他的艺术创作理念、创作形式、创作重心的转变,以及其作品的核心内涵——通过捕捉纽约建筑工地的建筑渲染图,制作数字街景作品,记录纽约这座不断变化的城市,展现城市承诺的完美未来与现实之间的差距,捕捉纽约“未完成的灵魂”;同时提及他的艺术成就、评论家对其作品的评价,以及他在街头摄影领域的独特地位。 【文章结构】 本文采用“总—分—总”的逻辑结构,共4段,每段分工明确、层层递进,贴合人物介绍类文章的典型写法: 第一段(总起):介绍艺术家尼克·雷尔夫的基本身份(定居纽约的英国艺术家),以及他当下的核心创作方式——夜色中扫描建筑工地围栏上的建筑渲染图,提取城市元素,积累数字街景档案,记录纽约的天际线与未来感,区分他与涂鸦艺术家的创作差异。 第二段(背景与转变):补充艺术家的年龄、成名背景(20年前与同学合作实验性视频/电影崭露头角),介绍他早期作品的风格与核心主题;重点说明他如今的创作重心转变——从早期的城市/郊区风景融合,转向纽约建筑工地被忽视的角落,解读建筑工地渲染图的双重属性(真实预览+品牌工具)。 第三段(作品与评价):介绍他的新书及书中收录的作品(数字拼接街景图),描述作品的特点(带涂鸦、低画质失真,体现城市混乱与偶然);引用评论家的评价,明确其作品在纽约街头摄影史上的独特地位,以及作品融合传统与后互联网时代感知力的特点。 第四段(主旨升华):通过艺术家本人的采访,点明其创作的核心初衷——不仅是捕捉建筑,更是记录不断变化的城市;解释作品的深层内涵(展现完美未来承诺与现实的差距),呼应文章标题,点明“捕捉纽约未完成的灵魂”这一核心。 【语法填空】 Nick Relph, a British artist ①______(base) in New York, captures the city’s soul through digital art. For seven years, he ②______(wander) its streets at night, scanning building renderings on construction fences. Unlike graffiti artists, he extracts art from the city, leaving ③______ unique archive of digital streetscapes.④______ 42, Relph rose to prominence 20 years ago. He made experimental videos with a classmate, whose works ⑤______(weave) urban and suburban landscapes together. Now he shifts ⑥______(he) focus to overlooked construction corners, where renderings act as both previews and ⑦______(brand) tools. His new book has over 100 digitally stitched works, some ⑧______(distort) by lo-fi scanning. Critics say his art holds a ⑨______(specially) place in street photography, blending tradition with post-internet sensibility. Relph says his art records a city in flux. “These renderings promise a perfect future, ⑩______ they’re disconnected from real life,” he said. He hopes ⑪______(show) the gap between promise and reality, capturing New York’s ⑫______(finish) soul. 答案解析 ①based动词(提示)非谓语动词base与artist为被动关系,用过去分词作后置定语 ②has wandered动词(提示)动词时态for seven years为现完标志,主语 he 为三单 ③a无提示冠词表 “一份独特的档案”,unique 辅音音素开头,用 a ④At无提示介词固定搭配 at + 年龄,表 “在 42 岁时” ⑤wove动词(提示)动词时态20 years ago 为一般过去时标志,用 weave 的过去式 ⑥his代词(提示)物主代词修饰名词 focus,用形容词性物主代词 his ⑦branding名词(提示)名词变形作定语修饰 tools,branding tool 为固定搭配 “品牌工具” ⑧distorted动词(提示)非谓语动词逻辑主语 works 与 distort 为被动关系,用过去分词 ⑨special形容词(提示,原词 specially)词性转换修饰名词 place,用形容词替换副词 ⑩but无提示连词前后句为转折关系,“承诺完美未来但与现实脱节 ”⑪to show动词(提示)非谓语动词固定搭配 hope to do sth “希望做某事” ⑫unfinished动词(提示,原词 finish)词性转换 + 派生词修饰名词 soul,结合文意用否定前缀 un-,表 “未完成的” 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $

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