新概念英语第二册课文和笔记 Lesson 26:The best art critics 最佳艺术评论家

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★art　n. 艺术
art student 艺术系的学生
English student 学英语的学生
student of England
英国学生
artist　艺术家
artiste 艺人
art gallery 艺术画廊
black art 巫术

★critic　n. 评论家
criticise v. 批评，批判
criticism n. 批评，批判
critical　adj. 挑剔的
critically adv. 爱挑剔的
He criticised my painting.
You are critical.

★paint　v. 画
draw a picture 用线条画
paint a picture　强调油画
painting
oil painting
Chinese painting 中国国画
Beijing opera 国戏，京剧

★pretend　v. 假装
pretend to do something
When his mother came in,the baby pretended to go to sleep.
pretend that...

★pattern　n. 图案
pattern drills
pattern 模式，典范

★curtain　n. 窗帘，幕布

★material　n. 材料
listening material 听力材料

★appreciate　v. 鉴赏
enjoy 欣赏
enjoy the music
　　I like poems.
　　I love...
　　I enjoy...得到乐趣
　　I appreciate...　程度一个比一个深
　　appreciate something
　　appreciate doing sth
　　I appreciate your help.
　　我很感激你的帮助

★notice　v. 注意到
pay attention to 思想上的注意
I notice the boy. 细节上的注意
I notice the beauty spot.

★whether　conj. 是否
If 在表示是否的时候可以被whether所取代
If在表示如果的时候不可以用whether取代
If it will rain...
Whether it will rain...
Whether it will rain or not...
I wondered if it will rain.
Whether he is mad or not.

★hang　v. 悬挂，吊
hang　hanged　hanged　绞死
hang　hung　　hung 　 悬挂
The thief was hanged.
The coat was hung.

★critically　adv. 批评地

★upside down 上下颠倒地　　两个同样的发音连在一起时，前边的音省去不读

　　First listen and then answer the question.
　　听录音，然后回答以下问题。
　　Who is the student's best critic?

　　I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.
　　'What are you doing?' she asked.
　　'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
　　She looked at it critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
　　I looked at it again. She was right! It was!