译林英语模块8同步教学课件：Unit3教材背景链接.ppt

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1、Unit3Theworldofcoloursandlight教材背景链接名言佳句Whenonelovesart，noserviceseemstoohard.－O.Henry，Americannovelist一旦热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。——美国小说家　欧·亨利Lifeispaintingapicture，notdoingasum.－O.W.Holmes生活是绘画，不是做算术。——霍姆斯Artisthemoldoffeelingaslanguageisthemoldofthought.－SusanneLanger，Americanphilosopher艺术是感情的模制品，犹如语言是思想的模

2、制品。——美国哲学家　兰格·SRoomforRevolution：GeorgeWashingtonandHisPhiladelphiaFriends类文欣赏March16th,2009～August30th,2009CharlesWillsonPeale’sGeorgeWashingtonatPrincetonisonviewatthemuseumwhichwaslentfromaprivatecollection.Thisvisuallystrikingandfinelymadelifesizeportrait(肖像)recordsWashington’s6foot2inchfigur

3、einaposehighlightingstrength，composure,andelegance.ItisputupinaroomneighboringtothePowelHouseparlor(会客室)，aperiodroomfromoneofPhiladelphia’sgreatesteighteenthcenturyprivatehomes,whereWashingtonwasfrequentlyentertainedbyhisfriends,SamuelandElizabethPowel.Bothspacescontainimportantexamplesoffurnitur

4、ebyPhiladelphia’sfinestcraftsmen，suchasThomasAfflectandJohnAitken.AmongtheseisasidechairspeciallyorderedbytheWashingtonswhenlivinginPhiladelphia.PaintedinPhiladelphiain1779，Peale’spaintingwasimmediatelysenttoEuropetopromoteWashington’sreputationasaleaderandthecauseoftheAmericanRevolution，theninpr

5、ogress.Later，duringEurope’sNapoleonicWars，aSpanishdukewithstrongsympathieswithAmericanRevolutionownedthepicture.Atthattimeheaddedthecomplicatedcarvedcaptiontoit，whichdescribesWashingtonas“aliberatorofhiscountrywhoabandonedabsolutepower”．Curators：AmericanArtDepartmentStaff，websitecommentarybyCarol

6、SoltisLocation：Galleries286and287，secondfloorReadthepassageandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.1．Thispassageismainlyabout________.A．thecauseoftheAmericanRevolutionBB．theinformationofaportraitonviewC．thedescriptionofthelifeofGeorgeWashingtonD．thefriendshipbetweenWashingtonandhisfriends2．Whatisthena

7、meoftheportrait?()A．RoomforRevolution.B．CharlesWillsonPeale.C．GeorgeWashingtonatPrinceton.D．GeorgeWashingtonandHisPhiladelphiaFriends.C3．WhathappenedinthePowelHouseparlor?()A．Washingtonentertainedhisfriends.B．Washingto