Unit 1 Comprehending.pptVIP

2 Write down three things you have learned from the passage about Western art. I learned that : ●artistic style changes as a society’s culture and values change He was realistic about difficulties. 他对困难持现实的态度。 She studied sculpture at art school. 她在美术学校学习雕刻。 The gallery has a show of French oil painting. 这个美术馆在展出法国油画。 How are you? is a conventional greeting. “你好”是一个习惯问候语。 Since Im here, Id like to try a typical dish of this country.既然来了，我想吃这个国家特有的食物。 It was evident that the policy was a failure. 显然这项政策是失败的。 They adopt new techniques in raising sheep. 他们采用新的养羊技术。 She was left an orphan and a poor peasant woman adopted her. 她成了孤儿，一位贫农妇女收养了她。 I like our countrys superb view. 我喜欢我们国家壮丽的景色。 The technique is still at the experimental stage. 这项技术正处于实验阶段。 By coincidence, we arrived here at the same time.? 我们凑巧一同到达这儿。 The dog is his masters shadow. 这条狗和主人形影不离。 What a ridiculous suggestion! 多么荒唐的建议！ We tried to stay away from controversial topics at the dinner party. 晚宴上我们尽力避免一些有争议的话题。 * Unit 1 Art 1 Read the passage carefully and fill in the chart below. ● realistic themes ● perspective ● new oil paints ● religious themes ● many religious symbols Characteristics of the paintings 15th --16th century 5th--15th century Time Renaissance Middle Ages Period ● abstract: concentrated on qualities of the object ● very realistic: like photographs ● painted outdoors ● painted changes in light ● not detailed Characteristics of the paintings 20th century- today late 19th-early 20th century Time Modern Art Impressionism Period ● in the middle ages most paintings had religious subjects ● before 1428 western painters didn’t know how to draw in perspective ● at first people hated impressionist paintings 1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries. 2. Painters in the Middle Ages did not use perspective. 3. Impressionists painted landscapes. 4. You cannot recognize any object in abstract modern art. 5. In the Renaissance m