美国历史文化概况UNIT 9 Art, Literature, and Architecture.pptVIP

Unit 9 Art, Literature, and Architecture CONTENTS TEACHING AIMS After studying this unit, you are required to: 1. Have a general idea of Art, Literature, and Architecture. 2. Understand the history of Art, Literature, and Architecture. 3. Master the difficult words and expressions. Text A Visual arts and Architecture of U.S.A TEXT A Preview 视觉艺术作品是指那些由专业视觉艺术工作者创作，在画廊、艺术展览会和拍卖行展出，并在美术机构尤其是博物馆展览的作品。从艺术对象来讲，视觉艺术包括绘画、雕刻、摄影及工艺品制作，以及属于媒体艺术和表演艺术的几种类型。美国是一个移民国家，几乎世界各主要民族的后裔都有，带来了各样建筑风格，其中尤其受英国、法国、德国、西班牙以及美国各地区原来传统文化的影响较大。 TEXT A Reading Comprehension Read the following sentences and decide whether they are true（T) or false（F)． TEXT A Notes TEXT A Notes TEXT A Notes TEXT A Notes TEXT A New Words and Expressions: TEXT A New Words and Expressions:  TEXT A New Words and Expressions: TEXT A New Words and Expressions: TEXT A Assignment  Finish the rest of exercises of Text A Preview Text B Text B Mark Twain TEXT B Preview 马克?吐温（Mark Twain,1835年11月30日－1910年4月21日）,原名萨缪尔?兰亨?克莱门 （Samuel Langhorne Clemens)）是美国的幽默大师、小说家、作家，也是著名演说家，19世纪后期美国现实主义文学的杰出代表。马克?吐温”是其最常使用的笔名，一般认为这个笔名是源自 其早年水手术语，马克?吐温的意思是：水深12英尺，萨缪尔（即“马克?吐温”）曾当过领航员，与其伙伴测量水深时，他的伙伴叫道“Mark Twain !”，意思是“两个标记” TEXT B Reading Comprehension TEXT B Reading Comprehension TEXT B Notes TEXT B Notes The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Satirizing a Southern antebellum society that was already out of date by the time the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The drifting journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature. TEXT B Notes TEXT B Notes TEXT B Notes TEXT B New Words