第45讲阅读理解：Native American Pottery（一） 职称英语综合B精讲课件幻灯片课件.ppt

Native American Pottery There are several American Indian groups in the Southwest that still make beautiful pottery. Some of this pottery may be sold at fairly high prices. But the makers consider their work as more than a commercial enterprise. By using methods handed down for generations, the potters express their pride in their cultural inheritance. pottery n. 陶器 distinctive adj. 特别的，有特色的 enterprise n. 事业，产业，实业 handed down for generations……世代相传…… Some of the most interesting pottery is made by the Pueblo Indians. There are 21 individual pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico. Several are famous for their craftsmanship. To make a pot, these potters use a clay base and add long thin coils of clay to it in a spiral pattern. When they have reached the size they want, they use an implement such as a rock or shell to smooth the surfaces of the pot. Pueblo Indians 普韦布洛印第安人 Arizona 美国亚利桑那州 New Mexico美国新墨西哥州 craftsmanship 技术；技艺 clay base 粘土底座 implement 工具，器具 How a pot is decorated and fired depends on the traditions of the group making it. Traditional pottery produced by the Acoma, who have lived for centuries on a high mesa in New Mexico, is first painted with a clay slip. The resulting pots: which are prized for their delicacy and strength, may be left white. They may also be painted with black and white patterns or with a combination of black, orange, and brown. Acoma 阿科马（美国一印第安人村庄名） mesa 高平顶山 clay slip 粘土断层 Very distinctive black pottery comes from the San Ildefonso and Santa Clara pueblos. The black color is the result of carbon being released from the animal manure in which the pot is fired. Some artisans hand –rub this ware to a shiny gloss. Others cut patterns into it: resulting in a part shiny: part flat surface. Potters at SailIldefonso make many types of wares. Potters at Santa Clara are especially known for wedding jars-jars with two necks connected by a handle. Other groups such as the Hopi and the Cochiti also make