Notes on the text課文注釋
1 The idea that… is mistaken.
此處that引導(dǎo)的從句作idea的同位語(yǔ)。
2 take no interest in…，作“對(duì)……不感興趣”解。
3 cannot have failed to notice, 不至于沒(méi)注意到。
“cannot+have+過(guò)去分詞”表示對(duì)于過(guò)去的事所作的不肯定的推測(cè)。
4 move in response to a gust of wind，隨風(fēng)飄蕩。
in response(to)作“回答’、“響應(yīng)”、“作出反應(yīng)”講。此處是“（展品）隨風(fēng)而動(dòng)”的意思。
5 be familiar to…是“為……所熟悉”的意思。
6 Lined up against the wall, 靠墻排列著。
7 like traffic lights which have gone mad, 就像失去控制的紅綠燈一樣。
go mad作“發(fā)瘋”、“發(fā)狂”講。
8 on and off（亦作 off and on）作“斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地”、“有時(shí)”講。
9 These peculiar forms not only seemed designed…，其中seemed是系動(dòng)詞，seemed designed 作用與were designed是一樣的。
參考譯文
現(xiàn)代雕塑不再使我們感到驚訝了。那種認(rèn)為現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)只能在博物館里才能看到的觀點(diǎn)是錯(cuò)誤的。即使是對(duì)藝術(shù)不感興趣的人也不會(huì)不注意到在公共場(chǎng)所展示的現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)品。公園里、大樓和商店外豎立著的奇形怪狀的雕塑，對(duì)這些，我們已經(jīng)司空見(jiàn)慣了。有些所謂的“現(xiàn)代”藝術(shù)品在那里已經(jīng)陳列了近80年了。
盡管如此，近舉辦的現(xiàn)代雕塑展覽還是使一些人（包括我在內(nèi)）大吃了一驚。走進(jìn)展廳首先看到的是一張告示，上面寫(xiě)著：“切勿觸摸展品，某些展品有危險(xiǎn)！”展品都是些活動(dòng)的雕塑。人們所熟悉的是懸掛在天花板上、造型奇特、隨風(fēng)飄蕩的雕塑品。這些展品卻使人大開(kāi)眼界?？繅ε帕兄S多細(xì)長(zhǎng)的電線，而電線又連著金屬球。金屬球經(jīng)過(guò)磁化，互相之間不停地相互吸引或相互排斥。展廳中央是裝有彩色燈泡的許多高高的構(gòu)件，燈泡一刻不停地閃爍著，就像失去了控制的紅綠燈。小黑盒子里迸出火花，紅色燈泡發(fā)怒似地忽明忽暗。這兒倒像是在展覽古老的電子設(shè)備。好像設(shè)計(jì)這些奇形怪狀的展品不僅是為了給人感情上的強(qiáng)烈刺激，而且還想給人以電擊似的！
Summary writing 摘要寫(xiě)作
In not more than 80 words describe what the writer saw from the moment he entered the art gallery. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.
Answer these questions in note form to get your points:
1 What did the writer see when he entered the art gallery?
2 Why did it forbid people to touch the exhibits?
3 What did the exhibition consist of?
4 What did the writer see against the wall?
5 What did the spheres do?
6 What did the tall structures in the centre of the hall contain?
7 What did the coloured lights do?
8 What was emitted from black boxes?
9 Did red lamps go on and off or not?
Vocabulary 詞匯
Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage: on display(1. 4);oddly(1. 10); suspended(1. 11); response(1. 11); familiar (1. 11）; attached(1. 12); flickered continuously (1. 15).
Composition 作文
In not more than 200 words describe an exhibition of modern paintings(real or imaginary). Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than three paragraphs.
Title: An interesting exhibition.
Introduction: Work of many artists exhibited----great public interest----you went to the art gallery.
Development: Description of some of the pictures on display----the picture you liked best ----the strangest picture of them all.
Conclusion: People's comments overheard---- your opinion of the paintings at the exhibition.
Letter writing 書(shū)信寫(xiě)作
Write a letter of about 80 words to a friend accepting an invitation to go with him to an exhibition. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following information to write the Purpose:
thank him for invitation----looking forward to meeting him again soon----particularly interested in exhibition----why----where you will meet your friend: time and place. Key structures關(guān)鍵句型
介詞(IKS 94) （參見(jiàn)第2冊(cè)第 94課關(guān)鍵句型）Exercise 練習(xí)
Supply the missing words in the following sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.
1 Even people who take no interest ______ art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture ______ display in public places.
2 We have got quite used ______ them.
3 Oddly shaped forms that are suspended ______ the ceiling and move ______ response ______ a gust of wind are quite familiar ______ everybody.
4 There were long thin wires attached ______ metal spheres.
Special difficulties 難點(diǎn)
Spelling 拼寫(xiě)
Note the spelling of the words in italics:
I'll pay the bill. He never pays his bills.
He owns a donkey. I own two donkeys.
You'll wake up the baby. Babies often cry.
Will he try again? He never tries very hard.
Exercise 練習(xí)
Add－s or－ies to the following words. Make any other necessary changes:
lady, supply, valley, qualify, story, day, say, reply, marry, way, chimney, hurry, stay, enjoy, buy, body, bury, fry.
Multiple choice questions 多項(xiàng)選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more because ______ .
a．even if not in museums, we see it in and around other public places
b．despite people's lack of interest in art, it is put on display
c．people not only display it in their houses but in their gardens also
d．museums have been exhibiting it for nearly eighty years
2 What surprised the writer when he visited a recent exhibition of modern sculpture?
a．The tact that people were forbidden to touch the exhibits.
b．The oddly shaped forms that were suspended from the ceiling.
c．The way in which electrical energy was used to produce mobile effects.
d．The prehistoric electronic equipment used to activate the exhibits.
3 The pieces of sculpture on display at the exhibition were ______ .
a．noticed because they were dangerous
b．either hung on wires or built into the middle of the hall
c．flickering continuously with different coloured lights
d．such that one could not pass them unnoticed though it seemed wiser to pass them untouched
Structure 結(jié)構(gòu)
4 ----‘modern’pieces ______ on display nearly eighty years ago. (11. 6－7)
a．have been
b．a(chǎn)re first
c．were first
d．had been
5 The first thing I saw ______ to the art gallery…(1. 9)
a．on my arrival
b．on entering
c．a(chǎn)t the entrance
d．having arrived
6 The notice prohibited people ______ the exhibits. (11. 9－10)
a．to touch
b．from touching
c．touching
d．not to touch
7 The spheres had been magnetized ______ attracted or repelled each other…(1. 13)
a．so that they
b．so they were
c．so as they had
d．in order that they
8 These peculiar forms ______ to shock people emotionally and to…(11. 17－18)
a．both seemed designed
b．seemed both designed
c．seemed both designed and
d．seemed designed both
Vocabulay 詞匯
9 ----forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move ______ are…(11. 10－11)a．a(chǎn)t one blow
b．a(chǎn)ll of a sudden
c．with a light touch
d．a(chǎn)t the slightest breath
10 Small black boxes ______ sparks…(1. 15)
a．gave off
b．sent by
c．gave over
d．throw off
11 There were a number of tall structures ______ in different colours. (1. 14)
a．enlightened
b．illuminated
c．a(chǎn)lighted
d．burning
12 These peculiar forms not only seemed ______ to shock people…(11. 17－18)
a．drawn
b．planned
c．intended
d．created
1 The idea that… is mistaken.
此處that引導(dǎo)的從句作idea的同位語(yǔ)。
2 take no interest in…，作“對(duì)……不感興趣”解。
3 cannot have failed to notice, 不至于沒(méi)注意到。
“cannot+have+過(guò)去分詞”表示對(duì)于過(guò)去的事所作的不肯定的推測(cè)。
4 move in response to a gust of wind，隨風(fēng)飄蕩。
in response(to)作“回答’、“響應(yīng)”、“作出反應(yīng)”講。此處是“（展品）隨風(fēng)而動(dòng)”的意思。
5 be familiar to…是“為……所熟悉”的意思。
6 Lined up against the wall, 靠墻排列著。
7 like traffic lights which have gone mad, 就像失去控制的紅綠燈一樣。
go mad作“發(fā)瘋”、“發(fā)狂”講。
8 on and off（亦作 off and on）作“斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地”、“有時(shí)”講。
9 These peculiar forms not only seemed designed…，其中seemed是系動(dòng)詞，seemed designed 作用與were designed是一樣的。
參考譯文
現(xiàn)代雕塑不再使我們感到驚訝了。那種認(rèn)為現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)只能在博物館里才能看到的觀點(diǎn)是錯(cuò)誤的。即使是對(duì)藝術(shù)不感興趣的人也不會(huì)不注意到在公共場(chǎng)所展示的現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)品。公園里、大樓和商店外豎立著的奇形怪狀的雕塑，對(duì)這些，我們已經(jīng)司空見(jiàn)慣了。有些所謂的“現(xiàn)代”藝術(shù)品在那里已經(jīng)陳列了近80年了。
盡管如此，近舉辦的現(xiàn)代雕塑展覽還是使一些人（包括我在內(nèi)）大吃了一驚。走進(jìn)展廳首先看到的是一張告示，上面寫(xiě)著：“切勿觸摸展品，某些展品有危險(xiǎn)！”展品都是些活動(dòng)的雕塑。人們所熟悉的是懸掛在天花板上、造型奇特、隨風(fēng)飄蕩的雕塑品。這些展品卻使人大開(kāi)眼界?？繅ε帕兄S多細(xì)長(zhǎng)的電線，而電線又連著金屬球。金屬球經(jīng)過(guò)磁化，互相之間不停地相互吸引或相互排斥。展廳中央是裝有彩色燈泡的許多高高的構(gòu)件，燈泡一刻不停地閃爍著，就像失去了控制的紅綠燈。小黑盒子里迸出火花，紅色燈泡發(fā)怒似地忽明忽暗。這兒倒像是在展覽古老的電子設(shè)備。好像設(shè)計(jì)這些奇形怪狀的展品不僅是為了給人感情上的強(qiáng)烈刺激，而且還想給人以電擊似的！
Summary writing 摘要寫(xiě)作
In not more than 80 words describe what the writer saw from the moment he entered the art gallery. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.
Answer these questions in note form to get your points:
1 What did the writer see when he entered the art gallery?
2 Why did it forbid people to touch the exhibits?
3 What did the exhibition consist of?
4 What did the writer see against the wall?
5 What did the spheres do?
6 What did the tall structures in the centre of the hall contain?
7 What did the coloured lights do?
8 What was emitted from black boxes?
9 Did red lamps go on and off or not?
Vocabulary 詞匯
Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage: on display(1. 4);oddly(1. 10); suspended(1. 11); response(1. 11); familiar (1. 11）; attached(1. 12); flickered continuously (1. 15).
Composition 作文
In not more than 200 words describe an exhibition of modern paintings(real or imaginary). Use the ideas given below. Do not write more than three paragraphs.
Title: An interesting exhibition.
Introduction: Work of many artists exhibited----great public interest----you went to the art gallery.
Development: Description of some of the pictures on display----the picture you liked best ----the strangest picture of them all.
Conclusion: People's comments overheard---- your opinion of the paintings at the exhibition.
Letter writing 書(shū)信寫(xiě)作
Write a letter of about 80 words to a friend accepting an invitation to go with him to an exhibition. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following information to write the Purpose:
thank him for invitation----looking forward to meeting him again soon----particularly interested in exhibition----why----where you will meet your friend: time and place. Key structures關(guān)鍵句型
介詞(IKS 94) （參見(jiàn)第2冊(cè)第 94課關(guān)鍵句型）Exercise 練習(xí)
Supply the missing words in the following sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.
1 Even people who take no interest ______ art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture ______ display in public places.
2 We have got quite used ______ them.
3 Oddly shaped forms that are suspended ______ the ceiling and move ______ response ______ a gust of wind are quite familiar ______ everybody.
4 There were long thin wires attached ______ metal spheres.
Special difficulties 難點(diǎn)
Spelling 拼寫(xiě)
Note the spelling of the words in italics:
I'll pay the bill. He never pays his bills.
He owns a donkey. I own two donkeys.
You'll wake up the baby. Babies often cry.
Will he try again? He never tries very hard.
Exercise 練習(xí)
Add－s or－ies to the following words. Make any other necessary changes:
lady, supply, valley, qualify, story, day, say, reply, marry, way, chimney, hurry, stay, enjoy, buy, body, bury, fry.
Multiple choice questions 多項(xiàng)選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more because ______ .
a．even if not in museums, we see it in and around other public places
b．despite people's lack of interest in art, it is put on display
c．people not only display it in their houses but in their gardens also
d．museums have been exhibiting it for nearly eighty years
2 What surprised the writer when he visited a recent exhibition of modern sculpture?
a．The tact that people were forbidden to touch the exhibits.
b．The oddly shaped forms that were suspended from the ceiling.
c．The way in which electrical energy was used to produce mobile effects.
d．The prehistoric electronic equipment used to activate the exhibits.
3 The pieces of sculpture on display at the exhibition were ______ .
a．noticed because they were dangerous
b．either hung on wires or built into the middle of the hall
c．flickering continuously with different coloured lights
d．such that one could not pass them unnoticed though it seemed wiser to pass them untouched
Structure 結(jié)構(gòu)
4 ----‘modern’pieces ______ on display nearly eighty years ago. (11. 6－7)
a．have been
b．a(chǎn)re first
c．were first
d．had been
5 The first thing I saw ______ to the art gallery…(1. 9)
a．on my arrival
b．on entering
c．a(chǎn)t the entrance
d．having arrived
6 The notice prohibited people ______ the exhibits. (11. 9－10)
a．to touch
b．from touching
c．touching
d．not to touch
7 The spheres had been magnetized ______ attracted or repelled each other…(1. 13)
a．so that they
b．so they were
c．so as they had
d．in order that they
8 These peculiar forms ______ to shock people emotionally and to…(11. 17－18)
a．both seemed designed
b．seemed both designed
c．seemed both designed and
d．seemed designed both
Vocabulay 詞匯
9 ----forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move ______ are…(11. 10－11)a．a(chǎn)t one blow
b．a(chǎn)ll of a sudden
c．with a light touch
d．a(chǎn)t the slightest breath
10 Small black boxes ______ sparks…(1. 15)
a．gave off
b．sent by
c．gave over
d．throw off
11 There were a number of tall structures ______ in different colours. (1. 14)
a．enlightened
b．illuminated
c．a(chǎn)lighted
d．burning
12 These peculiar forms not only seemed ______ to shock people…(11. 17－18)
a．drawn
b．planned
c．intended
d．created