美国哥特人(American_Gothic)

The Depression-era understanding of the painting as a depiction of an authentically American scene prompted the first well-known parody, a 1942 photo by Gordon Parks of cleaning woman Ella Watson, shot in Washington, D.C. American Gothic is one of the few paintings to reach the status of cultural icon, along with Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Edvard Munch's The Scream. It is thus one of the most reproduced – and parodied – images ever. Many artists have replaced the two people with other known couples and replaced the house with well known houses.
Grant DeVolson Wood 1891-1942
However, Wood received a backlash when the image finally appeared in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Iowans were furious at their depiction as "pinched, grim-faced, puritanical Biblethumpers".One farmwife threatened to bite Wood's ear off. Wood protested that he had not painted a caricature of Iowans but a depiction of Americans. Nan, apparently embarrassed at being depicted as the wife of someone twice her age, began telling people that the painting was of a man and his daughter, which Grant seems to confirm in a letter written by him to a Mrs. Nellie Sudduth in 1941.

• Can you think of any more symbols of Chinese culture?
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Potala Palace
Imperial Palace in Beijing
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cheongsam
Chinese chess
一副诋毁她们形象的画作；如果是父女，那么男人手里拿
着一把叉，到底是表示一个普通耕作的农夫，还是一个不 无妒意地赶走女儿追求者的传道夫呢？理解为父女关系的 评论家把女儿下巴和颈部的褶皱理解为“老处女的尖锐”， 但也有人认为这些褶皱暗示着女儿并不像她的穿着
（扣子紧紧封住脖子）那样刻板。
American Gothic 美国哥特人
9.assemble v. 1)组装;装配 eg: Some boys like to assemble model airplanes. 2)集合；聚集；收集 eg: We'll assemble at theБайду номын сангаасgate at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. I've assembled all the information I need for my report. 10.dedicate v.1T)把……奉献给 ~sth./sb. to (doing) sth. eg: He dedicated his life to helping the poor. 2)题词；献词； eg: This book is dedicated to my parents. 3)为……举行落成典礼 eg: The church was dedicated in 1880. dedicated adj. 献身的；专心致志的；一心一意的 eg：1) a dedicated teacher 2)be dedicated to sth.

3.（ 3.（站）在······旁边 旁边 to stand alongside(L.41)
我非常喜欢这个女孩， 我非常喜欢这个女孩，以至于只要和她站在一起我 就感到紧张。 就感到紧张。
So strong was my love for the girl that whenever I stood alongside her I felt nervous.
4.There is no doubt 毫无疑问（L.42）
There is some doubt whether…（对某事）还有一些疑问 There is no doubt that ...毫无疑问
※分别用这两个句型造句：
American Gothic
Wood intended the couple to represent a typical small town resident and his daughter, but most interpret them as man and wife. Since completion, Grant Wood’s 1930 painting American Gothic has become a critically acclaimed work that continues to enjoy enormous popularity. It also has become an American icon and is the model for a countless number of commercial art parodies, such as posters, cards, and souvenirs. The painting hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago.

American Gothicby I.M.Oman looked straight ahead as flat, lips closed, his face expression is very serious, meticulous hobble around on the bridge of the nose round glasses. He covered with mud holding a fork, Beside. him stands a woman and also stern expression Man standing slightly behind her, eyes look to the man。

男人的眼睛直直地向前平视，双唇紧闭，黄瘦的脸上表情十分严肃，鼻梁上一丝不苟地架着圆圆的眼镜。

他沾满泥巴的手里拿着一个叉。

同男人一样，女人的表情也不苟言笑，她略微站在男人身后，眼睛看向男人，有点“唯他是听”的意味。

Grant Wood instantly rose to fame in 1930 with his painting American Gothic , an oftencopied interpretation of the solemn pride of American farmers . The painting shows a serious-looking man and a woman standing in front of a farmhouse . He was strongly influenced by medieval artists and inspired by the Gothic window of an old farmhousem,but the faces in his composition were what captured the world's attention.Wook liked to paint faces he knew well. For the grave farmer he used his dentist, a sour-looking man.For the woman standing alongside him ,the artist chose his sister,Nan.He stretched the models'necks a bit, but there was no doubt who posed for the portrait.Nan later remarked that the fame she gained from American Gothic saved her from a very boring life .New Words•fame[feɪm]n.名声；名望；传闻；传说vt.使闻名；使出名；使有名望；<古>盛传•eg:The fame galileo sought and obtained, he earned.•伽利略追求和获得的名声都是他赢得的。