Unit 4 Chinese Art and Architecture

Unit4 Amazing art知识点小结（一）1.impressive 形容词，“令人印象深刻的,令人赞叹的；令人敬佩的”，如：an impressive building with a huge tower 有高塔的壮观建筑an impressive performance 令人难忘的演出one of the most impressive novels of recent years (试着翻译一下)She was very impressive in the interview. 她在面试中表现得十分出色。

其比较级为more impressive, 最高级形式为the most impressive; 其动词形式为impress.名词为impression。

to get a good/bad impression of sb/sth 对某人/某事印象好/不好a first impression 第一印象make a strong impression on sb. 给某人留下强烈的印象My words made no impression on her. 我的话丝毫没有对她起作用。

课文原句：What is the most impressive artwork, sculpture or performance you’ve ever seen?Why did it make such an impression on you? （P37）2.语法填空（来自自starting out视频听力部分）：If you are a big fan of art, you mustn’t miss these cities: Florence, New York city and Beijing. ________ (know) as the birthplace of Renaissance, Florence is famous for its long history of art. Several of the _________ (great) artists of the time studied or worked in Florence, _______ (include) Michelangelo and Botticelli, both of _______ left many artistic treasures in the city. In Florence there are all kinds of art museums, be ________ for painting, sculpture, architecture and even fashion.If you are interested in more recent artworks, where _______ (good) to go than New York city? Visit the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum to see their ________ (amaze) modern art collections. And __________ you want to check out what’s new, head to the galleries of Chelsea, the Lower East Side and Brooklyn. The exciting and _______ (origin) works there will make you think again about ________ art really is.For _______ taste of both old and new, head for Beijing. The city is a perfect ________ (mix) of traditional and modern Chinese art. While the Palace Museum is home to great traditional works, the 798 Art Zone serves ________ the center of Chinese Contemporary art.You can ________ (easy) spend days in the city enjoying the ________ (variety) art exhibitions.So next time you are visiting a city, make sure to see what’s inside its museums and galleries.Not only ________ you learn more about art, you will see the city with new eyes.答案在文末找！3.Hi, it’s Zack! (P38)电话里或直播介绍时介绍自己时用it’s xxx. 或This is XXX speaking.4.Greetings from Paris, everyone!A greeting is something friendly that you say or do when you meet someone.They exchanged greetings.After greetings the gift should be passed immediately to the host.send greetings and wishes 发送问候和祝福extend greetings to sb. 向某人致以问候动词greet表示“和（某人）打招呼（或问好）”；“欢迎；迎接”短语有：greet sb with sth.;如：She greeted us with a smile.The changes were greeted with suspicion.Loud cheers greeted the news.5.This broadcast is being brought to you from one of the largest museums on Earth—the Louvre!Today we’re going to find out about some of the Louvre’s most amazing treasures. Here we go!(P38)This broadcast is being brought to you…相当于I’m bringing the broadcast to you…be being done是现在进行时被动语态的基本结构，表示说话时或现阶段正在进行或发生的被动动作，强调主语是动作的承受者，表示“正在被…”。

Unit 4 Distinguished ArchitectsText ANew Word●hire on 接受雇佣——to accept the job or to the employ●aspiring a. 有志气的,有抱负的——desiring or striving for recognition or advancement ●overlapping a. 重迭的,交搭的——covering with a design in which one element covers apart of another (as with tiles or shingles)●interpenetrating a. 相互渗透的——to spread completely through something or from onething to another in each direction●designate v. 清楚地标出或指出——to state officially that a place or thing has a particularcharacter or purpose●hovering a. 翱翔的,盘旋的——to stay in one place in the air, usually by moving thewings quickly●crazed a. 疯狂的——behaving in a wild or strange way, especially because of strongemotions or extreme pain●turmoil n. 混乱的——a state of confusion, uncertainty or disorder●domestic chores .家务杂活—— some housework●prolific a. 作品多的,多产的——producing a great number or amount of something●re-invigorate v. 再次激励——try to make someone feel fresher, healthier and moreenergetic again●inter v.埋葬——to bury a dead bodyepitaph n.碑文,墓志铭——a short piece of writing or a poem about a dead person, especially one written on their gravestone●gravesite n. 墓地,坟墓——an area of land ,where are buriedArchitectural terms:●civil engineering 土木工程(学)——the planning and building of things not used forreligious or military purposes, such as roads, bridges and public buildings. someone whose job is to plan and build public buildings, roads, bridges, etc.●residential a. 居住的,住所的——A residential road, area, etc. has only private houses, notoffices and factories●prairie house 草原住宅——Frank Lloyd Wright revolutionized the American home whenhe began to design "Prairie" style houses with low horizontal lines and open interior spaces.●crucifix n. 十字架(型)——model or picture representing Jesus Christ on a cross●plaster n. 灰泥,灰浆——a substance which becomes hard as it dries and is used especiallyfor spreading on walls and ceilings in order to give a smooth surfaceProper Names●Adler and Sullivan 阿德勒和沙利文——Adler was a civil engineer who, with his partnerLouis Sullivan, designed many buildings including the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, New York[1], the Chicago Stock Exchange Building (1894–1972) and the Auditorium Building,●Prairie school 草原学派——Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th centuryarchitectural style, most common to the Midwestern United States.●The works of the Prairie School architects are usually marked by horizontal lines, flat orhipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands,integration with the landscape, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament●Arts and Crafts Movement 艺术与工艺运动——The Arts and Crafts Movement was aninternational design movement that originated in England and flourished between 1880 and 1910, continuing its influence up to the 1930s. The movement advocated truth to materials and traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often medieval, romantic or folk styles of decoration. It also proposed economic and social reform and has been seen as essentially anti-industrial●Taliesin 塔里埃森——Taliesin (c. 534 – c. 599) was a Welsh poet of the post-Romanperiod whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin.Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the courts of at least threeCeltic British kings.●Imperial Hotel 帝国饭店——The Hotel Vintage Plaza, formerly the Imperial Hotel andinformally The Plaza, is a historic hotel building in downtown, Portland, Oregon, UnitedStates.●Taliesin Fellowship 塔里埃森设计团体——Fallingwater 流水别墅——Fallingwater orKaufmann Residence is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The home was built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains.●Johnson Administration Building 约翰逊办公大楼——Johnson Administration Buildingwas of "great simplicity", in his words. On the 245 square foot site, he placed a double-height "great workroom" measuring more than 120 feet by 200 feet, with columns spaced at twenty feet in both directions, surrounded by a 17-foot deep mezzanine and a solid brick wall at the outer edge.●Usonian house ―桑年‖房屋——'Usonian' is a term usually referring to a group ofapproximately sixty middle-income family homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright beginning in 1936 with the Jacobs House.[1] The "Usonian Homes" were typically small, single-story dwellings without a garage or much storage, L-shaped to fit around a garden terrace on odd (and cheap) lots, with native materials, flat roofs and large cantilevered overhangs for passive solar heating and natural cooling, natural lighting with clerestory windows, and radiant-floor heating●Price Tower 普赖斯大厦——The Price Tower was commissioned by Harold C. Price ofthe H. C. Price Company, a local oil pipeline and chemical firm. It opened to the public in February 1956.●the Guggenheim Museum 古根海姆美术馆——The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is amuseum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial[3] and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongsidethe Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The Guggenheim is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.●Marin County Civic Center 马林文娱中心——he last commission by Frank LloydWright,[3]is located in San Rafael, California. Groundbreaking for the Civic Center Administration Building took place in 1960, afterWright's death and under the watch of Wright's protégé, Aaron Green, and was completed in 1962.●Taliesin 西塔里埃森——Taliesin (c. 534 – c. 599) was a Welsh poet of the post-Romanperiod whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin.Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the courts of at least three Celtic British kings●Unity Chapel 唯一教堂——The Unity Chapel, one of the earliest buildings associated withWright, was designed by architect J. L. Silsbee; young Frank Lloyd Wright, as an apprentice, is said to have designed the interior of the 1886 church.Text BNew words:●Naturalized a. 加入国籍的——the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebodywho was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born●Provision n. 附带条件,条款——an agreement in the legal document●Municipal a.市政的,市的——administrative division composed of a defined territory andpopulation●Bestow v. 给予,赠与——to give sth to sb, esp to show how much they are respected●Graft v. 移植,嫁接——take a piece of skin, bone etc from one part of the body and attachedto a damaged part●Honorary a. 荣誉的——sth given as am homor●Disciple n. 信徒,门徒——the follower of religion●Doctorate n. 博士学位——the highest university degreeArchitectural terms:●Real estate房地产——angency majoring in architecture●Glass-clad a.玻璃覆盖的——with glass coveringProper names:●Ieoh Ming Pei贝聿铭—— (born on 26 April, 1917), commonly known as I. M. Pei, isa Chinese-American architect, often called a master of modern architecture.华裔现代建筑大师●Canton 广州—— the provincial and developed city of Guangdong in southeast China.●MIT麻省理工学院——Massachusetts Institute of Technology,a famous engineering school.●AIA美国建筑师协会——The American Institute of Architects,a professional organizationfor architects in the United States.●William Zeckendorf威廉·柴根道夫a prominent American real estate developer in NewYork City.●Webb and Knapp韦伯纳普—— a real estate development firm, founded in 1922 by RobertC. Knapp and W. Seward Webb along with Eliot Cross, a noted architect.美国著名建筑公司●The National Center for At mospheric Research美国国家大气研究中心—— (NCAR)amultiple facilities, including headquarters in Colorado managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Studies include meteorology, climate science, atmospheric chemistry, solar.● National Gallery of Art美国国家美术馆—— a national art museum established in 1937 forthe people of the United States of America, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.Opening to the public free of charge●The Miho Museum秀美博物馆——museum, located southeast of Kyoto, Japan, was thedream of Mihoko Koyama (after whom it is named), the heiress to theToyobo textile business, and one of the wealthiest women in Japan●The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramid du Louvre) 卢浮宫金字塔——a large glass and metalpyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.●Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 梅尔森音乐厅——a concert hall located in the ArtsDistrict of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). Ranked one of the world's greatest orchestra halls, it was designed by architect I.M. Pei and acoustician Russell Johnson's Artec Consultants, Inc.and opened in September 1989.●Schauhaus展馆——display room●The German Historical Museum德国历史博物馆——museum was founded in 1878,including cultural and historical objects relating to the city's history. It moved into the Saalhof in 1955, and a new extension was opened in 1972●Bank of China Limited (BOC) 中国银行—— one of the big four state-ownedcommercial banks of the People's Republic of China. founded in 1912 by the Government of the Republic of China, the oldest bank in China. From its establishment until 1942,●Four Seasons Hotels四季酒店—— a Canadian-based international luxuryhotel management company. The company has been named one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" by Fortune every year since thesurvey's inception in 1998●Raffles City 莱佛士广场——a large complex located in the Civic District withinthe Downtown Core of the city-state of Shanghai.●Fragrant Hills Park香山公园——(Xiangshan Park) a public park at the foot of the WesternMountains in the Haidian District, in the northwestern part of Beijing, China. It covers 1.6 km2(395 acres) and consists of a natural pine-cypress forest, hills with maple trees, smoke trees and persimmon trees, as well as landscaped areas with traditional architecture and cultural relics.●Lyndon Baines Johnson林登约翰逊—— (August 27, 1908 –January 22, 1973), oftenreferred to as LBJ, served as the 36th President of the United States , one of four people whoserved in all four elected Federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President and President.Jimmy Carter 吉米卡特—— (born October 1, 1924) served as the 39th President of the United States,the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.。

Unit4TextChinese traditional painting has a long history. It bear s its own[əun] characteristic s and form ed a style of its own.traditional [trəˈdɪʃənl] 传统的;口传的;惯例的;bear [beə] v..具有；承担;支撑;生育;结（果实）n.熊;蛮横的人;adj.跌价的;股票行情下跌的;characteristic[ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk] n. 特征，特性，特色，独特性;性质;adj.特有的;独特的;form[fɔ:m] n.形状，形式;外形;方式;表格;vt.形成;构成;组织;塑造;vi.形成，产生;排队，整队;style[staɪl] n. 风格；方式;样式;品位;vt.设计;为…造型;vi.使符合流行式样;用刻刀作装饰画;中国画有着悠久的历史。

它具有自己的特征，并已形成了独特的风格。

Chinese PaintingChinese traditional painting is highly regard ed throughout the world for its theory, expression, and technique s, Different from Western paintings, a Chinese painting is not restrict ed by the focal point in its perspective. The picture “Mulan Returns Home” provide s an example. In the picture the artist painted all the scene s along the Yangtse River on a long and narrow piece of paper. One can see what people are doing both outside and inside the courtyard and the house. It can be said the adoption of shifting perspective is one of the characteristics of Chinese painting.highly 非常、高度地、赞许地speak/think highly of sb.高度赞美/评价某人regard [rɪ'ɡɑ:d] v.重视;关注；注意;注视;尊敬;throughout[θru:ˈaʊt] prep. 自始至终;在…期间;遍及…地域/场所;adv. 处处;始终;在所有方面;theory [ˈθiəri] n. 理论;学说;原理;expression[ɪk'spreʃn] n.表现，表示，表达;表情（脸色，态度）technique [tekˈni:k] n.技巧，技术，手段;技能;手法;restrict [rɪ'strɪkt] vt.限制，限定;约束，束缚restriction n. restrictive a.focal ['fəʊkl] adj.焦点的，有焦点的;集中在点上的;point[pɔɪnt] n.点;要点;得分;标点;v.指向;指路;表明perspective [pə'spektɪv] n.a.透视（画）法;远近（画）法；透视的;望远镜;shifting/ linear perspective散点/线性透视n.景;远景；前途；想法；观点；洞察力;in/out of perspectiveprovide [prə'vaɪd] vt.& vi.提供，供给，供应; provide sb with sth/ provide sth for sbscene [si:n] n.场面，现场;景色，风景narrow ['nærəʊ] adj.狭隘的;狭窄的;有限的;仔细的，精确的;v.限制，限定;变窄;收缩;n.海峡;狭路，隘路;courtyard[ˈkɔ:tjɑ:d] n.庭院，院子;天井adoption[ə'dɒpʃn] n.采用，收养;shifting[ʃɪftɪŋ] n.移位;转移，偏移;狡猾;v.改变(shift的现在分词);adj.移动的;多变的;It can be said that …It is know to all thatIt has been found that传统中国画因其理论、表现及技法特征在全世界受到高度关注。