高二英语选修六_It_sounds_like_you_know_quite_a_bit配套文本及练习

1、1/ 5 it sounds like you know quite a bit about picasso配套文本及练习david: i thought i might find you in here after class, so i checked as i passed by. sure enough, here you are. 大卫: 我想课后没准能在这儿找到你， 所以路过时进来看看。 果然，你真在这儿。mike: how did your class go? 迈克: 课上得怎么样？david: oh, it went ok. i sat at the back of the r

2、oom, so i wasnt paying that much attention. 大卫: 哦，挺好。我坐在教室的最后，所以没太认真听。mike: dave, you never change. 迈克: 大卫，你还是没变。david: never mind about me. how was your date with cathy the day before yesterday? 大卫: 别担心我了。你和凯茜前天的约会怎么样？mike: it wasnt a date. she just wanted me to take her to the art exhibit because

3、she didnt know how to get there. 迈克: 那不是约会。她只是想让我带她去看美术展，因为她不知道怎么走。david: and she couldnt ask someone? 大卫: 她怎么不去问别人？mike: i cant help it if she thinks im the best tour guide in beijing. 迈克: 她认为我是最好的北京导游，我也没办法。david: so how was the art show? 大卫: 那个美术展怎么样？mike: i really enjoyed it. the exhibit was at

4、the centre of the building. that made it easy to go through the sculptures so you could see them from all sides. 迈克: 我太喜欢了。那个展览在整个大楼的中心。这使你很容易就能穿过那些雕塑，从哪边都能看见。david: how surprising to think of you at an art show. 大卫: 想想你会去看美术展真让人吃惊。mike: as i walked around the exhibit and listened to cathys explanat

5、ions, i grew to 2/ 5 appreciate art. thats why im looking through these art books. there are a lot of great artists i never knew about. 迈克: 当我走在展览大厅里，听着凯茜的讲解，我对美术的兴趣大大增加。那就是为什么我一直在看这些美术书的原因。有很多大艺术家我以前都没听说过。david: are you starting to show off how cultured you are? 大卫: 你开始炫耀你的文化修养啦？mike: not at all. t

6、his stuff is really interesting. look at this sculpture. its by an artist called pablo picasso. an inuit sculpture we saw is just like picassos sculptures. 迈克 : 不是不是。这东西真的是很有意思。看看这件雕塑。它是一位名叫帕布鲁 毕加索的艺术家的作品。 我们看到的一座因纽特人雕塑就像是毕加索的作品。david: whats it supposed to be? 大卫: 你认为这是哪种雕塑？mike: i think its an abst

7、ract sculpture. at times picasso painted abstracts. what does it look like to you? 迈克: 我觉得它是抽象派雕塑。毕加索有时也会画抽象派的画。你看它像什么？david: well, its round, but not as round as a circle. could it be a womans head? 大卫: 哦，它有点儿圆，但又不完全是圆的。会不会是个女人的头？mike: it might be. picasso not only made sculptures, he also painted

8、hundreds, maybe thousands of paintings. what do you think of this one? 迈克: 有可能。毕加索不仅搞雕塑，而且还画了几百，也许是几千幅画。你看这张画怎么样？david: wow, its hard to figure this one out. 大卫: 哦，还真难说。mike: thats one of his most famous paintings. its called guernica and its about the suffering of innocent people and animals during

9、 war. see the horses head thrown back as if it were screaming in great pain? 迈克: 这是毕加索最有名的绘画作品之一。它叫做格尔尼卡，描写的是战争期间无辜的人和动物遭受的苦难。你看那匹马的头向后仰着， 好象是在痛苦中嘶叫着对吗？david: yes, when you keep looking at it you can recognize more and more details. it 3/ 5 looks like he has painted many people in great pain. 大卫: 是的

10、。如果你仔细看，就能辨认出越来越多的细节。好像他画出了许多极度痛苦的人。mike: yes, he wanted to show the suffering caused by the war. guernica is really the most famous anti-war painting ever done. his strong feelings about what happened in the spanish civil war led him to join the communist party in 1944. he remained a loyal member o

11、f the party to the end of his long life in 1973. 迈克: 没错，他想表现战争带来的苦难。 格尔尼卡是他画的最著名的反战作品。他对西班牙内战期间发生的事抱有强烈的情感，这导致他后来于1944 年加入了共产党。一直到1973 年临终时，他仍然是一位忠诚的共产党党员。david: gee, it sounds like you know quite a bit about picasso already. how long have you been reading about him? 大卫: 嚯，听起来你对毕加索了解得很多嘛。你读有关他的书有多长时

12、间了？mike: no, i havent read that much about him yet, but im definitely going to read more about him. hes a fascinating artist and certainly one of the most famous artists of all time. 迈克: 不，我还没读多少，但我肯定会多读一些的。他是一位迷人的艺术家，也是有史以来最著名的艺术家之一。david: well, ill have to leave you with picasso because i have a b

13、asketball practice in fifteen minutes. do you want to shoot a few baskets later? 大卫: 好吧。我没法再跟你谈毕加索了，十五分钟后我有一个篮球训练。呆会儿你想不想投投篮？mike: sure. sounds great. 迈克: 好哇，我一定来。david: could we meet at 4:30? 大卫: 那咱们四点半见？mike: yes, ill be free then. ill wait for you downstairs by the back door. we can go out togeth

14、er. 迈克: 好，那时我就没事了。我在楼下的后门边儿上等你。我们可以一起去。david: see you later. 4/ 5 大卫: 一会儿见。mike: have a good practice. 迈克: 好好训练。5/ 5 情景剧练习1.why did cathy go to the art exhibit with mike? a) she knew that he liked art. b) she didnt want to go by herself. c) she didnt know how to get to the exhibit. 2.what helped mike to appreciate art? a) looking at the sculptures. b) reading the books on arts. c) cathys explanations of the art. 3.what does mike say is one style of picassos art? a) abstract. b) realistic. c) colorful. 4.why did picasso paint guernica? a) he wanted to show how to p