现代大学英语听力2Unit.ppt

Unit 7 People,Unit 7 People,Objectives:1 Understand descriptions of famous personalities and their achievements2 Follow discussions of cause and effect,advantages and disadvantages3 Make inferences4 Summarize main ideas and supporting details,Task 1,Did you watch The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine?Do you know who is the author?,Task 1,H.G.Wells:(1866-1946)Herbert George Wells,British writer.He is the son of an unsuccessful tradesman.After a basic education at a local school,Wells was apprenticed as a drape布料商.Wells disliked the work and in 1883 became a pupil-teacher at Midhurst Grammar School.While at Midhurst,Wells won a scholarship to the School of Science.Wells was disappointing with the teaching he received in the second year and so in 1887 he left without obtaining a degree.Wells spent the next few years teaching and writing and In 1895 Wells established himself as a novelist with his science fiction story,The Time Machine.This was followed by two more successful novels,The Island of Dr.Moreau(1896)and The War of the Worlds(1898).,5,赫伯特乔治威尔斯(Herbert George Wells 1866-1946)，英国著名小说家，尤以科幻小说创作闻名于世。毕业于英国皇家理学院，任教于伦敦大学，曾在赫胥黎的实验室工作，后转入新闻工作，从事科学和文学的研究，是英国费边社的成员和代表人物。1895年出版时间机器一举成名，随后又发表了莫洛博士岛、隐身人、星际战争、当睡着的人醒来时、不灭的火焰等多部科幻小说。他曾于1920年、1930年两次访问苏联，先后会晤过列宁和斯大林，撰写了基普斯、托诺-邦盖、波里先生和他的历史、勃列林先生看穿了他、恩惠、预测、世界史纲等大量关注现实，思考未来的作品。世界史纲是作者于1918年开始撰写的一部人类历史的百科全书，曾在世界范围内产生广泛影响。此书于1920年出版，后于19231930年间几次修订再版，内容写到第一次世界大战。此书最初由谢冰心等人翻译并介绍到我国。,Keys,1)Because he wrote an astonishing number of books.2)Mankind would have to create a world state.3)No.4)Cities were destroyed by bombs dropped from aero planes.5)Any two of the following:The War in the Air,The First Men in the Moon,The Time Machine,and The Invisible Man.6)Events forecast in Wells books might come true.,Task 1,【原文】H.G.Wells was born in 1866.His energy must have been enormous,for he wrote an astonishing number of books.Many of the later ones were concerned with his idea that mankind would have to create a world state,if it was not to end up by destroying itself.There were novels like Kipps,Love and Mr.Lewisham and The History of Mr.Polly.The best of these are now recognized as classics.But in addition,this incredible man somehow found the time and inspiration to write the stories forecasting future events that entitle him to be known as the father of science fiction.When The War in the Air appeared in 1908,how many people could have foreseen that within thirty years great cities were going to be destroyed by bombs dropped from aeroplanes?The First Men in the Moon was published in 1901.How many of those who read it realized that men really were going to walk on the moon within their lifetime?And what about The Time Machine and The Invisible Man?Are we going to wake up one morning and find that here too Wells was forecasting events which were going to come true?,7,Can you describe this artist who is at work?You can choose some action verbs and adjectives.,Task 2,Words:blister:A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation水泡easel:An upright frame for displaying or supporting something,such as an artists canvas.画架flourish:To be in a period of highest productivity,excellence,or influence;To make bold,sweeping movementsfray:quarrel;To wear away(the edges of fabric,for example)by rubbingprominent:Projecting outward or upward from a line or surface;突出的Widely knowntousle:To disarrange or rumple,as of hair糟乱stride:To walk with long step.tilt:To cause to slope.checked:格子花纹的profile:A side view of an object.,Task 2,10,【原文】If you came into his studio in the evening as the sun was setting you could see him.You would notice how the soft light coming through the long windows fell on his left profile as he stood in front of his easel.He was tall;his shoulders were narrow;his head was large with an abundance of dark,tousled hair.He surveyed the canvas in front of him and half-closed his eyes.His cheek bones were high and prominent,and accentuated the line of the jaw.This in turn set off his long neck.He stepped back,taking a long stride,and remained with one foot in front of the other.He wore sandals without socks and you could see that a big toe had developed a blister where a leather strap cut across it.He had short,strong,capable fingers and he used his broad,flexible thumb to smooth some of the paint on the still life he was busy finishing.The jeans he wore were faded and frayed;paint rags hung from each pocket.His shirt was a checked one of many colors,mainly purple,blue and yellow.It contrasted peculiarly with the ephemeral colors on the canvas.He tilted his head to one side,smiled,walked forward and brought his brush slowly towards the bottom of the canvas,and with a flourish signed his name.ephemeral短暂的，极短的，瞬息的；昙花一现的checked格子花纹的,Keys,A.1)b 2)c 3)c 4)aB.1)tall;narrow;large;tousled 2)surveyed;half-closed 3)taking a long stride 4)capable;flexible;still life 5)faded;frayed 6)tilted his head;smiled;walked forward;with a flourish,约瑟夫特纳（Joseph Turner）（17751851）是英国浪漫主义风景画家，著名的水彩画家和版画家，他的作品对后期的印象派绘画发展有相当大的影响。在18世纪历史画为主流的画坛上，他的作品并不受重视，但现代公认他是非常伟大的风景画家。,Task 3,Self-portrait,13,约瑟夫玛罗德威廉透纳(Joseph Mallord William Turner1775年4月23日-1851年12月19日)是英国最为著名，技艺最为精湛的艺术家之一，19世纪上半叶英国学院派画家的代表，在西方艺术史上无可置疑地位于最杰出的风景画家之列。1789年，他14岁时进入皇家艺术学院附中学习，第二年就被学院接受，开始他想学习建筑学，但被劝告继续学习绘画。1790年，他的水彩画作品被学院的夏季画展展出，1796年，他的油画作品海上渔夫被展出，以后他一生中几乎每年都有作品被学院展出。虽然他以油画出名，但他是英国最著名的水彩画家，被称为画光线的画家 他最著名的油画被拖去解体的战舰无畏号一直在伦敦的英国国家美术馆展出。透纳喜欢描绘自然现象和自然灾害:火灾、沉船、阳光、风暴、大雨和雾霾，他为大海的能力所倾倒，他虽然也描绘人物，但也只是为了衬托不能为人们征服的大自然的崇高和狂野，是上帝能力的证明，所以在他的后期注重描画在水面的光线、天空和火焰，而逐渐放弃描画实物和细部，为印象派的理论开辟了道路。,Words:champion:One that wins first place or first prize in a competition;supportincessant:Continuing without interruptionKaleidoscope:万花筒secretive:Having or marked by an inclination to secrecy;not open,forthright,or frankslovenly:Untidy,as in dress or appearancesolitary:alone;A person who lives alonebarber:理发师,Task 3,15,【原文】Joseph Turner(17751851)is one of the two greatest English landscape painters of his age.He is especially noted for his imaginative water colours and oil paintings,which often show dramatic sunsets and sunrises,done in a brilliant kaleidoscope of colours.His painting Burning of the Houses of Parliament appears in colour in the Painting article.During the 1830s and 1840s,the method he used became more and more impressionistic.His work influenced the impressionist movement in France led by Claude Monet in the 1870s.Turner is also known for his landscape drawings,especially the book of drawings called Liber Studiorum,which he produced between 1807 and 1819.Turner was influenced at first by Rembrandt and later by Claude.He began to use bright colours in his paintings,especially the reds and oranges for which he is known,after about 1820.Some of his most famous paintings are Childe Harolds Pilgrimage,公子哈罗德的朝圣之旅Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus,尤利西斯嘲弄波吕斐摩斯 Bay of Baiae,and View of Orvieto.奥尔维耶托贝亚湾，阿波罗与女先知（The Bay of Baiae,with Apollo and the Sibyl）Turner was born in London,the son of a barber.He was something of a boy genius,and exhibited at the Royal Academy at the age of 15.He traveled widely,first in England and Scotland,and after 1800 in France,Italy,and Germany.Turner drew and painted wherever he went,working incessantly and producing hundreds of paintings and thousands of drawings,many of which he left to the nation.During his lifetime Turner was said to be a miser,and towards the end of his life,he became slovenly,solitary,and secretive.Many people did not like his work until John Ruskin championed him in 1843,but Turner died wealthy and was buried in St.Pauls Cathedral,London.He left his money to a charity for poor English artists.,16,威廉透纳（williamTurner,1775-1851）被誉为英国绘画史上的天才人物。威廉透纳24岁被选为皇家美术协会候补院士，28岁成为正式院士，也是有史以来最年轻的院士。威廉透纳感觉敏锐，富于幻想，充满浪漫主义气质。威廉透纳平生的抱负就是画出足以同17世纪法国大师克劳德洛兰媲美的画。为了让自己的作品惊世骇俗、不同凡响，透纳在创作时，几乎把一切富于戏剧性和震撼人心的效果都融进画里，常常使人们为他敏妙的才华和不同凡响的笔意赞叹不已。从威廉透纳的作品中我们总是感受到大自然的崇高、壮丽和无比的威力，感受到创作满腔激情。透纳常常表现的是天光水色浑然一体，云、雾、水融会其中的景象。透纳用耀眼光线、灿烂的色彩、大胆奔放的用笔描绘出充满力量、速度和运动氛围感的绘画作品，在我们眼前展现了一个动荡不安、炫人眼目的世界。透纳的风景画绝不是忠实于对象的写生之作，而是带有强烈主观愿望、想象和戏剧性的夸张作品。透纳不是为画风景而创作，是为表达感情而创作。透纳的风景画简直就像中国的大写意作品。威廉透纳的油画、水彩画技巧纯熟精湛，他用笔挥洒，有流动感，善于用光，他笔下的景色常常沐浴在明亮的光线之中。透纳用光并不像伦勃朗，伦勃朗的光线是逐渐减弱最后融在阴影之中，而透纳的光却是逐步纯化，最后变为一片明亮的光辉。透纳对画面虚实的处理也别具一格，产生出动人的画面效果。威廉透纳去世前将三百幅油画、近二万幅水彩和素描赠送给了国家。透纳的主要作品有蒸汽和速度、议会大厦的火灾（1835年）、战舰归航（1819年）、威尼斯风景(1843年)、暴风雪（1842年）等。,Keys,A.1)F 2)T 3)F 4)F 5)F 6)T 7)F 8)TB.1)dramatic sunsets and sunrises 2)1830s,1840s,impressionistic 3)reds,oranges,1820,Task 5,Nobel Peace Prize:1964 Martin Luther King Jr.1991 Aung San Sun Kyi(缅甸女政治家)争取民主和人权的非暴力斗争1993 Nelson Mandela(南非黑人领袖)2000 Kim Dae-Jung(韩国前总统)促成朝鲜与韩国两方领导人会面，增进朝鲜半岛与东亚和平2001 Kofi A.Annan(前联合国秘书长,加纳)为更有组织与和平的世界做出的努力 2004 Wangari Maathai(肯尼亚)为可持续发展、民主与和平作出的贡献 2009 Barack Obama 其致力于加强国际世界外交和世界人民之间的合作所做的非凡努力,Wangari Maathai-Tree Woman of Kenya First woman doctor in eastern and central AfricaShe has been the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment,Natural Resources and Wildlife in Kenya since 2003.Green Belt MovementThe goal of the Green Belt Movement was to replace the trees that had been cut down.,Task 5,Keys,ANobel Peace Prize;twelfth;firstPeace on earth depends on our ability to secure our living environment.Green Belt MovementKenyan64The United States;Kenya;earn a doctorate degreeAnimal scienceEnvironment,natural resources and wildlife,Task 5,Keys,B1977;plant trees;all over Africa;thirty million;seeds;nurseries;communities;planting;taking care of the trees;survives;fuel.,Task 5,Stagflation:Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unemployment 经济停滞与通货膨胀,Task 6,Keys,I.A.Norway B.the United StatesII.A.a lack of balance,inflation,recession B.low interest rates&increased government spending,higher interest rates C.low employment,high inflation D.high employment,low inflation(the time consistency problem)III.A.business cycles B.new-technology C.market corrections D.an increase in oil prices,Task 6,Explicit:Fully and clearly defined or formulate;Readily observableSerialize:(serialise)To write or publish in serial form,Task 7,Task 7,Charles Dickens(1812 1870)was an English novelist,generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period.His works:The Adventures of Oliver Twist David Copperfield Little Dorrit A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Dombey and Son,Keys:A.1)It was originally released in local newspaper in serial form.2)The two short,little sections are easily doable,and then you get hooked on the story and wonder whats happening next.3)Through mail and twice a month.4)Because the book opens on Christmas Eve and it has a strong message about family.5)5,600 B.1)1860,London,in suspense 2)adventures,love and betrayal,a poor orphan 3)any likeness of either of them,photographs,their tombstones 4)Industrial Revolution,altering daily life 5)profound change,fundamental values,Task 7,Task 9,apprenticeship n.学徒的身份cajole v.诱劝，哄骗 copious adj.丰富的 curator n.博物馆管理者Louvre 卢浮宫（法国巴黎）Metropolitan Museum of Art（纽约）大都会博物馆Renaissance 文艺复兴,The Louvre MuseumLe Muse du Louvre,The British Museum,The Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York,The State Hermitage Museum of Russia,The Palace Museum,Task 9,A.Answer the following questions.1)At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.2)The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.3)Studies for Leonardos most famous paintings,and the results of new research into such subjects as Leonardos patrons,his teachers,and the work of his pupils.4)Because they are particularly sensitive to light and temperature.5)Because drawings are difficult to see in a museum.,Task 9,B.Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape.1)T 2)F 3)T 4)F 5)TC.Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.1)Master Draftsman,artistic apprenticeship,1470s,scientist,inventor,France,1519 2)artist,scientist,theorist,teacher,Renaissance Man3)revealing,rationalizing,the mysteries of o the world,the great depths of human emotion,convincing4)magical sense,draws,creates,greatest personalities5)reassuring,cajoling,security,insurance,the general public,knowledge,