译林英语模块8同步教学课件：Unit3教材背景链接.ppt

Unit 3 The world of colours and light教材背景链接,When one loves art，no service seems too hard.O.Henry，American novelist一旦热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。美国小说家欧亨利,Life is painting a picture，not doing a sum.O.W.Holmes生活是绘画，不是做算术。霍姆斯,Art is the mold of feeling as language is the mold of thought.Susanne Langer，American philosopher艺术是感情的模制品，犹如语言是思想的模制品。美国哲学家兰格S,Room for Revolution：George Washingtonand His Philadelphia Friends,March 16th,2009August 30th,2009Charles Willson Peales George Washington at Princeton is on view at the museum which was lent from a private collection.This visually striking and finely made lifesize portrait(肖像)records,Washingtons 6foot2inch figure in a pose highlighting strength，composure,and elegance.It is put up in a room neighboring to the Powel House parlor(会客室)，a period room from one of Philadelphias greatest eighteenthcentury private homes,where Washington was frequently entertained by his friends,Samuel and Elizabeth Powel.Both spaces contain important examples of furniture by Philadelphias finest craftsmen，such as Thomas Afflect and John Aitken.,Among these is a side chair specially ordered by the Washingtons when living in Philadelphia.Painted in Philadelphia in 1779，Peales painting was immediately sent to Europe to promote Washingtons reputation as a leader and the cause of the American Revolution，,then in progress.Later，during Europes Napoleonic Wars，a Spanish duke with strong sympathies with American Revolution owned the picture.At that time he added the complicated carved caption to it，,which describes Washington as“a liberator of his country who abandoned absolute power”Curators：American Art Department Staff，website commentary by Carol SoltisLocation：Galleries 286 and 287，second floor,Read the passage and then answer the following questions.1This passage is mainly about_.Athe cause of the American Revolution,B,Bthe information of a portrait on viewCthe description of the life of George Washington Dthe friendship between Washington and his friends,2What is the name of the portrait?()ARoom for Revolution.BCharles Willson Peale.CGeorge Washington at Princeton.DGeorge Washington and His Philadelphia Friends.,C,3What happened in the Powel House parlor?()AWashington entertained his friends.BWashington made a chair on his own.,D,CCharles Willson Peale finished the portrait.DSamuel and Elizabeth Powel met Washington a lot.,