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1、,Vincent van Gogh,Warming up,Work in pairs.Check()the things which you think are forms of art.,architecture cinema classical music cooking dancing fashion design martial arts novels painting poetry popular music sculpture,Now add some more ideas to the list.,Warming up,Work in pairs and answer the q

2、uestions.,1 What examples can you think of for each art form?(Reference.)2 What do great works of art have in common?3 Which is the greatest of all the art forms,and why?,They refresh the spirit.They have beauty.They express some aspect of being human more clearly for us.,Music explores emotions bey

3、ond words and has a worldwide appeal.Poetry as a form of art has meaning as well as beauty.,Warming up,architecture:the Temple of Heaven,Beijing cinema:Chen Kaiges Yellow Earth(黄土地)classic music:Mozarts 40th Symphony(莫扎特第四十交响曲)cooking:a meal at Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant(大董烤鸭店),Beijing dancing:a

4、performance of Swan Lake fashion design:a show by Giorgio Armani(乔治阿玛尼)martial arts:a display by Jet Li(李连杰)novels:The Dream of the Red Chamberpainting:a Rembrandts(伦勃朗)self-portraitpoetry:Qu Yuans Li Sao popular music:Teng Lichuns(邓丽君)When will you return?sculpture:Michelangelos(米开朗基罗)David,Back,Wa

5、rming up,Watch a video collection of van Goghs works and try to learn the song Starry Starry Night.,Lyrics:,Warming up,Look at the painting of sunflowers and answer the questions.,1 In what period do you think this was painted?2 Which is the strongest colour?,The 1880s.,An orange yellow.,Warming up,

6、3 What do you think the painter hoped to express with this painting?4 What(if anything)does the painting tell us about the personality of the painter?,It is clearly more than the appearance of the flowers.I think his emotions about them or perhaps his emotions in general are expressed in the form of

7、 sunflowers.(A sense of welcome and happiness.),Powerful emotions,almost a sort of pain about life.(the intensity of his feelings.),Skimming,Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.Analyze the structure of the passage:1.how many parts can the passage be divided into?2.whats

8、the main idea of each part?,Task,Organization of the passage,Part 1(1-3)Part 2(4-9)Part 3(10-15)Part 4(16),Main idea of each part,Part 1(1-3):brief introduction to Vincent van GoghPart 2(4-9):van Goghs lifePart 3(10-15):the reasons for his productivityPart 4(16):conclusion,Skimming,Answer the questi

9、ons.,1 What two facts do most people remember about van Gogh?His use of colour and his mental illness.2 What did his early paintings show?The gloomy light of Northern Europe.3 How did the Impressionists influence his style?His style became lighter and brighter.4 Why did he paint so many pictures of

10、himself?Because he could not afford to hire models.,Skimming,5 Why did he move to the south of France?Because he grew discouraged with his life in Paris,and he was drawn by the sunshine of Arles.6 How did van Gogh and Gauguin get on with each other?They were very close but they had serious disagreem

11、ents.7 Why did van Gogh need to spend time in a mental hospital?For depression and because he was worried about hearing voices.8 What do art lovers think about van Gogh now?He produced some of the greatest paintings the world has ever known,and gave inspiration to so many later artists.,Skimming,Mat

12、ch the conditions 15 with the symptoms(a)(e).,1 epilepsy 2 sunstroke3 lead poisoning 4 schizophrenia5 bipolar disorder,(a)hearing voices inside your head(b)seeing circles of light around objects(c)experiencing periods of intense activity followed by tiredness(d)feeling sick and aggressive(e)feeling

13、the need to write a lot,Skimming,Answer:1-(e);2-(d);3-(b);4-(a);5-(c),Vincent van Gogh,译文,Digging,1 Between November of 1881 and July of 1890,Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings,but never achieved fame.Yet since his death,he has become one of the most celebrated painters in the world.,Back

14、ground information,Digging,2 The two most important but apparently independent features about van Gogh which most people know about are his spectacular,almost explosive,use of colour and the poor state of his mental health,which brought his life to a sad end.,译文,Digging,3 Yet,according to medical re

15、search since van Goghs death,it now seems that these two features may be linked,and that his mental health may have contributed to his artistic style,not just at the end of his life,but at earlier times as well.,译文,Digging,4 Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853,and his early career working for an in

16、ternational art dealer took him to London,Paris and Belgium.When he decided to become a painter in 1880 with the support of his brother Theo,his early work was,not surprisingly,filled with the gloomy light of Northern Europe.,译文,Digging,5 In Paris van Gogh met many of the artists later known as Impr

17、essionists,such as Degas,Toulouse-Lautrec,Pissarro and Gauguin.His style changed under their influence,and became lighter and brighter.He used small strokes of primary colours(red,blue and yellow)and complementary colours(purple,orange and green).He was also sensitive to the more abstract style of G

18、auguins paintings,where shapes of objects are represented by distinct zones of colour.,译文,Digging,6 Yet despite working in such an encouraging atmosphere,van Gogh could not equal his friends growing success.He was unable to pay for models,and so he painted a large number of self-portraits,which may

19、indicate his potential for soul searching.,译文,Digging,7 Van Gogh soon grew discouraged with his life in Paris,and moved to Arles in the south of France,where,drawn by the sunshine,he hoped to establish an artists community.He felt liberated by the people,the buildings and the scenery there,and paint

20、ed them with vivid,passionate colours and a cheerfulness which was new to him and his career.He was keen for Gauguin to visit him,and finally persuaded him to make the journey.,译文,Digging,The paintings of Sunflowers and his home were partly intended as a welcome to Gauguin,partly a reflection of his

21、 happiness.But because of the intensity of van Goghs friendship for him and hostile disagreements about their working methods,Gauguin left Arles.At this event,van Gogh cut off part of his own right ear.,译文,Digging,8 Van Gogh spent several desperate periods in a mental hospital over the next two year

22、s because of his depression and his concern that he had heard voices.His style became more experimental,with stronger lines and sharper colours,always dominated by the green of the olive trees,the blue of the sky and the spectacular yellow of the sun.This was the period of his greatest output and so

23、me success,with the famous The Starry Night and other paintings being well-received by critics at the annual exhibition in Paris.,译文,Digging,9 But these very productive periods were matched by moments when despair prevailed,during which he doubted his ability to create a work of value.In a delicate

24、state of mind,van Gogh returned to a friend near Paris and continued his work.In 1890 he shot himself,taking two days to die.10 So what is the link between his love of intense colour and his destructive mental state?,译文,Digging,11 We now know more about mental and physical illness,and their effects.

25、Van Gogh suffered from epilepsy,an illness which leads to fits,and which may have been caused by a defect in the brain at birth.This was made worse by drinking absinthe,a popular but dangerous alcohol often drunk by artists at the time.His doctor prescribed a drug which can cause the patient to see

26、everything in yellow or to see yellow spots.This may have been why van Gogh loved the colour.,Digging,12 Van Gogh experienced a surge of activity,after which he became tired and depressed.We now recognize these to be symptoms of bipolar disorder.He also used lead-based paints,exposure to which can l

27、ead to lead poisoning.One of the symptoms of lead poisoning is a swelling of the retinas in the eyes,which can cause one to see light in circles around objects.We can see this effect in paintings such as The Starry Night.,译文,Digging,13 Another condition linked to epilepsy and manic behaviour is the

28、spontaneous need to write continuously.Van Gogh wrote over 800 letters to his brother,Theo,which might be the result of this condition.,译文,Digging,14 Van Gogh wanted his paintings to be realistic,so he worked outdoors.Some of the episodes of aggressiveness and feeling sick may be the effects of suns

29、troke.,译文,Digging,15 Finally,hearing voices is a well-established symptom of schizophrenia,a serious mental illness which changes the relationship between what you think and reality.,译文,Digging,16 We talk about the genius necessary to produce great works of art.In van Goghs case,his genius,especiall

30、y in his use of colour,may be due to his mental health.As art lovers,we acknowledge that van Gogh produced some of the greatest paintings the world has ever known,and gave inspiration to so many later artists.But we should not overlook the mental torture he suffered for his art.,译文,1.and so he paint

31、ed a large number of self-portraits,which may indicate his potential for soul searching.(Line 3,Para 6),His interest in painting his own face may indicate his interest in examining himself and asking himself questions about his values and the meaning of his life.soul searching:asking oneself questio

32、ns about ones values and the meaning of ones life,Difficult sentences,Difficult sentences,2.He felt liberated by the people,the buildings and the scenery there,and painted them with vivid,passionate colours and a cheerfulness which was new to him and his career.(Line 3,Para 7),He felt a new freedom

33、from the lifestyle,attitudes and scenery he experienced there.His pictures from that time were brighter in colour and happier in mood than any he had painted before.,Difficult sentences,3.But because of the intensity of van Goghs friendship for him and hostile disagreements about their working metho

34、ds,Gauguin left Arles.(Line 9,Para 7),The friendship was a lot stronger on van Goghs part than Gauguins and this made the latter feel uncomfortable about it.The two argued bitterly about art(for example,van Gogh believed in painting out in the open,whereas Gauguin thought it better to paint from mem

35、ory).As their relations got worse,van Gogh panicked that Gauguin would leave him,approached him with a razor blade in hand,and later cut off his own ear with the blade.Gauguin decided his presence only made van Goghs behaviour worse and he left Arles while his dangerous friend was recovering in hosp

36、ital.,Difficult sentences,4.In a delicate state of mind,van Gogh returned to a friend near Paris and continued his work.In 1890 he shot himself,taking two days to die.(Line 4,Para 9),delicate state of mind:psychologically fragile;close to breakdown,Difficult sentences,5.Van Gogh experienced a surge

37、of activity,after which he became tired and depressed.(Line 1,Para 12),a surge of activity:of any activity he was engaged in at that time;for example,he might produce many paintings.,Difficult sentences,6.Some of the episodes of aggressiveness and feeling sick may be the effects of sunstroke.(Line 2

38、,Para 14),episodes of aggressiveness:for example,the arguments with and threatening Gauguin,Difficult sentences,7.But we should not overlook the mental torture he suffered for his art.(Line 7,Para 16),As we enjoy van Goghs paintings,we ought to remember what pain and unhappiness his work caused him.

39、,explosive,释义1,a.(usu before noun)relating to or like an explosion 爆炸式的,例句,Nuclear weapons are not the only explosive force threatening civilization.,核武器不是唯一的威胁人类文明的爆炸力量。,翻译,Words,例句,Unemployment became an explosive issue.,失业成了一个爆炸性的问题。,翻译,释义2,a.able to explode 会爆炸的,Words,例句,Highly explosive gas is

40、naturally found in coal mines.,煤矿中天然存有高爆气体。,翻译,例句,The explosive device was timed to go off at the rush hour.,爆炸装置被设定在高峰时间引爆。,翻译,explosive,释义1,n.C a single short line or mark made with a pen or brush（钢笔或毛笔的）一笔，一画,例句,The most complex Chinese character contains 64 strokes.,最复杂的汉字有64画。,翻译,Words,例句,翻译,st

41、roke,Fill in gaps by using short,upward strokes of the pencil.,用铅笔向上短短地勾画几道来填充空白。,释义2,n.C one of the series of sounds some clocks make to mark the hour,or the time marked by this（某些钟表整点报时的）一敲，一响,例句,The telephone rang at the stroke of six.,钟敲六下，电话铃响了。,翻译,Words,例句,翻译,On the stroke of 12,fireworks sudd

42、enly exploded into the night.,12 点的钟声刚敲响，焰火便在夜空中绽放。,stroke,释义1,a.abstract art expresses the artists ideas or feelings rather than showing the exact appearance of people or things（艺术）抽象派的,例子,翻译,Words,例句,Abstract art is an acquired taste.,翻译,对抽象派艺术要有足够的了解才会欣赏。,.a modern abstract painting,一幅现代派抽象画。,abs

43、tract,释义2,a.abstract ideas exist as thoughts in the mind,and are not related to physical objects or real events and actions 抽象的,例句,The photographs put a human face on an abstract political event.,这些照片上的人物面孔使抽象的政治事件具体化。,翻译,Words,例句,Some people say beauty itself is abstract.,有人说美是抽象的。,翻译,abstract,释义1,

44、a.able to be clearly seen,heard,smelt,or tasted 清晰的；清楚的,例句,There was a distinct smell of burning coming from downstairs.,楼下飘来浓烈的焦糊味。,翻译,Words,例句,As dawn broke,the outline of a building became distinct against the sky.,天亮时建筑物的轮廓在天空的衬托下显得十分清晰。,翻译,distinct,释义2,a.separate and different in a way that is

45、clear 有区别的；不同的,例句,They were classified into two distinct groups.,他们被归入两种不同类型的群体。,翻译,Words,例句,The company,as distinct from its shareholders,should be liable for any debts.,公司与其股东不同，负有偿还债务的责任。,翻译,真题,Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities.(Jun.1998,CE

46、T-4,Reading Comprehension),distinct,释义1,vt.to make someone feel less confident or hopeful 使泄气；使灰心,例句,Trying to lose weight fast will only discourage you.,试图迅速减肥只会使你灰心丧气。,翻译,Words,例句,It may be difficult to do at first.Dont let this discourage you.,翻译,万事开头难，别因此而灰心。,discourage,释义2,vt.to try to prevent

47、something from happening,especially because you do not approve of it or think it is harmful（尤指因反对或认为有害而）阻止，制止,例句,Put the plant in a cold room to discourage growth.,把这棵植物放到较冷的房间阻止其生长。,翻译,Words,例句,We hope the bad weather wont discourage people from coming along.,我们希望坏天气不会阻止人们前来。,翻译,discourage,释义1,vt.t

48、o give someone the freedom to do what they want,for example by taking them out of a situation in which their behaviour is controlled 解除对的束缚；解脱,例句,翻译,Words,In the 1930s,electricity liberated farmers from many hard chores.,20世纪30年代，电使农民从许多累活儿中解脱了出来。,例句,翻译,These reformation measures liberate all villag

49、ers from poverty.,这些改革措施把村民们从贫困中解脱了出来。,liberate,真题,Any institution that“liberates”students from fair and formal exams is misguided,if not ignorant.(Jan.1991,CET-4,Reading Comprehension),释义2,adj.to make a place or the people in it free from soldiers who have been controlling it 解放,例句,翻译,Words,例句,翻译,T

50、hose oppressed nations are rising to liberate themselves.,那些受压迫的国家要站起来解放他们自己。,They planned to march on and liberate the city.,他们计划继续挺进，解放该城市。,liberate,scenery,释义,n.U natural things such as trees,hills,and lakes that you can see in a particular place 风景；景色；自然景观,例句,翻译,Words,Switzerland has some specta