逐句精讲新概念英语第二册第26课 美术评论家

逐句精讲新概念英语第二册:第26课

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Lesson26 The best art critics

课文内容：

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is ‘about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.'What are you doing?' she asked.‘I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. ‘It's a new one. Do you like it?'She looked at it

critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'I looked at it again. She was right! It was!

语法归纳：

本文语法点：一般现在时

一句话总结：一般现在时用于描述现在的或经常发生的、习惯性的动作或存在的状态，以及客观真理、普通现象和常识。

一般现在时的功能：

1) 描述现在的事实、状态或动作：

My mother prefers riding to taking taxi.我母亲宁愿骑自行车也不愿意坐出租车。

2) 描述客观真理，用于格言、警句：

The earth moves round the sun.地球围绕太阳转。

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.太阳从东方升起，从西方落下。

3) 描述经常发生的、习惯性的动作或存在的状态，常与表示现在的时间状语连用。表示肯定的频率副词：always总是;frequently经常;usually通

常;sometimes有时;generally—教;occasionally偶尔;often经常表示否定的频率副词never从不;seldom很少;rarely罕见地

表示否定的程度副词：scarcely几乎不;hardly几乎不;barely仅仅

表示频率的短语结构：once a day —天一次;thrice a month—月三次

4) 描述在时间上已经确定或安排好的将要发生的事情。

用于此用法的常见动词：go走，come来，leave离开，start开始，move 搬家。

I leave for Hongkong by air tonight.今晚我将乘飞机前往香港。

We move our house this weekend.我们将在这个周末搬家。

逐句精讲：

1. I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.

我是一个搞艺术的学生，画了很多画。

语言点关于学生的词汇：

law student法律专学生 medical student医科学生

physics student物理专业学生 chemist student化学专业学生

associate student 旁听生 beginning student 新生

collie student 大学生 evening student 夜校学生

foreign student外国留学生 pay student自费生

postgraduate student 研究生 undergraduate student 大学生

2. Many people pretend that they understand modern art.

很多人假装很懂得现代艺术的样子。

语言点本句中that引导宾语从句，所指的内容全部是pretend“假装”的具体内容。

比较学习：pretend, feign, assume, affect

1) pretend指在言行上装得像真的：

He pretended not to know the facts.他样装不知实情。

2) feign指精心装作：

The hunter had to feign death when he suddenly saw a bear.精人突然看到了一只熊只好装死。

3) assume指装出有某种感情-

She assumed a look of sorrow.她装出一副悲伤的样子。

4) affect指为达到某种效果而假装有某种特征或情感：

I showed an affected interest in his subject.我假装对他的话题感兴趣。

3. They always tell you what a picture is ‘about'.

他们总是会告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。

语言点 tell sb. sth. / that..(宾语从句)告诉某人某事

在本句中，what a picture is about作tell的直接宾语。

4. Of course，many pictures are not ‘about’ anything.

当然，有许多画是什么“意思”也没有。

语言点 about加引号在此表示讽刺，指那些画实际上没有任何意思。

5. They are just pretty patterns.

它们只是些好看的图案。

语言点此句中的just相当于only的意思，意为“仅仅是”:

That is just what I think.那正是我所想的。

6. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.

我们喜欢它们就像喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。

语言点此句中that引导方式状语从句。in the same way that / as意为“就像……，用和……同样的方式”。例如：Ilove you in the same way that I like New Concept English.我爱你就像我喜欢《新概念英语》一样。

7. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.

我认为小孩们往往比其他任何人都更懂得欣赏现代绘画。

语言点 else意为“其他的”，既可作形容词，又可作副词，但必须放在被修饰词之后。

1) 可与somethings anything, nothing, someone, somebody等复合不定代词连用. Would you like anything else to eat?你还要吃点别的什么吗?

2) 可与who, what, how, where连用，但不能与which, when, why连用。

8. They notice more.

他们观察到的东西更多。

语言点 They notice more.= They notice further.(further 更远，更进一'步)

I have nothing further to say.我没有别的话要说了。

9. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.

我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总是能说出我的画是好还是坏。

语言点 if和whether都可以表示“是否”，二者的用法有三点重要区别：

1) if不可以放在句首引导主语从句。

It is not clear to me if my girlfriend likes this gift.我的女朋友是否喜欢这个礼物，我还不是很清楚。

(×)If my girlfriend likes this gift is not clear to me.(错误)

2) if不可以与动词不定式连用。

I don’t know whether to answer this question.我不知道是否要回答这个问题。

(×)I don’t know if to answer this question.(错误)

3) if后面很少加or not。

I ask my students whether my English book is good or not. 我问我的学生我的英语书好不好。

(×)I ask my students if my English book is good or not.(错误)

10、She came into my room yesterday.

昨天她到我的房里来了。

语言点 come into意为“进入;得到;继承;取得”：

John came into a fortune when his father died.

约翰在父亲去世后，继承了一大笔财产。

The mountain town came into sight when we turned the last comer.

我们拐过最后一个弯，山城就映入了我们的眼帘。

11、"What are you doing?" she asked.

“你在干什么呢? ”她问。

语言点请参考Lesson 2课文讲解对“What are you doing?”的总结。

12、I’m hanging this picture on the wall,，I answered.

“我正准备把这幅画挂到墙上去。”我说。

语言点 hang on不同于hang sth. on somewhere.前者的意思是“抓住;专注;坚持，不挂断”，后者意思是“把……挂……上”。

Hang on a second. I’m just coming.稍等一下，我马上就来。

The boy hangs on his teacher’s every word.这个小男孩专心听老师讲的每句话。

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