【自用跟读版】新概念2-Lesson26-The best art critic

一、单词

art /ɑːt/ n. 美术，艺术；

① art movie 艺术电影

② a work of art 艺术品

③ modern art 现代艺术

④ art student + v.

Neither my sister nor my brother is an art student.

⑤ art museum

I don’t know the way to the art museum.

critic /ˈkrɪtɪk/ n. 批评家，评论员；

① music critic 音乐评论家

art critic 艺术评论家

②The film critic complained about the movie.

paint /peɪnt/ v.（用颜料）绘画； 

① The little boy paints well.

paint a picture 画一幅画

paint a landscape 画一幅风景画

②Instead of painting the whole room, he painted only one side.

pretend /prɪˈtend/ v. 伪装，假装；

① + n. 

Tom pretended illness  假装生病

② + to do 

Tom pretended to be ill

否定： + not to do

Cathy pretended not to know me. Cathy 假装不认识我

③ +that 引导的从句(宾语从句)

Tom pretended that he was ill.

You always pretent that you pay attention to my words.

pattern /ˈpæt(ə)n/ n.图案，花样； 

① a checkered pattern 一个格子的图案

checkered /ˈtʃekəd/ adj. 方格的;

②The girl wears a dress with a pattern of flowers on it.

③ pretty pattern n.+v.

As soon as she saw the wall, she liked the pretty patterns on it.

curtain /ˈkɜːt(ə)n/ n. 窗帘，门帘；（舞台上的）幕，幕布；

① draw the curtain 拉窗帘（拉开或拉上）

② shower curtain 浴帘 

③ Can we afford to pay this curtain?

material /məˈtɪəriəl/ n. 衣料，布料；材料，原料；

① building materials 建筑材料

② n.布料

There is enough material for a dress 有足够多的布料来做一条长裙 

③ un. 素材，资料

collect material for a article 为写一篇文章收集资料

④listening material + v.

This listening material is harder than that one.

appreciate /əˈpriːʃieɪt/ v. 欣赏，鉴赏；感谢，感激；

① appreciate English poetry 欣赏英文诗歌

appreciate good wine 品鉴美酒

appreciate oil paintings 欣赏油画

②I really appreciate your help.

notice /ˈnəʊtɪs/ n.通知； 

v. 意识，注意； 

① notice sb doing sth / do sth

I didn’t notice him coming in/ come in

② I notice that he was a little upset.

whether /ˈweðə(r)/ conj. 是否（表选择或可能性）； 

读音和weather 一样

① Tell me whether you agree with us （or not）.

②I wonder whether to go or to stay

hang /hæŋ/ v. 悬挂，吊；

hang-hung-hung 

①hang the coat on the hook.

hang the picture on the wall.

hang the windows with curtains. 在窗户上挂上窗帘

critically /ˈkrɪtɪkli/ adv.评判性地，批评性地；

具有挑剔性的批评

We should examine our work critically.

upside down /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ 颠倒的，倒置的：指物体的上下位置完全颠倒，使原本在上的部分在下，原本在下的部分在上。

① The painting was hung upside down.

② inside out 翻过来，里在外

He was wearing the shirt inside out.

二、原文

I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

三、课文和语法

1. I am an art student and I paint a lot of paintings. 我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画

并列句，用的是一般现在时。有些表示状态和感觉的动词常用语一般现在时，如appear, appreciate, believe, feel, look like, like, forget, remember等

2. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is ‘about’.

1) pretend that… 及tell you what… 都是宾语从句。that和各种疑问句都可以引导宾语从句，具体形式如下

①在及物动词后面做宾语

Tom thinks that English is beautiful.

Do you know when he will arrive?

② 在双宾语动词后作直接宾语

He told me where the post office is.

I assure you that such things will never happen again.

③在介词后面作宾语

That depends on how hard you work.

They reached agreement about when they should set out.

④在某些形容词后面作宾语

I’m afraid that I can’t come.

I am sure that he will pass the test.

⑤ that 引导的宾语从句时，一般可以省略

I pretended I was reading.

He thinks the picture is good.

2) about prep.关于

The movie is about youth.

They talked about the movie for a long time.

3. They are just pretty patterns.

just 仅仅（是），只是

I was just a wrong number.

刚才，正好，正是

It’s just six o’clock

I’ve just heard the news.

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

in the same way that … 和…一样

Nick behaves in the same way that his father does.

Jill tried to cook the fish in the same way that her mother did.

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

1) else adj. 其他的，别的（经常与不定代词、疑问代词连用, 放后面）

Do you have anything else to say?

It’s someone else’s key. It’s not mine.

What else do you want to say?

Where else can we go?

2) better than anyone else 比其他任何人（表示最高级的含义）

用比较级表示最高级：

        The teacher is the tallest.

        The teacher is taller than anyone else.

        The book is more expensive than anything else.

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

whether… or not 是否，表选择  = if … or not

Tell me whether I should accept the job (or not).

Tell me whether or not I should accept the job.

whether 还可以引导主语从句、表语从句、介词宾语从句和同位语从句，但if不可以。whether后面可紧接or not, if不可以，只能分开使用.

Whether he will come or not has nothing to do with me.

7. She looked at it critically for a moment.

for a moment 一会儿，片刻

I stood there for a moment.

8. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'

isn't it upside down = It’s upside down

否定疑问句，没有否定的意思，起肯定和强调作用，表达一种情绪

9、引号

在书面语会话中，用引号（单引号或双引号）把实际的对话括起来。引号在英文当中第一次出现是单引号, 第二次出现是双引号, 英文当中的书名号用引号来替代

注意事项 :

① 引号位于一行之上, 它们应在句尾其他标点符号—如逗号、句号、问号—之外.

② 引语的第一个词以大写字母开头.

③ 在 said, asked 等词后面用逗号, 只有当它们位于句尾时, 才在它们的后面用句号.

④ 当 said, asked 等词置于引语之间时, 句子的后半部分以小写字母开始.

⑤ 当一个新的说话人开始讲话时, 要另起一个段落.

10、疑问代词

疑问代词用来引导特殊疑问句，常考的疑问代词有：

指人：who, whom, whose

指物：what

即可指人也可指物：which

1）名词性疑问代词在疑问句中作主语、表语或宾语

①who, whom, whose 用于指人，分别在疑问句中充当主语、宾语、定语（疑问代词whose作定语时所修饰的名词或代词可以被省略，whose单独出现，这时whose在形式上充当主语、表语或宾语，属于名词性疑问代词的用法）。

Who is to take the chair？ 谁将做主席

Whose is this car? 这时谁的车子

Whom do you wish to speak to? 你找谁接电话

口语中who可以代替whome，但如果有介词，只能用whom

Who/Whom are you looking for?

With whom did you go?

What 意为“什么”时，用于事物

What do you mean? 你是什么意思

what可用于问人的职业、身份

What’s your father 你父亲是做什么的?

Which 指人或物中的哪一个,表示一定范围的选择(如果没有明确的选择范围，则应使用what)

Which film do you want to see?

2) 形容词性物主代词在疑问句中作定语

形容词性疑问代词有:whose, what, which

whose 通常指人

what, which 通常指物

Whose umbrella is this?

What job do you want to do?

Which team won? 

四、习惯用法

sb. pretend that + 句子

I really appreciate that.