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1、Unit 7 PeopleUnit 7 PeopleObjectives: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 detailsTask 1Did you watch TheWaroftheWorlds and TheTimeMachine? D
2、o you know who is the author?Task 1H.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 S
3、chool. 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 novel
4、ist with his science fiction story, TheTimeMachine. This was followed by two more successful novels, TheIslandofDr.Moreau (1896) and TheWaroftheWorlds (1898). 赫伯特伯特乔治治威威尔斯斯(HerbertGeorgeWells1866-1946)，英国著名小，英国著名小说家，尤以科幻小家，尤以科幻小说创作作闻名于世。名于世。毕业于英国皇家理学院，任教于于英国皇家理学院，任教于伦敦大学敦大学，曾在赫胥黎的曾在赫胥黎的实验室工作，后室工作，后转
5、入新入新闻工作，从事科学和文学的研究，是英工作，从事科学和文学的研究，是英国国费边社的成社的成员和代表人物。和代表人物。1895年出版年出版时间机器机器一一举成名，随后又成名，随后又发表了表了莫洛博士莫洛博士岛、隐身人身人、星星际战争争、当睡着的人醒来当睡着的人醒来时、不不灭的火焰的火焰等多部科幻小等多部科幻小说。他曾于。他曾于1920年、年、1930年两次年两次访问苏联，先后会晤，先后会晤过列宁和斯大林，撰写了列宁和斯大林，撰写了基普斯基普斯、托托诺-邦盖邦盖、波波里先生和他的里先生和他的历史史、勃列林先生看穿了他勃列林先生看穿了他、恩惠恩惠、预测、世界史世界史纲等大量关注等大量关注现实，思
6、考未来的作品。，思考未来的作品。世界史世界史纲是作者于是作者于1918年开始撰写的一部人年开始撰写的一部人类历史的百科全史的百科全书，曾，曾在世界范在世界范围内内产生广泛影响。此生广泛影响。此书于于1920年出版，后于年出版，后于19231930年年间几几次修次修订再版，内容写到第一次世界大再版，内容写到第一次世界大战。此。此书最初由最初由谢冰心等人翻冰心等人翻译并介并介绍到我国。到我国。5Keys 1) Because he wrote an astonishing number of books.2) Mankind would have to create a world state.3
7、) No.4) Cities were destroyed by bombs dropped from aero planes.5) Any two of the following: TheWarintheAir,TheFirstMenintheMoon,TheTimeMachine,andTheInvisibleMan.6) Events forecast in Wells books might come true.Task 1【原文】【原文】H. G. Wells was born in 1866. His energy must have been enormous, for he
8、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 likeKipps,LoveandMr.Lewisham and TheHistoryofMr.Polly. The best of these are now recognized as cl
9、assics. 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 TheWarintheAir appeared in 1908, how many people could have foreseen that within thirty years great c
10、ities were going to be destroyed by bombs dropped from aeroplanes? TheFirstMenintheMoonwas 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 TheTimeMachineandTheInvisibleMan? Are we going to wake up one morn
11、ing and find that here too Wells was forecasting events which were going to come true?7Can you describe this artist who is at work? You can choose some action verbs and adjectives.Task 2Words:blister: A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation水泡eas
12、el: 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 outwa
13、rd 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:格子花的格子花的profile: A side view of an object. Task 2【原文原文】If you came into his studio in the evening as the sun was setting you could see him.
14、 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 ch
15、eek 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
16、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,
17、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短的，极短的，瞬息的；昙花 一的checked格子花的格子花的10KeysA. 1) b 2) c 3) c
18、 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
19、，但现代公认他是非常伟大的风景画家。Task 3Self-portrait瑟夫罗德 威廉 透(JosephMallordWilliamTurner1775年 4月23日 -1851年 12月19日 )是英国最著 名，技 最精湛的家之一，19世上半叶英国学院派画家的代表，在 西方 史 上无可 置疑地位于最杰出的景画家之列。1789年 ，他 14入皇家学院附中学，第二年就被学院接受，开始他想学建筑学，但被告学画。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。然他以油画出名，但他是英国最著 名的水彩画家，被
20、称画光的画家 他 最著 名的油画被拖去解体的战无畏号一直在敦的英国国家美展出。透喜描自然象和自然灾害:火灾、沉船、阳光、暴 、大雨和霾，他大海的能力所倒，他然也描人物，但也只是了托不能人征服的大自然的崇高和狂野，是 上帝能力的明，所以在他的后期注重描画在水面的光、天空和火焰，而逐渐放 弃描画物和部，印象派的 理开辟了道路。13Words:champion: One that wins first place or first prize in a competition; supportincessant: Continuing without interruptionKaleidoscope
21、: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【原文原文】Joseph Turner (17751851) is one of the two greatest English landscape painters of his age. He is espe
22、cially 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 be
23、came 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 fi
24、rst 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 o
25、f Orvieto.奥 尔耶托贝湾 ，阿波罗与女先知（TheBayofBaiae,withApolloandtheSibyl）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. Turne
26、r 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 di
27、d 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.15威廉廉 透 （williamTurner,1775-1851）被誉英国画史被誉英国画史上的天才人物的天才人物。威廉廉 透 24被被 选皇家皇家美会候院士院士，28 成正正 式院士院士，也是也是有史以来史以来最年的院士年
28、的院士。威廉廉 透 感敏敏 锐，富于幻想富于幻想，充浪漫主充浪漫主气 。威廉廉 透平平 生的抱的抱负就是画出足以就是画出足以同17世法国大法国大师克德克德洛 媲媲 美的画的画。了自己的作品惊了自己的作品惊世俗俗 、不同凡凡响响 ，透在在 创作作 ，几乎把几乎把一切富于富于戏性和性和震撼人心的效果都融画里撼人心的效果都融画里，常常常常使人他敏妙的才和人他敏妙的才和不同凡响的凡响的笔意 不已已 。从从 威廉廉 透的作品中的作品中我是是 感受到大自然的受到大自然的崇高高 、壮和无比的壮和无比的威力力 ，感受到受到创作腔激情作腔激情。透常常表的是天光水色然常常表的是天光水色然一体体 ，云云 、 、水融
29、水融会其中的景象其中的景象。透用用 耀眼光眼光、灿的色彩的色彩、大胆奔放的用大胆奔放的用笔描出充力量描出充力量、速度和运度和运氛 感的画作品的画作品，在在 我眼前展了眼前展了一个个 不安安 、炫人眼目的炫人眼目的世界界 。透的的 景画景画 不是忠于象的写是忠于象的写生之作之作，而是是 有烈主愿烈主愿望、想象和想象和戏性的夸作品性的夸作品。透 不是画景是画景而创作作 ，是表达是表达感情情 而创作作 。透的景画直就像中国的的景画直就像中国的大写大写意作品作品。威廉廉 透的的 油画油画、水彩画水彩画技巧熟精湛技巧熟精湛，他用他用笔 洒，有流流 感，善于用光善于用光，他他 笔下的景色常常沐浴在的景色常
30、常沐浴在明亮的光之中亮的光之中。透用光并用光并不像像 勃勃 朗，勃勃 朗的光是的光是逐渐减弱减弱最后融在阴影之中融在阴影之中，而透的光却是的光却是逐步步 化，最后一片片明亮的光亮的光。透画面虚的画面虚的处理也具也具一格格 ， 生出人的画面效果出人的画面效果。威廉廉 透去去 世前前 将三百幅油画百幅油画、近二近二万幅水彩和素描幅水彩和素描送了国家了国家。透的主要作品的主要作品有蒸汽和蒸汽和速度度 、 会大厦大厦的火灾的火灾（1835年年 ）、）、战航航 （1819年年 ）、）、威尼斯景尼斯景(1843年年 )、暴雪暴雪（1842年年 ）等等 。16KeysA. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4)
31、 F 5) F 6) T 7) F 8) TB. 1) dramatic sunsets and sunrises 2) 1830s, 1840s, impressionistic 3) reds, oranges, 1820Task 5NobelPeacePrize:1964MartinLutherKingJr.1991AungSanSunKyi (缅甸女政治家) 争取民主和人权的非暴力斗争1993NelsonMandela (南非黑人领袖) 2000KimDae-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2001KofiA.Annan (前联合国秘书长,
32、加纳) 为更有组织与和平的世界做出的努力2004WangariMaathai (肯尼亚)为可持续发展、民主与和平作出的贡献2009BarackObama 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WangariMaathai-TreeWomanofKenya 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 200
33、3.Green Belt MovementThe goal of the Green Belt Movement was to replace the trees that had been cut down.Task 5KeysANobel Peace Prize; twelfth; firstPeace on earth depends on our ability to secure our living environment.Green Belt MovementKenyan64The United States; Kenya; earn a doctorate degreeAnim
34、al scienceEnvironment, natural resources and wildlifeTask 5KeysB1977; plant trees; all over Africa; thirty million; seeds; nurseries; communities; planting; taking care of the trees; survives; fuel.Task 5Stagflation: Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unemployment 经济停
35、滞与通货膨胀Task 6KeysI.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
36、-technology C. market corrections D. an increase in oil pricesTask 6Explicit: Fully and clearly defined or formulate; Readily observableSerialize:(serialise) To write or publish in serial formTask 7Task 7CharlesDickens (1812 1870) was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Vic
37、torian period. Hisworks:TheAdventuresofOliverTwistDavidCopperfieldLittleDorritATaleofTwoCitiesGreatExpectationsDombeyandSonKeys: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 wha
38、ts 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) Indu
39、strial Revolution, altering daily life 5) profound change, fundamental valuesTask 7Task 9apprenticeship 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TheLouvreMuseumLeMuseduLouvre TheBritishMuseum The Metropolitan Museu
40、m of Art, New York The State Hermitage Museum of Russia The Palace Museum Task 9A.Answerthefollowingquestions.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 Le
41、onardos 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 9B.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseaccordingtothetape.1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) TC.Fillintheblankswit
42、hwhatyouhearonthetape.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
