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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). 5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
5、转入新入新闻工作，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，
6、思考未来的作品。，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。Keys 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:格子花格子花纹的的profile: A side view of an object. Task 210【原文原文】If you came into his studio in the evening as the sun was setting you could see h
14、im. 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
15、 cheek 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 leath
16、er 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 purpl
17、e, 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短暂的，极短的，瞬息的；昙花一现的checked格子花格子花纹的的KeysA. 1) b 2) c 3
18、) c 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
19、受重视，但现代公认他是非常伟大的风景画家。Task 3Self-portrait13约瑟夫玛罗德威廉透纳(JosephMallordWilliamTurner1775年4月23日-1851年12月19日)是英国最为著名，技艺最为精湛的艺术家之一，19世纪上半叶英国学院派画家的代表，在西方艺术史上无可置疑地位于最杰出的风景画家之列。1789年，他14岁时进入皇家艺术学院附中学习，第二年就被学院接受，开始他想学习建筑学，但被劝告继续学习绘画。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。虽然他以油画出名，但他是英国最
20、著名的水彩画家，被称为画光线的画家 他最著名的油画被拖去解体的战舰无畏号一直在伦敦的英国国家美术馆展出。透纳喜欢描绘自然现象和自然灾害:火灾、沉船、阳光、风暴、大雨和雾霾，他为大海的能力所倾倒，他虽然也描绘人物，但也只是为了衬托不能为人们征服的大自然的崇高和狂野，是上帝能力的证明，所以在他的后期注重描画在水面的光线、天空和火焰，而逐渐放弃描画实物和细部，为印象派的理论开辟了道路。Words:champion: One that wins first place or first prize in a competition; supportincessant: Continuing witho
21、ut interruptionKaleidoscope: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 315【原文原文】Joseph Turner (17751851) is one of the two greatest English landscape pa
22、inters of his age. He is especially 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
23、 1840s, the method he used became 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
24、. Turner was influenced at first 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
25、斐摩斯 Bay of Baiae, and View of Orvieto.奥尔维耶托贝亚湾，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 Franc
26、e, Italy, and Germany. Turner 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, a
27、nd secretive. Many people did 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.16威廉威廉透透纳（williamTurner,1775-1851）被誉）被誉为英国英国绘画史上的天才人物。威画史上的天才人物。威廉廉透透纳24岁被被选为皇家美皇家美
28、术协会候会候补院士，院士，28岁成成为正式院士，也是有史以正式院士，也是有史以来最年来最年轻的院士。威廉的院士。威廉透透纳感感觉敏敏锐，富于幻想，充，富于幻想，充满浪漫主浪漫主义气气质。威廉。威廉透透纳平生的抱平生的抱负就是画出足以同就是画出足以同17世世纪法国大法国大师克克劳德德洛洛兰媲美的画。媲美的画。为了了让自己的作品惊世自己的作品惊世骇俗、不同凡响，透俗、不同凡响，透纳在在创作作时，几乎把一切富于，几乎把一切富于戏剧性和震性和震撼人心的效果都融撼人心的效果都融进画里，常常使人画里，常常使人们为他敏妙的才他敏妙的才华和不同凡响的笔意和不同凡响的笔意赞叹不已。不已。从威廉从威廉透透纳的作品
29、中我的作品中我们总是感受到大自然的崇高、壮是感受到大自然的崇高、壮丽和无比的威力，感受和无比的威力，感受到到创作作满腔激情。透腔激情。透纳常常表常常表现的是天光水色的是天光水色浑然一体，云、然一体，云、雾、水融会其中、水融会其中的景象。透的景象。透纳用耀眼光用耀眼光线、灿烂的色彩、大胆奔放的用笔描的色彩、大胆奔放的用笔描绘出充出充满力量、速力量、速度和运度和运动氛氛围感的感的绘画作品，在我画作品，在我们眼前展眼前展现了一个了一个动荡不安、炫人眼目的世不安、炫人眼目的世界。透界。透纳的的风景画景画绝不是忠不是忠实于于对象的写生之作，而是象的写生之作，而是带有有强烈主烈主观愿望、想愿望、想象和象和
30、戏剧性的夸性的夸张作品。透作品。透纳不是不是为画画风景而景而创作，是作，是为表达感情而表达感情而创作。透作。透纳的的风景画景画简直就像中国的大写意作品。直就像中国的大写意作品。威廉威廉透透纳的的油画油画、水彩画水彩画技巧技巧纯熟精湛，他用笔熟精湛，他用笔挥洒，有流洒，有流动感，善于用光，感，善于用光，他笔下的景色常常沐浴在明亮的光他笔下的景色常常沐浴在明亮的光线之中。透之中。透纳用光并不像用光并不像伦勃朗勃朗，伦勃朗的勃朗的光光线是逐是逐渐减弱最后融在阴影之中，而透减弱最后融在阴影之中，而透纳的光却是逐步的光却是逐步纯化，最后化，最后变为一片一片明亮的光明亮的光辉。透。透纳对画面虚画面虚实的的
31、处理也理也别具一格，具一格，产生出生出动人的画面效果。人的画面效果。威廉威廉透透纳去世前将三百幅油画、近二万幅水彩和素描去世前将三百幅油画、近二万幅水彩和素描赠送送给了国家。透了国家。透纳的主的主要作品有要作品有蒸汽和速度蒸汽和速度、议会大厦的火灾会大厦的火灾（1835年）、年）、战舰归航航（1819年）、年）、威尼斯威尼斯风景景(1843年年)、暴暴风雪雪（1842年）等。年）等。KeysA. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F 6) T 7) F 8) TB. 1) dramatic sunsets and sunrises 2) 1830s, 1840s, impressi
32、onistic 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, 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
33、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 2003.Green Belt MovementThe goal of the Green Belt Movement was to replace the trees t
34、hat 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 degreeAnimal scienceEnvironment, natural resources and wildlifeTask 5KeysB1977; plant trees;
35、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 经济停滞与通货膨胀Task 6KeysI.A. Norway B. the United StatesII.A. a lack of balance, inflation,
36、 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-technology C. market corrections D. an increase in oil pricesTask 6Explicit: Fully
37、 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 Victorian period. Hisworks:TheAdventuresofOliverTwistDavidCopperfieldLittleDorritATale
38、ofTwoCitiesGreatExpectationsDombeyandSonKeys: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 whats happening next. 3) Through mail and twice a month. 4) Because the book opens on
39、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) Industrial Revolution, altering daily life 5) profound change, fundamental valuesTask 7
40、Task 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 Museum of Art, New York The State Hermitage Museum of Russia The Palace Museum Task 9A.A
41、nswerthefollowingquestions.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 Leonardos patrons, his teachers, and the work of his pupils. 4) Because they are part
42、icularly 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.Fillintheblankswithwhatyouhearonthetape.1) Master Draftsman, artistic apprenticeship, 1470s, scientis
43、t, 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
