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Unit 4 Meeting the muse
Understanding ideas
目录页
contents
Pre-reading
I
Language points
IV
Fast reading
II
Homework
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Intensive reading
III
VI
Post-reading
I
Pre-reading
Discussion:
Pre-reading: Lead-in
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Born in Spain, Picasso’s artistic talent was evident from
a very early age. His works are often categorised into periods, for example the Blue Period and the Rose Period. Among his most famous paintings
are the cubist, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, and Guernica. Picasso’s later works often combined elements of his earlier styles.
Do you know this great artist
Pre-reading: Lead-in
Do you know this great writer
Mo Yan was born in Gaomi, Shandong Province. He is a novelist and short story writer. He is well-known for his imaginative and humanistic fiction. In 2011, Mo Yan received the Mao Dun Literature Prize. In 2012, Mo Yan became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writing often uses older Chinese literature and popular oral traditions as a starting point, combining these with contemporary social issues.
Every artist’s wish is to create something that expresses an idea. But where do artists get their ideas from Who or what inspires them Here we find out more about the influences behind the successes of three very different artists.
What inspires you
Pre-reading: Lead-in
II
Fast reading
Tick what you think are the most important sources of inspiration for artists.
Fast reading: Skim for gist / main idea
□ childhood □ family and friends
□ books and films □ other artists
□ history □ travel
□ nature □ social issues
□ private feelings □ culture and traditions
□ imagination
What inspires him
Hofman gets inspiration from his children’s toys, Chinese folk tales, Wuzhen and the way people lived there.
Fast reading: Skim for gist / main idea
What inspires him
Tan Dun gets inspiration from Chinese musical traditions and Western influences.
Fast reading: Skim for gist / main idea
What inspires her
Yang Liping gets inspiration from her life in Xishuangbanna, the peacock, and the dance
style of the Dai people.
Fast reading: Skim for gist / main idea
III
Intensive reading
Choose where you would most likely find the passage and give your reasons.
1) An art magazine.
2) An artist biography.
3) An online art forum.
4) A poster for an art festival.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Guidance for your choice
A magazine is a large thin book with a paper cover
that contains news stories, articles, photographs, etc,
and is sold weekly or monthly.
A biography is a book concerning someone’s life,
written by someone else.
A forum is focused on many people’s discussion or
debate on a certain issue.
A poster is a large printed notice, picture, or photograph,
used to advertise something or as a decoration.
Intensive reading: Guidance for your choice
Artists and their inspiration
Florentijn Hofman
Well-known works:
Rubber Duck
1. _______________
Sources of inspiration:
his children’s toys
2. __________________
3. __________________________________
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
Wuzhen and the way people lived there
Chinese folk tales
Floating Fish
Artists and their inspiration
Tan Dun
Well-known works:
4. _____________________________________________________
_________________________________________
5. _________________
Sources of inspiration:
6. ___________________________
Western influences
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
composing music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Nine Songs
Chinese musical traditions
Artists and their inspiration
Yang Liping
Well-known work:
7. __________________
Sources of inspiration:
her life in Xishuangbanna
8. ___________
9. ___________________________
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
Spirit of the Peacock
the peacock
the dance style of the Dai people
“During the walk and my stay here in the town, I saw the fish being fed by people. …”
“There is no territory in the world of music.”
“I feel very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna, …”
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Now work in pairs. Read the quotes from the passage and answer the questions.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
1. Can you use reported speech to rewrite the quotes
During the walk and his stay there in the town, he had seen the fish being fed by people. ...
There was no territory in the world of music in Tan Dun’s eyes.
She felt very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna, ...
Now work in pairs. Read the quotes from the passage and answer the questions.
2. Why do you think the author chose to use quotes instead of reported speech in the passage
The author chose to use quotes in the passage to tell readers how the three artists get their inspiration or muses for their artworks, and by adding these quotes, the passage appears more believable and more convincing.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Now work in pairs. Read the quotes from the passage and answer the questions.
IV
Post-reading
1. What does the three artists’ inspiration have in common
2. What do you think is the “universal expression” of the human spirit
3. What might inspire you to create an artwork
4. What difficulties have you encountered in understanding this passage
Post-reading: Think and share
Share them with the class and ask for their advice.
1. What does the three artists’ inspiration have in common
Post-reading: Think and share
For the three artists, their inspiration all comes from their lives and experiences.
2. What do you think is the “universal expression” of the human spirit
Post-reading: Think and share
By saying “universal expression”, Tan Dun means Chinese music should carry not only the Chinese human spirit but also that of the whole world. In that way, Chinese music can have international recognition.
3. What might inspire you to create an artwork
4. What difficulties have you encountered in understanding this passage
Post-reading: Think and share
Share them with the class and ask for their advice.
Various answers are possible.
Show your own answers to Exercise 3 & 4.
Language points
V
1. inspire v 启发；给……灵感；激发；唤起，激励；鼓舞
inspired adj 备受鼓舞的
inspiring adj 鼓舞人心的
inspiration n 灵感，鼓舞人心的人 / 事
Language points: Important words
inspire sb to do sth 激励某人做某事
Language points: Important words
译：
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration.
天才就是1%的灵感加上99%的汗水。
Her trust in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined possible.
她对我的信任激励着我去尝试本以为不可能的事。
This piece of music was inspired by dolphin sounds.
这首乐曲的创作灵感来自海豚的叫声。
(1) feed … with … 喂养
feed … on … 以……为食
(2) (be) fed up (with) （对……）感到厌烦 (be bored with)
feed back (into / to) 反馈；反过来对……起作用
2. feed v (fed-fed) 喂养；饲养；养活
Language points: Important words
Language points: Important words
蝙蝠在夜间飞行，以昆虫为食。
我讨厌这种下雨天。
I’m fed up with this wet weather.
Bats fly at night and feed on insects.
译：
Please don’t feed the monkeys with anything you may
have brought with you.
请不要给猴子喂你们自带的食物。
3. compose v【不用进行时】构成；组成；创作；撰写
composition n 组成；构成；创作；写作；作文；作品
be composed of 由……组成 / 构成
the chemical composition of the soil 土壤的化学成分
a composition for the piano 钢琴曲
Language points: Important words
Language points: Important words
他擅长写短篇小说。
He is good at the composition of short stories.
译：
What is water composed of
水是由什么构成的？
4. various adj 不同的；各种各样的
vary v 相异，不同；变化，改变
variety n 多样性，变化；种类
a variety of 种种；各种各样的
Language points: Important words
Language points: Important words
出于种种原因她决定搬到乡下去。
She decided to move to the countryside for various reasons.
译：
The club offers a wide variety of games to the local
teenagers.
俱乐部给当地的青少年提供丰富多样的游戏。
1. on display _______________
2. turn to _______________
3. through the generations _______________
4. be grateful for _______________
5. universal expression _______________
6. bring out _______________
展出
转向；求助于
历经世代
感激……
共同的表现力
Language points: Important lexical chunks
展示
Paraphrase: Chinese folk tales which are handed down
from generation to generation provide Hofman with the inspiration for his work Floating Fish.
1. Hofman’s inspiration for Floating Fish came from Chinese folk tales passed down through the generations.
Language points: Important sentences
1. Hofman’s inspiration for Floating Fish came from Chinese folk tales passed down through the generations.
Language points: Important sentences
pass down 是固定搭配，意为 to give or teach something, such as knowledge or traditions, to people who are younger than you or live after you.
例如：Many good Chinese traditions have been passed down from generation to generation.
（许多中国优秀传统一代一代传下来。）
2. During the walk and my stay here in the town, I saw the fish being fed by people.
Language points: Important sentences
Paraphrase: When I stayed and walked in the town, I saw people feeding the fish.
see sb / sth doing sth“看见……正在做某事（或某事正在
被做）”即动作正在进行。在本句中，现在分词短语being
fed by people 作 the fish 的补语，表示“（鱼）正在被投食”。
2. During the walk and my stay here in the town, I saw the fish being fed by people.
Language points: Important sentences
例如：When I entered the classroom, I saw the wall being
painted。
当我走进教室的时候，我看见墙正在被粉刷。
3. Since his first opera, Nine Songs, Tan Dun has been using a combination of Chinese music and sounds from all over the world to tell stories.
Language points: Important sentences
Paraphrase: Nine Songs was Tan Dun’s first opera. From then on, he has been using a combination of Chinese music and sounds from all over the world to tell stories.
3. Since his first opera, Nine Songs, Tan Dun has been using a combination of Chinese music and sounds from all over the world to tell stories.
Language points: Important sentences
has been using 是现在完成进行时；即动作从过去开始一直持续到现在，且还在进行中，并可能持续下去。
例如：It has been raining for three days in a row. When will
it stops
（已经连续下了三天的雨了，什么时候停呢？）
4. As Tan once said, Chinese music should carry “universal expression” of the human spirit so as to be recognised by the whole world.
Language points: Important sentences
Paraphrase: In Tan’s opinion, Chinese music should carry not only the Chinese human spirit, but also that of the whole world. In that way, Chinese music can have international recognition.
Language points: Important sentences
so as to 通常不用于句首，意思相当于 in order to 或to，构成不定式结构表示目的。
例如：Megan got up a little earlier than usual so as to get a seat on the bus.
= Megan got up a little earlier than usual (in order) to get a seat on the bus.
= In order to get a seat on the bus, Megan got up a little earlier than usual.（Megan 比往常起床早了一些，以便能在公交车上找到一个座位。）
4. As Tan once said, Chinese music should carry “universal expression” of the human spirit so as to be recognised by the whole world.
5. “I feel very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna,” says Yang.
Language points: Important sentences
Paraphrase: “I feel very thankful for the years in Xishuangbanna,” says Yang.
Language points: Important sentences
grateful 在此句中表示“感谢的，感激的”，一般和动词feel，be 搭配，固定搭配为 feel / be grateful (to sb) for sth，意为“因……感激（某人）”。
例如：I felt very grateful to you for everything you’ve done
for me.
（我非常感谢您为我做的一切。）
5. “I feel very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna,” says Yang.
aim to，“想要做……”；bring out,“表现出”。
6. My dance comes from their traditional belief and aims to bring out the Dai women’s beauty.
Language points: Important sentences
例如：Making a sentence aims to bring out the meaning of the phrase.
并列句
and连接两个并列的谓语动词comes和aims，并且时态一致，均使用一般现在时。
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Homework
Homework
What might inspire you to create an artwork Write your inspiration and share it with your classmates.

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