董麥霞

中國(guó)畫(huà)是中國(guó)文化、美學(xué)思想、哲學(xué)觀念的集中體現(xiàn)，中國(guó)畫(huà)源遠(yuǎn)流長(zhǎng)，有著輝煌燦爛的藝術(shù)成就。

1?With?thousands?of?years?of?continuous?history，?China?is?one?of?the?most?culturally?unique?nations.?Over?many?centuries，?Chinese?artists?have?created?paintings?that?are?now?in?the?hearts?of?more?than?a?billion?people.

Nymph?of?the?Luo?River—Gu?Kaizhi

2?The?legend?has?it?that?Cao?Zhi，?a?prince?of?the?state?of?Cao?Wei，?fell?in?love?with?the?governors?daughter.?However，?she?married?his?brother，?Cao?Pi，?and?the?prince?became?upset.?Later，?he?composed?an?emotional?poem?about?the?love?between?the?goddess?and?common?people.?In?the?4th?century，?Gu?Kaizhi，?a?Chinese?artist，?was?moved?by?the?story?and?illustrated?the?poem.

Court?Ladies?Adorning?Their?Hair?with?Flowers—Zhou?Fang

3?During?the?Tang?Dynasty，?China?had?a?prosperous?economy?and?flourishing?culture.?In?this?period，?the?genre?of?“beautiful?women?painting”?enjoyed?popularity.?Coming?from?a?noble?background，?Zhou?Fang，?a?Chinese?artist，?created?artworks?in?this?genre.?In?his?painting，?the?ladies?stand?as?though?they?are?fashion?models，?but?one?of?them?is?entertaining?herself?by?teasing?a?cute?dog.

Along?the?River?During?the?Qingming?Festival—Zhang?Zeduan

4?Zhang?Zeduan?depicted?the?landscape?in?his?work?Along?the?River?During?the?Qingming?Festival.?However，?instead?of?concentrating?on?the?vastness?of?nature，?he?captured?the?daily?life?of?the?people?of?Bianjing，?presentday?Kaifeng.?His?work?shows?much?about?life?in?the?Northern?Song?Dynasty.

A?Thousand?Li?of?Rivers?and?Mountains—Wang?Ximeng

5?Not?only?did?officials?and?scholars?enjoy?listening?to?music，?but?they?also?found?pleasure?in?depicting?nature.?One?such?painter?was?Wang?Ximeng.?He?was?a?prodigy.?Wang?Ximeng?painted?A?Thousand?Li?of?Rivers?and?Mountains?when?he?was?only?seventeen?years?old.?He?died?several?years?later，?but?he?left?one?of?the?largest?and?most?beautiful?paintings?in?Chinese?history.

Detail 1.?Which?is?your?best?choice?if?you?want?to?learn?about?common

peoples?daily?life?of?Bianjing？

A.?Nymph?of?the?Luo?River.

B.?A?Thousand?Li?of?Rivers?and?Mountains.

C.?Along?the?River?During?the?Qingming?Festival.

D.?Court?Ladies?Adorning?Their?Hair?with?Flowers.

Inference? ?2.?Why?is?Nymph?of?the?Luo?River?special?from?the?other?three？

A.?It?has?the?longest?history.

B.?It?focuses?on?the?trend?of?that?time.

C.?Its?story?happened?in?the?Tang?Dynasty.

D.?It?tells?a?story?of?relation?between?people?and?nature.

Detail? ?3.?If?you?are?a?fashion?lover，?whose?work?will?you?prefer？

A.?Gu?Kaizhis.

B.?Zhou?Fangs.

C.?Zhang?Zeduans.

D.?Wang?Ximengs.

Vocabulary ?4.?What?does?the?underlined?word?“prodigy”?in?the?last?paragraph

mean？

A.?Teacher.

B.?Painter.

C.?Politician.

D.?Talent.

Ⅰ.?Discover?useful?structures?in?the?text

1.?that引導(dǎo)限制性定語(yǔ)從句

Over?many?centuries，?Chinese?artists?have?created?paintings?that?are?now?in?the?hearts?of?more?than?a?billion?people.?幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)，中國(guó)藝術(shù)家創(chuàng)作的畫(huà)作如今已深入超過(guò)十億人的心中。

2.?as?though引導(dǎo)方式狀語(yǔ)從句

In?his?painting，?the?ladies?stand?as?though?they?are?fashion?models，?but?one?of?them?is?entertaining?herself?by?teasing?a?cute?dog.?在他的畫(huà)中，女士們像時(shí)裝模特一樣站著，而其中一位女士正在逗弄一只可愛(ài)的狗來(lái)自?shī)首詷?lè)。

3.?not?only...but?also...意為“不但……而且……”，用于連接兩個(gè)表示并列關(guān)系的成分

Not?only?did?officials?and?scholars?enjoy?listening?to?music，?but?they?also?found?pleasure?in?depicting?nature.?官員和學(xué)者不僅喜歡聽(tīng)音樂(lè)，而且還喜歡描繪自然。

Ⅱ.?Memorize?some?themecentered?chunks

more?than?超過(guò);不只是

fall?in?love?with?愛(ài)上

instead?of?而不是;代替

concentrate?on?專(zhuān)心于

listen?to?聽(tīng)