新概念英语第二册重点句子:新概念英语第三册重点句子及解析Lesson18

【课文】

　　Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more. The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places. Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops. We have got quite used to them. Some so-called 'modern' pieces have been on display for nearly eighty years.

　　In spite of this, some people -- including myself -- were surprise by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture. The first thing I saw when I entered the art gallery was a notice which said: 'Do not touch the exhibits. Some of them are dangerous!' The objects on display were pieces of moving sculpture. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended form the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody. These objects, however, were different. Lined up against the wall, there were long thin wires attached to metal spheres. The spheres had been magnetized and attracted or repelled each other all the time. In the centre of the hall, there were a number of tall structures which contained coloured lights. These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and off angrily. It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment. These peculiar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally, but to give them electric shocks as well!

　　【课文翻译】

　　现代雕塑不再使我们感到惊讶了。那种认为现代艺术只能在博物馆里才能看到的观点是错误的。即使是对艺术不感兴趣的人也不会注意到在公共场所展示的现代艺术品。公园里、大楼和商店外竖立着的奇形怪状的雕塑，对这些，我们已经司空见惯了。有些所谓的“现代”艺术品在那里已经陈列了近80年了。

　　尽管如此，最近举办的一次现代雕塑展览还是使一些人(包括我在内)大吃了一惊。走进展厅首先看到的是一张告示，上面写着“切勿触摸展品，某些展品有危险!”展品都是些活动的雕像。人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。这些展品却使人大开眼界。靠墙排列着许多细长的电线，而电线又连着金属球。金属球经过磁化，互相之间不停地相互吸引或相互排斥。展厅中央是装有彩色灯泡的许多高高的构件，灯泡一刻不停地闪烁着，就像失去了控制的红绿灯。小黑盒子里迸出火花，红色灯泡发怒似地忽明忽暗。这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。好像设计这些奇形怪状的展品不仅是为了给人感情上的强烈刺激，而且还想给人以电击似的!

　　【生词和短语】

　　current n. 电流

　　sculpture n. 雕塑

　　mistaken adj. 错误的

　　gallery n. 美术馆

　　exhibit n. 展品，陈列品

　　oddly adv. 古怪的

　　attach v. 连，系

　　sphere n. 球体

　　magnetize v. 使磁化

　　repel v. 排斥

　　flicker v. 闪烁

　　emit v. 放射

　　flash v. 闪光

　　prehistoric adj. 史前的，老掉牙的

　　electronic adj. 电子的

　　peculiar adj. 奇异的

　　shock v. 令人震惊，刺激人

　　emotionally adv. 感情上

　　【知识点】

　　词汇

　　【oddly】

　　还原：odd→oddly

　　例句：

　　1. Oddly, most newspapers failed to mention that.

　　奇怪的是，大多数报纸对此只字不提。

　　2. The word is misused and sorts oddly with the heading above it.

　　这个词使用不当，因而同它上面的标题很不协调。

　　【flicker】

　　英英：flash intermittently

　　例句：

　　1.Watch the flames flicker in the room.

　　注视着火焰在屋里闪烁。

　　2.Gigolo even not come, Milky Way still flicker.

　　牛郎即使不来，银河依旧闪烁。

　　3.Two faint hopes flicker in the sodden gloom left by the earthquake.

　　在地震过后的满目疮痍里闪烁着两线模糊的希望。

　　【emit】

　　英英：give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

　　例句：

　　1.Since they emit light directly, OLED displays do not need a backlight.

　　由于也是自身发光，OLED显示器可以不用背光灯。

　　2.Industries that emit carbon dioxide would have to buy permits to do so.

　　排放二氧化碳的产业必须要购买排放量之类的。

　　3.Earthquakes emit three types of waves which have their own characteristics.

　　地震发出两种波，它们有各自的特征。

　　近义：deliver, ray

　　【prehistoric】

　　还原：history→prehistory→prehistoric

　　例句：

　　1.The beginning of libraries came after the end of the prehistoric era.

　　图书馆起源于史前时代结束之后。

　　2.His ideas on morals are really prehistoric .

　　他的道德观念真是太陈腐了。

　　【peculiar】

　　例句：

　　1.Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck.

　　东半球有特殊的扭脖子习惯的啄木鸟。

　　2.This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color , doesn't it?

　　这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩，你说是不是?

　　近义：specific, distinct, unique, strange, individual

　　【shock】

　　英英：surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

　　例句：

　　1.They were shocked by her rudeness.

　　他们对她的无礼感到震惊。

　　2.His deeds shocked her out of making friends with him.

　　他的行径使她大为震惊,不想与他交朋友了。

　　3.His sudden death shocked us all.

　　他的猝死使我们都震惊了。

　　近义：blow, stroke, strike, hit

　　搭配

　　【take interest in】

　　【get used to】

　　【move in response to a gust of wind】

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