《美国哥特人》PPt讲演.ppt

词组讲解 American?Gothic?? Grant?Wood?instantly?rose?to?fame?in?1930?with?his?painting?American?Gothic,?an?often-copied?interpretation?of?the?solemn?pride?of?American?farmers.?The?painting?shows?a?serious-looking?man?and?a?woman?standing?in?front?of?a?farmhouse.?He?was?strongly?influenced?by?medieval?artists?and?inspired?by? the?Gothic window of an old farmhouse, but the faces in his composition were what captured the worlds attention. fame n.名声;?名望;?传闻;?传说;? vt.使闻名;?使出名;?使有名望; 第三人称单数：fames过去分词：famed复数：fames现在进行时：faming过去式：famed 短语 of …fame 因…而闻名 the village is the birthplace of Mrs Beeton, of cookery fame. 这个村子是比顿夫人的出生地，以烹饪出名。 interpretation n.解释，说明;?翻译;?表演，演绎;?理解; Such?an?interpretation?makes?some?sense. 这样的解释有一定道理。 同义词：都具有“解释说明”的意思 Esplanation:是人明白未知或不清楚的事。 Definition：对某一词短语或专门的术语进行解释下定义。 Description：对某一事物的重要方面进行详细叙述，常有教育启迪之意。 Exposition：通常指对论点、假设、理论等的重点阐述。 inspired adj.有创造力的;?品质优秀的;?有雄心壮志的;?与名词、形容词以及副词构成形容词：受…的影响 These stories?inspire?their creativity 这些故事激发了他们的创造力 v.鼓舞( inspire的过去式和过去分词 );?激励;?赋予某人灵感;?启迪 He?tried to inspire them to greater efforts 他试图激励他们更努力 captured the worlds attention. 引起了世界的关注。 The?possibility?of?multiple?reactor?core?meltdowns?at?the?fukushima?nuclearpower?plant?has?captured?the?worlds?attention.? 福岛核电站的多个反应堆芯可能熔毁已吸引了全世界关注的目光。 Wood liked to paint faces he knew well. For the grave farmer he used his dentist, a sour-looking man. For the woman standing alongside him, the artist chose his sister, Nan. He stretched the models necks a bit, but there was no doubt who posed for the portrait. Nan later remarked that the fame she gained from American Gothic saved her from a very boring life. grave adj.重大的，重要的;?严重的;?[音乐]沉重的;?（颜色等）朴素的;? adv.沉重地，庄重地;?极慢地;? n.坟墓，墓穴;?埋葬…的地方;?下场;?死亡;? vt.雕刻;?铭记;? That?is?a?grave?miscalculation.? 这是一个严重的错误。 Not?every?grave?had?been?robbed.? 不是每个墓都被洗劫过。 alongside adv.在…的侧面;?在…旁边;?与…并排;? prep.在…旁边;?横靠;?傍着;? You.government?is?going?to?stand?with?you?and?fight?alongside?with?you?until the?job?is?gone.? 我的政府将与你们站在一起，和你