Module4FineArts—Western，ChineseandPopArtsPetportraitsArtteachersoftengivestudentsprojectsbasedontheworkofwellknownartistsfromthepast.ForarecentclassprojectatLakeMiddleSchoolinUniontown,Ohio,teacherHeatherBoxlerhadanotheridea.ShechosetheworkoflocalartistViBoatrighttoinspire(启发)students.“Ilikedthatsheconcentratedherattentiononanimals，”Boxlersaid,“whichIthoughtwouldbeapropersubjectforsixthgraders.”Boatrightpaintsspecial,colorfulportraitsofpets.“Ican'trememberatimethatartwasnotpartofme，”shesaidduringarecentinterview.“MyworkisinspiredbythetwothingsIlovemost,artandpets.”Insteadofcanvas(画布),BoatrightpaintsonOSB(shortfororientedstrandboard).OSBisawoodbasedboard,whichgivesnaturaltexture(纹理)toBoatright'spaintings.Theartistfirstpaintsthesurfaceblack,andthenaddsdifferentbrightcolorsonit.Theartistpresentsherworkatartshowsandinherworkingplace.Since2008,herfollowinghasincreasedquicklywiththehelpoftechnology.“Whensocialmedia(社交媒体)startedgettingpopular，”Boatrightsaid，“itallchanged.”BoatrightisnowabletocommunicatewithpetownersaroundtheworldthroughTwitter,Instagram,andFacebook.Herbiggestsocialmediasuccesscamewhenshe“tweeted”ashercatandrecordedhisfunnyadventures(冒险).Ordersforpetportraitsstartedcominginfrompeopleeverywhere.Boatright'saiminherartistorecordtherelationshipbetweenthepetandowner.“Aloveforapetlastsforever,evenaftertheyhaveleftus，”Boatrightsaid.“Iliketocreateartworkthatcelebratesthatrelationship.”From:kpcnotebook.scholastic.com[语篇导读]有一位特殊的艺术家，她的肖像画作品的主角不是形形色色的人，而是千姿百态的宠物。[词海拾贝]1．concentrateone'sattentionon专注于2．portrait画像3．interview采访；面试4．painting画，画作5．surface表面6．present展示7．communicatewith与……交流8．socialmedia社交媒体9．aim目标10．relationship关系；联系SectionⅠIntroduction&ReadingandVocabularyⅠ.重点单词1．核心单词①scenen．景色；风景②aliveadj.有活力的；有生气的③aspectn.方面④observevt.观察；注意到⑤stylen.风格⑥adoptvt.采纳；采用2．拓展单词①liken.爱好，嗜好→disliken.憎恶；不喜欢②artistn.艺术家→artn.艺术→artisticadj.艺术的③delightfuladj.令人愉快的；可爱的→delightn.愉快，高兴→delightedadj.高兴的④paintvt.绘画；(用颜料)画→paintern.画家→paintingn.绘画⑤colourfuladj.彩色的→colourn.颜色⑥traditionaladj.传统的；习俗的→traditionallyadv.传统上地→traditionn.传统3．阅读单词①contemporaryadj.当代的②drawingn.图画③imitatevt.临摹；仿造；模仿；仿效前缀a表语形容词大全①alive有活力的②asleep睡着的③awake醒着的④alike相似的⑤afraid害怕的⑥alone单独的⑦ashamed羞愧的指人的常见后缀①painter画家②author作家③scientist科学家④applicant申请人⑤scholar学者Ⅱ.重点短语1．be_interested_in对……感兴趣2．think_about考虑3．because_of因为4．be/get_tired_of对……厌烦5．be_crazy_about对……狂热；热衷于……6．be_fond_of爱好；喜欢；喜爱7．develop_an_interest_in对……产生兴趣8．tell_by从……可以看出be＋adj.＋of①be/gettiredof对……厌烦②befondof喜欢；偏爱③beproudof为……而自豪④beafraidof害怕……⑤beawareof意识到……⑥beshortof短缺的Ⅲ.经典句式1．ThisisapaintingbytheSpanishartist,PabloPicasso,considered_to_be_the_greatest_western_artist_of_the_twentieth_century.这是西班牙画家巴勃罗·毕加索的一幅油画，他被认为是20世纪西方最伟大的艺术家。2．Cubistartistspaintedobjectsandpeople,with_different_aspects_of_the_object_or_person_showing_at_the_same_time.在描绘物体或人的时候，立体派画家会同时展现描...
