下载后可任意编辑新概念第四册课文翻译及学习笔记Lesson31~33新概念第四册课文翻译及学习笔记Lesson31【课文】Firstlistenandthenanswerthefollowingquestion.听录音,然后回答以下问题。Whatdoyouhavetobeabletodotoappreciatesculpture?Appreciationofsculpturedependsupontheabilitytorespondtoforminthreedimension.Thatisperhapswhysculpturehasbeendescribedasthemostdifficultofallarts;certainlyitismoredifficultthantheartswhichinvolveappreciationofflatforms,shapeinonlytwodimensions.Many下载后可任意编辑morepeopleare‘form-blind’thancolour-blind.Thechildlearningtosee,firstdistinguishesonlytwo-dimensionalshape;itcannotjudgedistances,depths.Later,foritspersonalsafetyandpracticalneeds,ithastodevelop(partlybymeansoftouch)theabilitytojudgeroughlythree-dimensonaldistances.Buthavingsatisfiedtherequirementsofpracticalnecessity,mostpeoplegonofurther.Thoughtheymayattainconsiderableaccuracyintheperceptionofflatform,theydonotmakethefurtherintellectualandemotionaleffortneededtocomprehendforminitsfullspatialexistence.Thisiswhatthesculptormustdo.Hemuststrivecontinuallytothinkof,anduse,forminitsfullspatialcompleteness.Hegetsthesolidshape,asitwere,insidehishead-hethinksofit,whateveritssize,asifhewereholdingitcompletelyenclosedinthehollowofhishand.Hementallyvisualizesacomplexformfromallrounditself;heknowswhilehelooksatonesidewhat下载后可任意编辑theothersideislike,heidentifieshimselfwithitscentreofgravity,itsmass,itsweight;herealizesitsvolume,asthespacethattheshapedisplacesintheair.Andthesensitiveobserverofsculpturemustalsolearntofeelshapesimplyasshape,notasdescriptionorreminiscence.Hemust,forexample,perceiveaneggasasimplesinglesolidshape,quiteapartfromitssignificanceasfood,orfromtheliteraryideathatitwillbecomeabird.Andsowithsolidssuchasashell,anut,aplum,apear,atadpole,amushroom,amountainpeak,akidney,acarrot,atree-trunk,abird,abud,alark,aladybird,abulrush,abone.Fromthesehecangoontoappreciatemorecomplexformsorcombinationsofseveralforms.HENRYMOORETheSculptorSpeaksfromTheListener【Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语】下载后可任意编辑auditoryadj.听觉的colour-blindadj.色盲的perceptionn.知觉comprehendv.理解spatialadj.空间visualizev.使具形象,设想reminiscencen.回忆,联想tadpolen.蝌蚪mushroomn.蘑菇carrotn.胡萝卜budn.花蕾下载后可任意编辑larkn.云雀ladybirdn.瓢虫bulrushn.芦苇【课文注释】1.respondto响应,对…起反应例句:HeresolvedtorespondtothecalloftheParty.他决心响应党的号召。Thepatientdidnotrespondtotreatment.病人经治疗后未见起色。2.form-blind,这是作者仿照colour-blind生造的一个词,意指“形盲”。下载后可任意编辑3.distinguishvt.区别,辨认,使显著例句:Speechesdistinguishhumanbeingsfromanimals.人类和动物的区别在于人会说话。Shedistinguishedherselfbyhercoolnessandbravery.她因头脑冷静、敢作敢为而为人称道。【词义辨析】discern,discriminate,distinguish这些动词均有“区别、辨别”之意。discern:语义较笼统,着重精深与准确的观察力,不一定有能力辨别关系密切的各项事物。discriminate:语气强,指从十分相似的事物中辨出下载后可任意编辑差异,尤其把好坏区分开来。distinguish:普通用词,指辨别者的能力或实际观察到的区别,强调辨别所需的技巧。4.two-dimensional二维的5.comprehendvt.充分理解,领悟,包括例句:Icannotcomprehendthisphrase.我无法理解这个片语。Ifyoucanuseawordcorrectlyandeffectivelyyoucomprehendit.你假如可以正确有效地使用一个词,你就是了解它了。【词义辨析】know,learn,comprehend,understand这些动词都含“懂、知道、明了”之意。下载后可任意编辑know:...