【故事复现】最好的艺术评论家 （上）
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听Freya慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: Who is the student’s best critic?
问题：谁是这个学生最好的评论家？
• 词汇准备
• art 艺术
• critic 评论家
• paint 画画
• pretend 假装
• pattern 图案
• curtain 窗帘，幕布
• material 材料
• appreciate 鉴赏
• notice 注意到
• whether 是否
• hang 悬挂，吊
• critically 批评地
• upside down 上下颠倒
Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.
我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。
Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a
picture is ‘about’.
有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。
Of course, many pictures are not ‘about’ anything. They are just pretty patterns. We
like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.
当然，有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。它们就是些好看的图案， 我们喜爱
它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
They notice more.
我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画，他们观察到的东西更
多。
My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or
not. She came into my room yesterday.
我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。昨天她到我房里来了。
‘What are you doing?’ she asked.
她问：“你在做什么呢？“
‘I’m hanging this picture on the wall,’ I answered. ‘It’s a new one. Do you like it?’
“我正在把这画挂到墙上，“我回答，“这是一幅新画，你喜欢吗？”
She looked at it critically for a moment. ‘It’s all right,’ she said, ‘but isn’t it upside
down?’ I looked at it again. She was right! It was!
她用挑剔的目光看了一会儿。“还可以吧。”她说，“不过，是不是上下反过来
了？”我再次看了看画。她说对了，我的确是挂反了。
第二十三单元
【故事复现】最好的艺术评论家 （下）
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 Does the writer study art, or does he study music? Does he paint lot of pictures or
not? (and)
2 Do many people really understand modern art or not?
3 Do paintings always have a meaning or not?
4 Are they sometimes pretty patterns or not?
5 Do young children appreciate modern paintings better than others or not? Do they
notice more or not? (not only … but)
6 When did the writer’s young sister go into his room? Did she examine his new
picture or not?(and)
7 Had he hung it upside down, or had he hung it the right way up? Did she notice
this immediately or not?(and)
Answer: The writer studies art and paints a lot of pictures. Many people do
not really understand modern art. Paintings do not always have a meaning.
They are sometimes pretty patterns. Young children not only appreciate
modern paintings better than others but they notice more. The writer’s young
sister went into his room yesterday and examined his new picture. He had
hung it upside down and she noticed this immediately.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 The writer thinks ________.
(a)you can't always 'explain' modern pictures
(b) you can always 'explain' mod pictures
(c)modern pictures are always about something
(d) we can use modern pictures as curtain material
2 The writer's sister _______.
(a) paints pictures
(b) didn't like her brother's picture
(c)didn't see her brother's picture
(d) noticed that her brother had made mistake
3 Many people pretend that they _____ modern art.
(a)understood
(b)are understanding
(c)understand
(d)understands
4 What is it about? Tell me _______.
(a)what is it about
(b) what it is about
(c)what about it is
(d) what about is it
5 She tells me ________ my pictures are good or not.
(a)weather
(b)that
(c)if
(d)unless
6 Do you like my picture? It's _______.
(a) new
(b)one new
(c)new one
(d) a new one
7 I looked at it again. She _____ right! It was!
(a)had
(b)has
(c)is
(d) was
8 We like them ________ we like pretty curtain material.
(a) just as
(b)the same
(c) just the same
(d)so
9 This curtain material is very good ________.
(a)clothes
(b)cloth
(c)substance
(d) matter
10 Young children often appreciate modern pictures. They _______ them.
(a)estimate
(b)esteem
(c)value
(d)understand and enjoy
11 They notice more. They _______ more.
(a)remark
(b)observe
(c)say
(d) take care
12 It's upside down. It isn't ________.
(a)up
(b)down
(c)the right way down
(d) the right way up
Key: 1a 2d 3c 4b 5c 6d 7d 8a 9b 10d 11b 12d
第二十三单元【语法点拨】
形容词的用法难点
形容词用于修饰名词或代词，表示人或事物的性质或特征，在句中作定语、表
语或补语等。副词主要用作状语，修饰动词、形容词或副词本身。
绝大部分的形容词既可作定语又可作表语，但有些形容词只可作前置定语，而
有些则往往用作后置定语；有些形容词只能作表语，而另一些则不能作表语。
▶ 形容词的句法功能
▪ 常作后置定语的形容词:
(1)possible, notable, reliable, present, involved, concerned, imaginable,
conceivable(可想像的), responsible等。有些词也可作前置定语，但意思不同。
比较:
• the members present出席的委员们
the present members现在的委员们
• the man responsible应负责任的人
the responsible man可信赖的人
• the problem involved涉及的问题
an involved problem一个复杂的问题
又如:
letter patent专利书
accounts payable应付账目
the sum total总额
Monday to Saturday inclusive 星期一到星期六
the books available现有的书籍
(2)以a-开始的形容词：alive, asleep, awake, alone, ahead, alike, ashamed, aware
等。
(3)修饰something, nothing, anything, everything的形容词。
(4)用在名词后的proper，作“本身的”解:
• the City of London proper伦敦市区
• the dictionary proper字典正文
▪ 只能用作前置定语的形容词：daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, former,
golden, latter, little, wooden, elder, outer, spare(空用的)， inner(内部的)等
▪ 只能作表语的形容词:
(1)表示健康的形容词：well, unwell, faint等。
(2)有些形容词，表示某一意义时，只能作表语，如ill(有病的)，用作定语时意
义则有所不同。
• ill(=bad)健康不佳 ill will恶意
• Breakfast is ready.早餐准备好了。
• He has ready tongue.他有敏捷的口才。
• I am sorry for the mistake I have made.我对我犯的错误感到很后悔。
• It was a sorry sight.这是一个可悲的景象。
(3)以a-开始的形容词：
afraid, alike, asleep, alone, aflame(燃烧着的), ashamed等
注：按英语习惯用法，表语形容词一般不用very修饰，而应用much或very much
或用习惯搭配的副词来修饰。
误: He is very alone.
正: He is very much alone或 He is all alone.
误: She is very asleep.
正: She is fast/sound asleep.
误: He was very awake.
正: He was wide awake.
(4)有些表示心理状态的形容词以及unable等。例如:
• He was quite content.他十分满意。
• I feel very glad about it.我对此事感到非常高兴。
• She is fond of popular music.她非常喜欢流行音乐。
▶ 表示主动和被动意义的形容词的区别
▪ 由现在分词转化来的形容词一般都具有主动意义，而由及物动词转化来的
形容词通常具有被动意义。例如:
boiling water沸腾的水
boiled water煮开了的水
pleasing voice悦耳的嗓音
pleased look满意的表情
satisfying meal令人满意的膳食
satisfied smile满意的微笑
worrying time令人烦恼的时刻
worried look担心的神色
▪ 以-ful , -ous, -some等结尾的形容词具有主动意义，以-able, -ible, -uble结尾的
形容词具有被动意义。
• a frightful storm令人害怕的风暴
• a dangerous animal危险的动物
• a respectful distance有礼貌的距离
• a troublesome child令人烦恼的孩子
• a credible news report可信的新闻报道
▶ 多个形容词的先后次序
▪ 表示品质特征的形容词出现在表示大小的形容词之前。例如:
• an interesting short story一篇有趣的短篇小说
▪ 表示大小的形容词在表示形状的形容词之前。例如:
• a small round table一张小圆桌
▪ 表示形状或者新旧、老少的形容词在表示颜色的形容词之前。例如:
• a dirty old brown coat一件又脏又旧的褐色大衣
• her round pink face她那绯红的圆脸
▪ 表示颜色的形容词在表示原料、来源的形容词之前。例如:
• a yellow silk blouse一件黄色的丝绸女衬衫
• a red Chinese lantern一盏红色中国灯笼
• brown leather shoes棕色的皮鞋
▪ 表示原料、来源(国籍)、出处和作为形容词用的名词经常出现在所修饰的名
词之前。例如:
• a lovely silk dress一件漂亮的丝绸女服
• an expensive German sports car一辆豪华型德国跑车
总之,当名词中心词带有多个形容词作前置定语时,它们的先后次序为:限定词→
品质→大小、长短、高低→形状→年龄、新旧→颜色→起源→名词→中心词。
例如:
• This is a valuable old brown French homemade kitchen table.
这是一张贵重的法国古式褐色家制厨房餐桌。
然而，在实际应用中,一个名词词组不可能带有这么多的修饰语。因此，以上的
规则不是刻板不变的。事实上，由于修辞或为避免歧义等原因，有时是可以改
变这种次序的。
第二十四单元