Claude Monet’s paintings were quite different from the art styles that were popular in the 1870s France. Traditional artists always did their artwork in a studio and their paintings looked exactly like the real world. Claude Monet was part of a group of painters who were called Impressionists (印象派画家). Their paintings gave an impression of what the real world looked like.
Knowing that trains were interesting subjects and stood for modern progress (进步), Claude Monet painted a series of Impressionist paintings of trains from January to March of 1877.
Monet’s friend, Pierre Auguste Renoir, told the following story to his sons about Claude Monet and painting the trains. Monet needed permission (允许) to stay on the train platform and paint what he saw in his impressionistic style. One day Monet dressed himself in his very best clothes. It seemed that he was a rich gentleman but in fact he really was a poor painter.
He showed the clerk (职员) at the train office his calling card which introduced him as Claude Monet, Painter. He asked to see the station master. The clerk quickly allowed this fine gentleman to enter the station master’s office. The station master gave Monet permission to paint on the train platform. He even stopped trains from leaving on time so Monet could complete a scene even though passengers complained.
Was it all worthwhile (值得)? Monet’s train scenes turned his career into a success and for the station master, made his train station famous until even now.
Claude Monet
Introduction | ◆Claude Monet was one of the Impressionist painters whose paintings were not the ◆Impressionist paintings gave an impression of |
A story of painting | ◆At that time trains were subjects that could keep people’s ◆He dressed himself as a wealthy gentleman to ◆In order to help Monet complete a scene, the station master even made trains leave |
Result | ◆His train scenes made not only his career successful but also the train station famous. |
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Have you ever seen shadow plays? The shadow play is one of the oldest puppet performances in China. It was a popular folk drama in ancient China and also the ancestor (祖先) of the films in the world.
Shadow plays were once a popular form of entertainment, and they were also used for religious (宗教) and instructional purposes. Simple to perform, dramas were played out on screens or walls for thousands of years, and the shadow play is still performed in China today.
A simple lamp and a thin screen were all that were needed for a stage. Things like people, animals, furniture, walls and plants were shown on the screen by placing figurines or figures made of cardboard or leather in front of the lamp.
The lamp lighted the screen from behind, and people could move little figurines around for theatrical performances. With added music and sound effects, the plays could be quite entertaining if they were well performed. These were ancient dramas or cartoons, and they were even colorized for added entertainment by using colored translucent (半透明的) figurines. The lamp light cast a colored shadow.
One can imagine that stone-age people sat next to campfires and watched stories played out on rock walls by shadows cast by using their hands or figurines.
It is said that the Mongols in the 13th century liked to watch shadow plays in their camps. They took the entertainment with them, and it became a popular entertainment in the Yuan Empire of the 13th century.
Shadow plays were performed in France when French missionaries (传教士) returned from China in 1767 and put on performances in Paris and Marseilles. It is said that this is how the shadow play was introduced to Europe. The plays were popular in France, and they were called “Chinese Shadows” at first.
Nowadays, performers use plastics, computer controlled lightning and machinery, and modern paint and dyes to produce bright and colorful shadow figures. They can produce images that are controlled by computers, and these can be used for animation and entertainment effects in plays. It is difficult for shadow puppeteers to compete with modern entertainment technologies for an audience, but some of them are using modern materials and adopting technology to help stage interesting entertainment in China.
1. What were shadow plays used for?2. How were shadow plays introduced to Europe?
3. What challenge do shadow puppeteers meet?
4. Would you like to watch shadow plays? Why? (At least two reasons)
【推荐2】For hundreds of years, art lovers are crazy about the great painting, Mona Lisa's Smile. They are attracted by her mysterious(神秘的)smile.
Now it shows that Mona Lisa may have a big secret.The secret is Mona Lisa might be a man.
An art historian says the model in Leonardo Da Vinci's great painting was one of his male students.He was a young man called Glan Giacomo Caprotti.Caprotti is known as Salai.He worked with Da Vinci for more than twenty years from 1490.His nose and mouth looked exactly like those of Mona Lisa's.
Here is also scientific evidence.A researcher used modern technology and found there was a letter“S”in the model's eyes.“S” may refer to Salai.
An art expert said,“Salai was a favorite model for Da Vinci and Da Vinci might put Salai's appearance in the last version of Mona Lisa.”
However, most experts still believe the model of Mona lisa was Lisa Gherardini, the 24-year-old wife of a rich businessman.
根据短文内容,完成下列任务。
任务一：根据短文内容补全句子。每空一词。
1. Art lovers are attracted by Mona Lisa's
2. Salai's
任务二:根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
3. What's Mona Lisa's secret?
4. How long did Salai work with Da Vinci?
任务三:将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。
5.
When most people think of knitting (编织), they think of sweaters, scarves or hats made from yarn (毛线). But some people do something different with knitting. They do yarn bombing! Yarn bombing is a kind of street art. People knit colorful “jackets” to cover large objects like cars, trees, bicycles, and even bridges!
Knit the Bridge is a well-known yarn bombing project in the United States. People knitted nearly 600 blankets (毯子) and covered the Andy Warhol Bridge in Pittsburgh with them. The project brought together two things the city is famous for bridges and arts. It was a special project because many different groups of people worked on it together.
Yarn bombing is becoming popular around the world. You can find examples of yarn bombing in many places, such as London, Paris and Mexico City. Yarn bombers tell stories through their knit art. They want to make their cities more colorful and interesting.
1. What’s yarn bombing?2. How many blankets were knitted to cover the Andy Warhol Bridge in Pittsburgh?
3. What’s Pittsburgh famous for?
4. Can people see yarn bombing projects in Paris?
5. What do yarn bombers want to do with their knit art?
Although the panda is one of the best-known, best-loved and cutest animals in the word, it lives a solitary(独居的) life. Pandas once lived in a few parts of Asia, including Vietnam and Burma, but now they live only in some parts of China.
Pandas spend about 12 hours every day eating. They mainly eat bamboo. And they always travel between different places to find fresh bamboo. Also, they eat fruit, other plants and some fish.
Pandas usually live in cold and wet places. Their black and white coats keep warm.
Pandas are very good at climbing. If people or animals run after them, they will climb up the nearest tree very quickly. Their good hearing also helps them to avoid animals that want to eat them.
There are only about 1,600 pandas left in the wild. Their main problem is that their living places are becoming smaller and smaller. China has realized this problem and is trying her best to do things for pandas. Now, China has set up some special places which are big enough for pandas to live in.
1. What kind of life does the panda live?2. How long do pandas spend eating every day?
3. Where do pandas like to live?
4. What will a panda do if an animal runs after it?
5. What’s the big problem for pandas?
【推荐2】The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country-it is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring, the summer is in January, February and December, and March, April and May are the autumn months. The north of the country is hotter than the south.
A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast (东海岸地区) has rain all year, and there are no dry months there. The southeast winds blow (吹) here all the year. They bring rain from the sea. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer.
The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain. The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain in winter. The rain comes in summer. The northwest winds bring it.
根据短文内容回答问题。
1. Where is Australia?
2. When are winter months in Australia?
3. Which part of the country is hotter, the north part or the south part?
4. Which part has winter rain?
5. When China is winter, what season is Australia?
【推荐3】Nowadays, a new method is used to decide who are the top students in school. The best students are those who not only get high marks, but also follow the rules and the behavior standards (标准) for middle school students. Here are some of the new rules and standards.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else’s work on an exam? If you have, don’ t do it again. That’s not the thing an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don’t tell your parents you were doing homework. Life is full of the things that you haven’t expected, but it doesn’t matter. Because the real life is like this. Just tell the truth.
Learn to work together with others. It would be more fun when more people work together. Did you fight with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, instead of only yourself.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Perhaps you’ll discover the second Earth someday. Don’t look down the new ideas. Everyone’s ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone. If you can reach this standard, you may be the best students someday.
Use the Internet carefully. Some websites on the Internet aren’t for kids, so make sure to visit the web pages that are good for you. A top student visits “Green” websites in normal condition. You can visit the websites for fun or homework. Can’t you find any good websites for children?
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| New Rules and Standards for the Top Students in School | |
| Tell the truth. | Life is full of the |
| Learn to work together with others. | Be |
| Be open to new ideas. | |
| Be | Make sure to visit the web pages that are good for you. A top student |
【推荐1】When young people talk about him, they see the man as a success in music. They think he is quiet and kind of shy. He doesn’t smile very often. But when he talks about music, he can talk too much. And he really has his own ideas about music.
Who is he? He is Jay Chou and he was born in Taiwan. His mother was a middle school teacher. When he was three years old, he got interested in music. He was popular in the middle school because he was good at playing the piano. And he was a waiter before he was famous.
“Chou is not very good-looking in fact,” one of his fans said. His fans often can't hear him sing or talk clearly. But he has so many fans everywhere.
Jay Chou is 42 years old now. He is still popular with his fans. If you are not one of his fans, you will feel nothing about his new songs. But his fans will be very excited when they hear Jay Chou sing the new songs.
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| A super star | ||
| Name: Jay Chou | What is he like? | |
| Where was he born? | ||
| What did his mother do? | ||
| When did he become interested in music? | ||
| How do the fans feel when they hear him sing his new songs? | ||
Claude Monet’s paintings were quite different from the art styles that were popular in the 1870s France. Traditional artists always did their artwork in a studio and their paintings were realistic — they looked exactly like the real world. Claude Monet was part of a group of painters who were called Impressionists (印象派画家). Their paintings were light and a bit fuzzy — they gave an impression of what the real world looked like. Sometimes Impressionists worked outside, which was a very unusual thought in their time. Impressionism received its name from an early painting by Claude Monet titled Impression, Sunrise.
Knowing that trains were interesting subjects and represented modern progress, Claude Monet created a series of Impressionist paintings of trains from January to March of 1877. He worked on his paintings right on the train platform at the Gare Saint — Lazare, the train station on Saint Lazare Street. Although there were many train stations in Paris, this was the first train station built in Paris so it had historical significance.
Monet’s friend, Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste Renoir, told the following story to his sons about Claude Monet and painting the trains. Monet needed permission to spend time on the train platform and paint what he saw in his impressionistic style. One day Monet dressed himself in his very best suit along with a fine top hat, a good linen shirt and a silk tie. He appeared to be a wealthy gentleman while he really was a poor painter.
When he went towards the clerk at the train office, he presented his calling card which introduced him as Claude Monet, Painter. He asked to see the station master. The clerk quickly allowed this fine gentleman to enter the station master’s office. The station master was also impressed and gave Monet permission to paint on the train platform. The station master even kept trains from leaving on time so Monet could complete a scene even though passengers complained.
Was it all worthwhile? Monet’s train scenes turned his career into a success and for the station master, made his train station famous until even now.
Claude Monet
Introduction |  Claude Monet was one of the Impressionist painters whose paintings were not the same as the popular art styles in the 1870s France. Impressionist paintings gave an impression of  Impressionism was |
A story of painting trains |  At that time trains were subjects that could keep people He created paintings of trains between January and March in 1877, at the train station with the longest  He dressed himself as a wealthy gentleman to win the station master’s trust.In order to help Monet complete a scene, the station master even made trains leave His train scenes made not only his career successful but also the train station famous. |
A young Chinese illustrator (插图画家), who loves traditional Chinese culture, has created many interesting drawings. The artist’s online name is Jiao Xiangyue. She often posts her works on the Internet and the creative drawings have won her more than 300,000 fans.
Jiao’s book, Customs of the Tang Dynasty《大唐风俗志》, came out in October 2018. The book, with beautiful pictures and writings, shows the interesting daily lives of people in the Tang Dynasty. On the last day of 2019, Jiao posted the drawings she had created during the past year online. Since then, the illustrator and her works have caught the attention of the public.
“I’m deeply impressed by the people, culture and art of the Tang Dynasty,” Jiao says. In her drawings, most people have round faces. Her best-known series(系列) include drawings of women from the Tang Dynasty and classic images (形象) from Dunhuang art. In fact, many of her drawings are based on classic paintings from the Tang Dynasty, as Jiao hopes her works will help develop people’s interest in Chinese history and traditional art.
Jiao pays a lot of attention to details(细节). She has bought lots of books and studied ancient paintings to make sure she can draw things correctly. “Once a person told me that the pipa of Tang Dynasty had four or five strings (弦) while the pipa of today has only four, ”she says. Through her works, people will realize that images from ancient times can also be cool and cute.
1. How many fans has Jiao Xiangyue received so far?2. What is the book, Customs of the Tang Dynasty, mainly about?
3. Why are many of Jiao’s drawings based on classic paintings from the Tang Dynasty?
4. Is the pipa of Tang Dynasty the same as the pipa of today ?
5. What do you think of Jiao Xiangyue’s drawings?
