新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第26課(1)

Lesson26 The best art critics

課文內容：

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.Many people pretend that they understandmodern art. They always tell you what a pictureis ‘about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about'anything. They are just pretty patterns. We likethem in the same way that we like pretty curtainmaterial. I think that young children oftenappreciate modern pictures better than anyoneelse. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures aregood or not. She came into my room yesterday.'What are you doing?' she asked.‘I'm hangingthis picture on the wall,' I answered. ‘It's a new one. Do you like it?'She looked at it critically fora moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'I looked at it again. She was right!It was!

語法歸納：

本文語法點：一般現(xiàn)在時

一句話總結：一般現(xiàn)在時用于描述現(xiàn)在的或經(jīng)常發(fā)生的、習慣性的動作或存在的狀態(tài)，以及客觀真理、普通現(xiàn)象和常識。

一般現(xiàn)在時的功能：

1) 描述現(xiàn)在的事實、狀態(tài)或動作：

My mother prefers riding to taking taxi.我母親寧愿騎自行車也不愿意坐出租車。

2) 描述客觀真理，用于格言、警句：

The earth moves round the sun.地球圍繞太陽轉。

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.太陽從東方升起，從西方落下。

3) 描述經(jīng)常發(fā)生的、習慣性的動作或存在的狀態(tài)，常與表示現(xiàn)在的時間狀語連用。表示肯定的頻率副詞：always總是;frequently經(jīng)常;usually通常;sometimes有時;generally— 教;occasionally偶爾;often經(jīng)常

表示否定的頻率副詞never從不;seldom很少;rarely罕見地

表示否定的程度副詞：scarcely幾乎不;hardly幾乎不;barely僅僅

表示頻率的短語結構：once a day —天一次;thrice a month—月三次

4) 描述在時間上已經(jīng)確定或安排好的將要發(fā)生的事情。

用于此用法的常見動詞：go走，come來，leave離開，start開始，move搬家。

I leave for Hongkong by air tonight.今晚我將乘飛機前往香港。

We move our house this weekend.我們將在這個周末搬家。

精講筆記：

1. I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.

我是一個搞藝術的學生，畫了很多畫。

語言點 關于學生的詞匯：

law student法律專學生 medical student醫(yī)科學生

physics student物理專業(yè)學生 chemist student化學專業(yè)學生

associate student 旁聽生 beginning student 新生

collie student 大學生 evening student 夜校學生

foreign student外國留學生 pay student自費生

postgraduate student 研究生 undergraduate student 大學生

2. Many people pretend that they understand modern art.

很多人假裝很懂得現(xiàn)代藝術的樣子。

語言點 本句中that引導賓語從句，所指的內容全部是pretend“假裝”的具體內容。

比較學習：pretend, feign, assume, affect

1) pretend指在言行上裝得像真的：

He pretended not to know the facts.他樣裝不知實情。

2) feign指精心裝作：

The hunter had to feign death when he suddenly saw a bear.精人突然看到了一只熊只好裝死。

3) assume指裝出有某種感情-

She assumed a look of sorrow.她裝出一副悲傷的樣子。

4) affect指為達到某種效果而假裝有某種特征或情感：

I showed an affected interest in his subject.我假裝對他的話題感興趣。

3. They always tell you what a picture is ‘about'.

他們總是會告訴你一幅畫的“意思”是什么。

語言點 tell sb. sth. / that..(賓語從句)告訴某人某事

在本句中，what a picture is about作tell的直接賓語。