Unit 4

Painting the world.

Module 2 The power of images

The origins of artThe origins of art

Read the origins of art from an article in a journal on archaeology.

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Let’s first answer these questions:1. Where was some of the oldest artwork disco

vered?

2. What kind of people made the cave paintings at Altamira?

Ancient people3. What were Marcelino de Sautuola and his dau

ghter originally doing in the cave at Altamira?

Investigating a cave.

Altamira

4. What unexpected things did they find? Colourful paintings of a kind of bison.5. What did Marcelino de Sautuola do as a

hobby? archaeology6. When were the finds at Altamira accepte

d as genuine? 19027. For what purpose may the paintings hav

e been created? For some kind of magical or religious pu

rpose.

True or False Questions:1. Marcelino de Sautuola was a psychologi

st.2. Marcelino de Sautuola found paintings of

horses, deer and pigs.3. The images of the paintings are lifelike.

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F

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True or False Questions:

• 4.At first, other archaeologists believed that the paintings are created by ancient man.

• 5.We know the reason why the paintings were created.

• 6.Stone Age people were different from us completely.

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F

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• 1.origin n. 起源• What was the origin of the quarrel? 这场争

吵的起因是什么？

• The origin and evolution of life

• 生命的起源与进化

• original n. 原版• He can read Shakespeare in the original.

• a. 最初的 , 本来的 ; 原始的• The original price of the car was a

bit too high.

• 这辆汽车的原价太高了一点。

• originally adv. 起初，原先• It was originally a toy factory.

• Origin, original, originally

• Many words in the English language are French in _____.

• Man has always speculated upon the _____ of the universe including earth.

• He can read Shakespeare in the ______.

• It is not known whether the bomb was _______ intended for the capital itself.

origin

origin

original

originally

• 2.amateur adj. 业余的• The pictures were taken by an amateur pho

tographer.

• amateur n. 业余从事者，• an amateur at sth. 某方面外行• an amateur of sth. 爱好• Our actors were all enthusiastic amateurs.• He is an amateur at sports.• He is amateur of acting.

• opposite word ； professional adj. 专业的 n. 专业人士

• 3. investigate v. 调查• investigate (into) sth.• investigate the crime.• investigate the causes of global warming• You need to investigate the market carefu

lly before you confirm the design of your products.

• investigation n. • investigation of / on / into sth. … 的调查• The investigation into the accident was ca

rried out by two policemen.

• 4. property n. 地产 , 财产，资产• He has several properties in this str

eet.

• property developer 房产开发商• personal property 个人财产• --- 特性，属性• the medicinal properties of wild pla

nts.

• 野生植物的药物特性

• 5. peek n. 一瞥• take a peek at sth. 瞥一眼• I took a peek at the list.• peek v. 偷看，窥视• peek through / in / over sth. • 透过…看 / 朝…里看 / 超过…看• They caught him peeking in through

the keyhole. • 从钥匙孔里向里窥视

比较 : glance, gaze, glare, stare

• glance v&n. 粗略看一下，浏览• glance at sth./ have a glance at sth.

• Have you got time for a glance / to have a glance at this report?

• gaze v&n. 凝视 • gaze at sth.

• She turned to gaze admiringly at her husband.

• glare v&n. 怒目而视 • glare at sb.

• They stopped arguing and glared at each other.

• stare v&n. 盯着看 • stare at sth / sb.

• We stared at him in amazement.

• 6. base…on… 基于，根据• This play is based on a true story.

• The report is based on the results of the survey.

• 根据调查的结果

7. maintain v. 维持；维修；保养；坚持；断言 It is absolutely vital that food supplies should be maintained. 维持食物的供给是绝对必要的。 They helped us to maintain the machinery. 他们帮助我们维修机器。 How do you maintain discipline within your department or team?

• 8. date from 始于• When did this mistake date fro

m?

• 追溯到何时• According to the research, the

custom dates from the Tang Dynasty.

• 起始于唐代

• 9. claim n. 断言，申明• Nobody believed his claim that he w

as innocent.

• claim v. 声称• claim to do / have done 声称要 / 已…• She claims to be a good pianist.

• She claimed to have written the story

• 10.ridicule n. 嘲笑，讥笑• His silly comments invited ridicule f

rom all who heard him.

• 可笑的评论引来嘲笑

• ridiculous adj. 可笑的，荒谬的• It’s the most ridiculous thing I have

ever heard in my life.

11. lifelike adj. 逼真的，栩栩如生的• He gazed at the lifelike portrait of

his father.

• 栩栩如生的画像

• 12. It was not until …that … 直到…才…

• It is /was + 被强调部分 + that /who + 剩余部分

• It was his father that /who gave him financial support.

• It was in the garden that we planted an apple tree.

• 强调句在表示“直到 … 才”的时候注意 not 的位置被提到被强调部分，因此剩余部分不再出现否定词。

• He didn’t finish his homework until last night.

• It was not until last night that he finished his homework.

• 13. genuine adj.• --- 名副其实的• The ring is genuine gold.

• --- 真诚的，不造作的• He thanked her with genuine affec

tion. • 他真情谢她。

• 14. religious adj. 宗教的• respect religious belief 宗教信仰

• religion n. 宗教• Christian religion 基督教• He is a man without religion.

• 15. simply adv. 仅仅，只不过，简直

• I simply do it for fun.

• I simply can’t believe it.

16. inspiration n. 鼓舞，启示• I cannot write without inspiration. 灵

感• inspire v. 鼓舞，启示• inspire sb. (to do) 鼓励某人做某事，给

某人启示• His speech inspired us to try again.

• inspire sth. in sb. / inspire sb. with sth. 激起，唤起（感想，思想等）

• The beautiful scenery inspired the composer.

• His encouraging remarks inspired me with confidence.

Exercises “ 情态动词 + have + 过去分词”跟踪练习

I. Complete the sentences ：

1. 她爸爸认为她一定遇上了仙女。Her father thought that ____________________________.

2. 我没有听到电话铃声，我一定是睡着了。I didn’t hear the telephone,__________________________.

she must have met a fairy

I must have been asleep

3. 他还没来。他也许没赶上那班火车。He’s not come yet. He ________________________________.

4. 到开会的时间了，想必他们现在已经到了。It’s time for the meeting. They ____________________________ by now.

may have missed the train

must have arrived there

5. 如果我没有成为盲人，我可能不会像现在这样热爱生活。_________________________ to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind.

I might not have come

II. Choose the best answer:

1. Sorry, I’m late. I ______ have turned off the alarm clock and gone back to sleep again.

A.might B. can C. must D. will

2. Where is my cellphone? I ______ it.A. would have lost B. may lost C. must have lost D. might lost

C

C

3. Yesterday Jane walked away from the discussion and she ______ something she would regret later.

A. has said B. might have said C. might say D. had said

B

4. Ms Huang ______ have arrived in Beijing this morning, didn’t she? A. may B. might C. must D. should

C