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课件网) Grammar and usage (I) Verb-ing forms and verb-ed forms as predicatives Unit 3 The art of painting In the digital age, we can “travel” and see great scenery through a smartphone, so why bother going out Lead-in It is of great difference. You can learn something about a place through your smartphone, but it is impossible for you to touch it, smell it, or embrace it. So to visit and truly appreciate something on your own eyes is always a better option. Lead-in Read the blog entry on page 34 and answer the following questions. Exploring the rules 1. What opinion does the author present in the blog 2. What rhetorical devices does the author employ when he / she presents his / her opinion Grammar and usage 1. What opinion does the author present in the blog The author thinks it is wrong to take photos and record videos of artworks in the art gallery. To him / her, we should appreciate the works with our own eyes. Grammar and usage ( 2. What rhetorical devices does the author employ when he / she presents his / her opinion Line 8—12 Rhetorical question Simile in the digital age wander v.漫游，漫步，流浪，走神 n.游荡，漫步 play with light and shade bathe my senses in ... appreciate the human touch of a great painting be reduced to a few million pixels feel the breeze against my face Useful Expressions 在数码时代 摆弄光和影 使感官沉浸在... ...之中 风格，技能 降低到几百万像素 感受到迎面而来的清风 I was amazed to see all the paintings. It was surprising then to see so many people viewing important and precious artworks through their smartphones. predicatives Exploring the rules As I wandered in the National Gallery, I was amazed to see all the paintings. I wondered at the skill of the artists, their use of colour and how they played with light and shade. I observed the brushwork they used to enhance their works. I enjoyed the whole experience—to be able to bathe my senses in this palace of human creativity. It was surprising then to see so many people viewing important and precious artworks through their smartphones. It might sound shocking, but they seemed more interested in taking photos and recording videos of artworks than appreciating them with their own eyes. How was it possible, I wondered, to truly appreciate the human touch of a great painting when it was reduced to a few million pixels Looking at artworks through smartphones, I thought, was like trying to appreciate the countryside without being able to hear the birds sing, feel the breeze against my face or smell the flowers. Moving slowly through the National Gallery, I was determined to keep my smartphone in my bag and appreciate each individual painting with the best camera in the world: my own eyes. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Exploring the rules Go through the blog entry again and complete the table of part A. Verb-ing forms as predicatives It was surprising then ... Verb-ed forms as predicatives ..., I was am ... ...
