Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art 现代艺术中的电流.doc

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1、Lesson18Electriccurrentsinmodernart现代艺术中的电流Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Howmightsomeoftheexhibitshavebeendangerous?   Modernsculpturerarelysurprisesusanymore.Theideathatmodernartcanonlybeseeninmuseumsismistaken.Evenpeoplewhotakenointerestinartcannothavefailedto

2、noticeexamplesofmodernsculptureondisplayinpublicplaces.Strangeformsstandingardens,andoutsidebuildingsandshops.Wehavegotquiteusedtothem.Someso-called'modern'pieceshavebeenondisplayfornearlyeightyyears.   Inspiteofthis,somepeople--includingmyself--weresurprisebyarecentexhibitionofmodernsc

3、ulpture.ThefirstthingIsawwhenIenteredtheartgallerywasanoticewhichsaid:'Donottouchtheexhibits.Someofthemaredangerous!'Theobjectsondisplaywerepiecesofmovingsculpture.Oddlyshapedformsthataresuspendedformtheceilingandmoveinresponsetoagustofwindarequitefamiliartoeverybody.Theseobjects,howeve

4、r,weredifferent.Linedupagainstthewall,therewerelongthinwiresattachedtometalspheres.Thesphereshadbeenmagnetizedandattractedorrepelledeachotherallthetime.Inthecentreofthehall,therewereanumberoftallstructureswhichcontainedcolouredlights.Theselightsflickeredcontinuouslyliketrafficlightswhic

5、hhavegonemad.Sparkswereemittedfromsmallblackboxesandredlampsflashedonandoffangrily.Itwasratherlikeanexhibitionofprehistoricelectronicequipment.Thesepeculiarformsnotonlyseemeddesignedtoshockpeopleemotionally,buttogivethemelectricshocksaswell!Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语    currentn.  电流  

6、  sculpturen.  雕塑    mistakenadj.错误的    galleryn.  美术馆    exhibitn.  展品，陈列品    oddlyadv.古怪的    attachv.  连，系    spheren.  球体    magnetizev.  使磁化    repelv.  排斥    flickerv.  闪烁    emitv.  放射    flashv.  闪光    prehistoricadj.史前的，老掉牙的    electronicadj.电子的    peculiaradj.奇异的    shockv.  令人

7、震惊，刺激人    emotionallyadv.事情上参考译文   现代雕塑不再使我们感到惊讶了。那种认为现代艺术只能在博物馆里才能看到的观点是错误的。即使是对艺术不感兴趣的人也不会注意到在公共场所展示的现代艺术品。公园里、大楼和商店外竖立着的奇形怪状的雕塑，对这些，我们已经司空见惯了。有些所谓的“现代”艺术品在那里已经陈列了近80年了。   尽管如此，最近举办的一次现代雕塑展览还是使一些人（包括我在内）大吃了一惊。走进展厅首先看到的是一张告示，上面写着“切勿触摸展品，某些展品有危险！”展品都是些活动的雕像。人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、