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Actress still turns heads (P4)
大连市23中学  韩爱华
Lead in

Who is the actress? What do you know about her?

Let’s look back at some of her classic movies.

Bus Stop (《巴士站》)

The Asphalt Jungle (《夜阑人未静》)

Fast reading
Monroe has made a hit again so many years after her death. Read Actress still turns heads and find out what happened.
On May 9, US artist Andy Warhol’s work Shot Sage Blue Marilyn was sold for 195 million dollars, making it the most expensive 20th-century artwork and the most expensive artwork from a US artist sold at auction.
Careful reading
Read the passage carefully and find out the information about the painting:
Name : Shot Sage Blue Marilyn
Painter:  Andy Warhol
Price: 195 million dollars
Time of creation: 1964
Original photo: a promotion photo from the 1953 film Niagara

Why could the painting be sold at such a high price?
1. The image is a US pop symbol.
2. Her death at such a young age was an epic loss.
3. Warhol was becoming an icon when the painting was made.
4. The techniques Warhol used are unique and impressive.

What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?
People’s understanding of the painting.

What’s your opinion of the painting?
Language study
1. Actress still turns heads
turn heads:引人注目；回头率高
 
2. Art is an ever-lasting pursuit, and artists are always pushing the boundaries with their work.
pushing the boundary: 推动发展。 boundary边界
艺术是人类永恒的追求，艺术家们总是在用他们的作品推动艺术的发展。

3. Based on a promotion photo of the Hollywood actress in the 1953 film Niagara (《飞瀑怒潮》), it shows Monroe in front of a sage blue background with yellow hair, red lips and blue eye shadow.
based on: 根据
promotion: 宣传
这幅画基于好莱坞影星梦露1953年电影《飞瀑怒潮》的一张宣传照片，画中黄发红唇的梦露涂着蓝色眼影，出现在鼠尾草蓝色背景前。

4. In this painting, Warhol placed the American pop icon in a size that almost occupied the whole painting, which weakened the humanity of Monroe and suggested a nature of commodity (商品).
that almost occupied the whole painting：定语从句修饰先行词size
which weakened the humanity of Monroe and suggested a nature of commodity：定语从句修饰主句部分
在画中，沃霍尔让这个美国流行偶像几乎占据了整个画面，这削弱了梦露的人性，显示了商品的属性。