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2021-22学年度第5-6期总第 843 期

Pop Art Sensation (pages 4-5)

 

I. Read for structure  

Read the text quickly and divide the text into 3 parts according to the main idea of each part.

Part 1: lead-in 

Para.______

Part 2: His achievements

Para._____

Part 3: The impact he made on the world 

Para.____

 

II. Read for details

1. Why does the article begin with a quote by Andy Warhol?(Paras 1-3)  

___________________________________________________

 

2.What is he best known for? Why? (Paras 4-5)

___________________________________________________

                           

3. What reputation did he have? (Paras 6-8)

___________________________________________________

 

4. What impact did he make on the world? (Paras 9-10)

___________________________________________________

 

 

III. Language study

Find useful words and expressions in the text and work out their meanings.

depict

achieve a higher status

misinterpret

evoke resonance

connect with

in addition to

on a daily basis

sum up

 

参考答案：

I.

Part 1: lead-in 

Para.___1_____

Part 2: His achievements

Para.___2-8____

Part 3: The impact he made on the world 

Para.___9-10___

 

II.

1. The author uses it to lead to the topic and attract readers’ attention.

 

2. Para 4: Warhol is best known for his paintings that depict celebrity faces and US consumer goods.

Para 4: The consumer goods and Hollywood faces are a “working-class-coded iconography” that is often misinterpreted as generally ‘American’.

Para 5: Reproducing these aspirational consumer products in his work meant that people outside of the art world could immediately connect with Warhol’s pictures.

 

3. Para 6: He was considered “a creature of transformation”.

Para 6: Warhol constantly explored with different forms of media to evoke resonance among people.

Para 7: “Warhol, in short, was what we might call a ‘Renaissance man’.”

 

4. Para 9: “Warhol left his mark in many more ways than his actual work.”

Para 10: He summed up, defined and in many ways symbolized the world in which we now live.

 

III.

depict 描绘

achieve a higher status 获得更高地位

misinterpret 误解

evoke resonance 产生共鸣

connect with 与……有联系

in addition to 除了

on a daily basis 每天

sum up 总结

 

 

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