大学英语BOOK3unit42.ppt

Text Part I The Statue of Liberty Part II Barbie Part III American Gothic Part IV The Buffalo Nickel Part V Uncle Sam The Statue of Liberty In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument to celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. (Para. 2) Meaning: 19世纪70年代中期，法国艺术家弗里德里克·奥古斯特·巴托尔迪正在设计一个大项目，名为"自由照耀世界"。这是一座庆祝美国独立和美法联盟的纪念碑。 go ahead: 1) continue or advance (without permission) 如果你不经许可继续出售这种药品，你的执照将被吊销。 If you go ahead and sell this medicine, your license will be suspend/revoked. 2) be allowed to continue (with sth.) 尽管主席生病了，但会议仍照计划继续进行。 In spite of the chairman's illness, the meeting will go ahead as planned. 3) begin,especially to speak 说吧，我们听着呢。 Go ahead, we're all listening. Who created the Statue of Liberty and what was he? When? What is the purpose to create the statue? What do we know about the creator? (Para 1) Who and what: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, French artist When: In the mid-1870s Purpose: Celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance About the creator: He was in love with a woman whom he married in 1876 in spite of his mother’s objection. How did he create the Statue of Liberty? (Para 2) It is said that he had used his wife’s arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. So for the face, he chose his mother’s. When did the creator finish the statue? How did he like the statue? (Para 3) In 1886. The creator called it “my daughter, Liberty”. Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now,… (Para. 6) for sale: intended to be sold The sign on the house says "For Sale". 房子上的标牌写着"出售"。 本次展览中的所有绘画作品都出售。 All the pictures in this exhibition are for sale. …version and named it after Barbara,… (Para. 7) name sb./sth. after sb. : give sb./sth. the name of sb. as an honor 该岛以其发现者的名字命名。 This island was named after his discoverer. Now more than sixty years old, Ba