高级英语If Picasso Were a Programmer
高级英语第三册汉译英
Unit 91.他把网上的流传当成一个笑话，不予理睬。
（dismiss as）He dismissed the story circulating on the Internet as a joke.2.马克•吐温的《竞选州长》是一篇著名的短篇故事。
(run for)Mark Twain’s “Running for Governor” is a famous short story.3.对于遭受灾难的人们，我们应该毫无保留地帮助他们。
(reach out to)We should reach out to those who suffer from disasters without reservation.4.考虑到他们没有经验，他们的工作成绩还是相当不错的。
(given)Given their lack of experience, their work should be considered asquite good.5.她是在华裔人占主导地位的社区里长大的。
(predominantly)She grew up in a community where the inhabitants were predominantly ofChinese origin.6.心情不好不能成为你对同事粗暴的理由。
(justify)Being in a bad mood cannot justify your rude attitude toward yourcolleagues7.警方把这件事视作“误解”而草草了事。
(dismiss...as)The police dismissed the incident as a case of misunderstanding.Unit 111.政治局势的新变化使得这两个比较小的政党结成了同盟。
（alliance）Changes in the political situation brought the two small parties intoalliance.2.他的失败在于他的性情而不是能力。
《高级英语》课文逐句翻译（6）
lesson6 ⼀个好机会 Lesson Six A Good Chance 我到鸭溪时，喜鹊没在家，我和他的妻⼦阿⽶莉亚谈了谈。
When I got to Crow Creek， Magpie was not home. I talked to his wife Amelia. “我要找喜鹊，”我说，“我给他带来了好消息。
”我指指提着的箱⼦，“我带来了他的诗歌和⼀封加利福尼亚⼤学的录取通知书，他们想让他来参加为印第安⼈举办的艺术课。
” “I need to find Magpie，” I said. “I've really got some good news for him.” I pointed to the briefcase I was carrying. “I have his poems and a letter of acceptance from a University in California where they want him to come and participate in the Fine Arts Program they have started for Indians.” “你知道他还在假释期间吗？” “Do you know that he was on parole？” “这个，不，不⼤清楚。
”我犹豫着说，“我⼀直没有和他联系，但我听说他遇到了些⿇烦。
” “Well， no， not exactly，” I said hesitantly， “I haven't kept in touch with him but I heard that he was in some kind of trouble. 她对我笑笑说：“他已经离开很久了。
你知道，他在这⼉不安全。
他的假释官随时都在监视他，所以他还是不到这⼉来为好，⽽且我们已经分开⼀段时间了，我听说他在城⾥的什么地⽅。
辽宁省沈阳市培英中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期月考英语试卷(12月份)(无答案)
2024-2025 学年辽宁省沈阳市培英中学八年级（上）月考英语试卷（12 月份）一、阅读理解阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
AGreat painters all have their own styles.As soon as we see their paintings ，we know who the painter is.Brazilian artist Milton Omena thought about these styles.Then he designed logos（标识）for the world's most famous painters.Vincent van Gogh was a great painter of the Netherlands.He used a lot ofyellow and blue in his paintings ，such as Sunflowers and Starry night.Omenadesigned his logo with these two colors and drew some lines similar to Starrynight.Leonardo da Vinci was not just an Italian painter.Omena thinks that he wasno more a painter than an inventor.Therefore ，the logo was Da Vinci's drawing ofa machine instead of his most famous painting ，the Mona Lisa.Salvador Dali ，a Spanish painter ，was famous for painting clocks that looklike they are melting（融化），he often drew things in a strange and unreal way.SoOmena made a melting clock part of Dali's logo.Pablo Picasso was a creator of modern art.His works had different styles inhis different lifetime period.He got the title of"the greatest artistic genius （天才）of the 20th century"because of his rich creativity and talent.（1 ）What colors are used in the logo of Vincent van Gogh？A.Red and blue.B.Yellow and blue.C.Red and green.D.Yellow and green.（2 ）Where is Salvador Dali from ？A.Spain.B.The Netherlands.C.Brazil.D.Italy.（3 ）Which of the following statement is TRUE？A.The styles of great painters are always similar.B.Melting clocks are part of Van Gogh's paintings.C.Dali drew the painting Starry night.D.Picasso was seen as the greatest artists of the twentieth century.（4 ）Where is this article probably from？A.A novel.B.An art magazine.C.A dictionary.D.A history book.BMr.Smith had a hotel near the biggest train station in London.A lot of foreigners stayed there for the night.Mr.Smith only knew English ，so he found it not easy for him to understand the people from other countries such as Russia ，France and Japan.He thought Russian was boring but Japanese was interesting.So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him.He studied hard and happily.At first he learned some One evening ，there were a lot of people in the dining room of his hotel.They were all busy eatingsomething ，but a Japanese was walking up and down there.He seemed（似乎），"Maybe（或许）the man is hungry and wants to eat somethingBecause Mr.Smith knew only a little Japanese ，he had to take out his notebook and showed the sentence"I am very hungry"to the Japanese.To his surprise ，the Japanese took a look at it and gave him two dollars ，and then left the hotel.（1 ）Why did Mr.Smith want to learn Japanese ？A.Because he wanted to go to Japan.B.Because his friend was a Japanese.C.Because he thought Japanese was interesting.D.Because he wanted more Japanese to live in his hotel.（2 ）After a few days ，Mr.Smith found it to learn Japanese.A.luckyB.boringC.difficultD.easy（3 ）One evening ，in the dining room.A.a Japanese was walking up and downB.a Japanese was busy eating somethingC.a Japanese was talking with a lot of peopleD.a lot of people were busy talking about something（4 ）Why did the Japanese give Mr.Smith two dollars ？A.Because he was walking up and down.B.Because Mr.Smith taught him more useful words.C.Because Mr.Smith allowed him to serve other foreigners.D.Because he thought Mr.Smith needed money to eat something.CDo you know ChatGPT ？It's an artificial intelligence （AI ）tool.It can answer questions ，tell stories.and write articles.But it's very"thirsty"ChatGPT has"homes"around the world in data centers（数据中心）.When it works ，the computers at thedata centers get very hot.Workers then have to use water to cool them down.Cold water goes into pipes near the computers.The water needs to be very clean.They can't use seawater because it can eat away at the pipes.When you ask ChatGPT 50 questions ，it"drinks"500 milliliters （ml ）of water.Scientists used 700ChatGPT is just one of the AI tools around the world.You need data centers to do everything on the Internet.There are more than 8 ，000 data centers around the world.The number is still growing.AI uses a lot of water to"grow".The world's water may not be enough.Many people don't have enough water to drink.But AI technology helps people.Should we rethink how we use AI ？（1 ）Which of the following can ChatGPT do ？①Answer questions.②Sing songs.③Write articles.④Tell stories.A.①②③B.②③④C.①③④D.①②④（2 ）What does"them"refer to in Paragraph 2 ？A.Homes.puters.C.Workers.D.Pip es.（3 ）What can we learn from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5 ？A.ChatGPT is the only AI tool around the world.B.The number of data centers is not growing now.C.AI tools can work in a better way without any water.D.We may have to"fight"with AI for water in the future.（4 ）What is the main idea of the article ？A.ChatGPT is a good artificial intelligence tool.B.ChatGPT needs lots of water when it works.C.ChatGPT helps people do many different things.D.ChatGPT has"homes"around the world in data centers.DLast year ，my boyfriend and I went to Xinjiang for a visit.I really loved my trip to the Taklamakan desert （塔克拉玛干沙漠）!It was the first time for me to visit Xinjiang ，I was lucky to have Eric ，an old and friendly driver﹣guide （随车导游），he showed us around Urumqi ，and in the next two days we drove along Duku Highway and visited the famous city ，I saw the best part of this area.He also took us to a good restaurant to taste Xinjiang food.It's delicious.We like it very much!The most exciting moment came.On the fourth day we drove a jeep into the Taklamakan.We drove for a long time ，but when I saw the wonderful sunset （日落），I couldn't help crying.When night fell This was my first personal trip.Although we got very tired ，and we spent much money ，it was really worth （值得）（1 ）Eric is a .A ．travelerB ．guideC ．singerD ．bus driver（2 ）Where were they on the fourth day of the trip ？A ．In the Taklamakan.B ．In Urumqi.C ．In Turpan.D ．In a restaurant.（3 ）What can we infer （推断）from the story ？A ．The writer didn't want to spend much money at all.B ．The writer doesn't like Xinjiang food at all.C ．The writer will be more and more interested in travelling.D ．Eric was friendly ，but he didn't help them a lot in this trip.（4 ）What is the best title （标题）of this passage ？A ．I Love TravellingB ．A Night in the TaklamakanC ．China ，a Beautiful CountryD ．The Wonderful Trip to Xinjiang阅读下面短文，从短文后的五个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选页。
高级英语(第三版)第一册第六课 Mark Train[精]
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• As a man, he grew up with America as a country (a young country)
His love/feeling for his country was profound. profound anger/ shock/ disagreement. a profound idea, work, person---shows great intellectual depth and understanding. This book is full of profound insights 深邃的见解.
Part Two
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His Life
______ Historic Events of USA
Tramp printer
River pilot --
Prosperous Mississippi River
Transcontinental Railroads
Guerrilla –
The Civil War
Prospector --
deal, obsess with , frailties
• deal sb. a blow… to cause sb. great difficulties
He dealt me a hard blow on the chin The news dealt me a severe blow
• obsess: v . To occupy the mind of excessively, keep thinking about sth and find it difficult to think about anything else. 使着迷, 困扰
高级英语(第三版)第一册第九课 A More Perfect Union(Part I)[精]
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Obama vs. Pastor Wright
• 路透南达科他阿伯丁5月31日电（记者Deborah Charles）---民主党总统候 选人奥巴马周六表示，他将退出芝加哥三一联合基督教会，避免因该 教会引发的争议困扰11月的总统大选。
• 在即将成为民主党提名人之际，奥巴马退出三一联合基督教会旨在将 该议题抛在身後。奥巴马已经参加该教会16年。
syntactical and rhetorical features.
Background
The ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ormation of the speech:
Obama’s address “A More Perfect Union” was delivered on March 18,2008 as one of the most important speeches in his presidential campaign. It was written against Jeremiah Wright’s controversial anti-racial statements. Wright was a retired senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ (三 一联合基督教会）and former pastor of Barack Obama. He made some furious assertions against the widespread white racism and scorching remarks against the American government. But Obama’s speech contained more than criticisms against the pastor. Instead, he appealed to his audience to place Dr. Wright’s remarks in a historical and sociological context.
高级英语If Picasso Were a Programmer
Section 1: Warm Up
Lead-in
Background Information
Section 2: Global Reading
Main Idea
Structural Analysis
What is the text mainly about?
This article ushers us into a new field of art—online artwork, introduces us into the colorful and magnificent world of this specific artistic form, and causes us to think about the question of what attitude we should take towards new things.
Section 2: Global Reading
Main Idea
Structural Analysis
Please divide the text into 3 parts and summarize the main idea of each part.
Part I (Paragraphs 1-3) Introduction
The art world is on the verge of a revolution that will completely overturn artistic conventions and, in fact, our entire perception of art. Computer art is accessible, multisensual, and interactive; it varies over time and is conscious of the art consumer. These salient features of computer art call for a reassessment of our entire conception of art.
BEC商务英语高级考试阅读试题
BEC商务英语高级考试阅读试题星星使天空绚烂夺目;知识使人增长才干。
以下是为大家搜索的BEC高级阅读试题，希望能给大家带来帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们!As a manager in the service industry sector, I've looked at hundreds of CVs in my time. They are not necessarily the bland documents some bosses might think they are! They are full of little pointers towards individuals personalities and suitability for the job. The first thing I always look at is an applicant s employment record. I check for continuity and stability. If somebody has a long list of previous jobs, all of varying length, alarm bells start ringing. Rather than an irregular route from job to job, what I hope to see is stable career progression. What does their career path look like - is it all steps forward, or are there a lot of sideways moves? And I am always pleased to find a family person with children, because in my experience they tend to be responsible and reliable.I never rely on CVs alone. We get applicants to fill in one of our own application forms. We ask why they've applied, what their aspirations and personal goals are, and also about their interests and hobbies and any clubs they belong to. That gives you a useful insight into their personality and lifestyle. The application form alsoenables us to test how much people have actually been progressing in their careers, because we ask for details of the salaries they have received for each job.It s always worth looking at CVs and designing application forms with great care. Taking on employees might be rewarding, but it is also a big investment for any business. Mistakes in choosing staff can cost panies dear, so it makes sense to spend time ensuring you get the right person.In the service sector, one of the aims of panies is to maintain and improve customer service, and this is achieved partly through low staff turnover. You need to take on people who understand that, and will want to stay. That s why, when you've taken staff on, the next thing is getting the best out of them.My management style es from the days when I took over my first business, an ailing road haulage firm which I was certain I could turn into a profitable pany. The firstthing is to treat others as you d like to be treated yourself. As soon as I took over the business, I talked to everybody individually, and looked for ways to make sure their particular skills benefited the pany.I didn't have much experience then of managing people, but above all I always tried to be fair and honest with everyone. As a result, I think the staff knew that andaepted my decisions, even if they didn't agree with them all. Also, bosses must be able to municate. You also need to create team spirit, and build on the strength of the team. I explained my plans for the pany to all the staff, and let them all know what I needed from them. The lorry drivers responded brilliantly, and were the key to turning the business round. They understood that we had to develop a professional reputation, and from then on the days of poor quality deliveries were over.Lastly, I am a great believer in profit-sharing. It takes a team to make a pany work, so profits should be shared by all. Job satisfaction is important, but it doesn't pay the rent. Shared profit and bonuses help to strengthen team spirit by giving everyone a mon goal that they work towards together.15 What fact does the writer hope to learn from applicants CVs?A that they have experience of many different jobsB that their careers have developed steadilyC the opinion their employers had of themD whether they are married or single16 The writer says the application form is useful because itA reveals something of the applicant s character.B gives information about the applicant s family.C explains what skills the applicant has for the job.D shows how much the applicant wants to earn.。
if picasso were a programmer
Warming up
If l were a…
Discussion: 1. What do you know about Picasso as a
painter？
2. How do you describe the power of computers and their programs?
3.What is the role assigned to viewers of Net art?
Viewers have a more active role to play. Indeed they are users because their input is essential to completing the work. In other words, there would be no Net art without users. However, there is a tougher requirement for viewers of Net art. They must be technology-savvy ['sæ vi]悟性, 常识 and have a Web connection.
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Rollout :The inauguration or initial public exhibition of a new product, service, or policy.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern of Art(圣 弗兰西斯科现代艺术博物馆）
Analysis of Teaching Material
1,Teaching material 2,Teaching aims Knowledge objects Ability objects 3,The important points and the difficult points 4,The teaching aids
高级英语课后答案(期末考试总复习)
Unit 1 A Class Act2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1). Johnny is so ingenious (ingenuity) — he can make the most remarkable sculptures from the most ordinary materials.2). So what is his prescription (prescribe) for success?3). I cannot allow any relaxation (relax) of the rules.4). All pupils are expected to attend the school assembly (assemble).5). She has the most adorable (adore) two-year-old daughter.6). To the mortification (mortify) of the show’s organizers, t he top performers withdrew at the last minute.7). She was wearing a black suit trimmed (trim) with white.8). I didn’t know what to say — I just offered a few words of consolation (console).9). I didn’t want to lose my composure (compose) in front of her.10). She looked a bit dejected (dejection) when she was told that she hadn’t got the job.3. Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.drag into | speak up for | rife with | of one’s own accordration out | single out | trudge through | beside oneselfin place | on the warpath | see through | comply with1). The office was rife with rumors.2). Ann rationed out the cake between the children.3). The arrangements are all in place for the concert next Thursday.4). There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.5). The course would take me three years to complete, but I was determined to see it through.6). She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.7). If there was one thing she couldn’t face in the morning it was her mother on the warpath.8). He was beside himself with grief when she died.9). Don’t drag me into your argument! It has nothing to do with me.10). I spent the whole weekend trudging through this report, and I still haven’t finished reading it.11). She came of her own accord. No one asked her to come.12). It’s not fair the way my sister is always singled out for special treatment.IV. Translation1).这家公司是由几名有事业心的年轻人创立的。
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o Signposts in the SeaIn the dining-saloon I sit at a table with three other men; Laura sits some way off with a married couple and their daughter. I can observe her without her knowing, and this gives me pleasure, for it is as in a moving picture that I can note the grace of her gestures, whether she raises a glass of wine to her lips or turns with a remark to one of her neighbours or takes a cigarette from her case with those slender fingers. I have never had much of an eye for noticing the clothes of women, but I get the impression that Laura is always in grey and white by day, looking cool when other people are flushed and shiny in the tropical heat; in the evening she wears soft rich colours, dark red, olive green, midnight blue, always of the most supple flowing texture. I ventured to say something of the kind to her, when she laughed at my clumsy compliment and said I had better take to writing fashion articles instead of political leaders.The tall Colonel whose name is Dalrymple seems a nice chap. He and I and Laura and a Chinese woman improbably galled Mme Merveille have made up a Bridge-tour and thus beguile ourselves for an hour or so after dinner while others dance on deck. The Colonel, who is not too offensively an Empire-builder, sometimes tries to talk to me about public affairs; he says he used to read me, and is rather charmingly deferential, prefacing his remarks by “Of course it’s not for me to suggest to you…” and then proceeding to tell me exactly how he thinks some topical item of our dome, the or foreign policy should be handled. He is by no means stupid or ill-informed; a little opinionated perhaps, and just about as far to the Right as anybody could go, but I like him, and try not to tease him by putting forward views which would only bring a puzzled look to his face. Besides, I do not want to become involved in discussion. I observe with amusement how totally the concerns of the world, which once absorbed me to the exclusion of all else except an occasional relaxation with poetry or music, have lost interest for me eve to the extent of a bored distaste. Doubtless some instinct impels me gluttonously to cram these the last weeks of my life with the gentler things I never had time for, releasing some suppressed inclination which in fact was always latent. Or maybe Laura’s unwitting influence has called it out.Dismissive as Pharisee, I regarded as moonlings all those whose life was lived on a less practical plane. Protests about damage to natural beauty froze me with contempt, for I believed in progress and could spare no regrets for a lake dammed into hydraulic use for the benefit of an industrial city in the Midlands. And so it was for all things. A hard materialism was my creed, accepted as a law of progress; any ascription of disinterested motives aroused not only my suspicion but my scorn.And now see how I stand, as sentimental and sensitive as any old maid doing water-colour s of sunsets! I once flattered myself that I was an adult man; I now perceive that I am gloriously and adolescently silly. A new Clovis, loving what I have despised, and suffering from calf-love into the bargain, I want my till of beauty before I go. Geographically I did not care and scarcely know where I am. There are no signposts in the sea.The young moon lies on her back tonight as is her habit in the tropics, and as, I think, is suitable if not seemly for a virgin. Not a star but might not shoot down and accept the invitation to become her lover. When all my fellow-passengers have finally dispersed to bed, I creep up again to the deserted deck and slip into the swimming pool and float, no longer what people believe me to be, a middle-aged journalist taking a holiday on an ocean-going liner, but a liberated being, bathed in mythological waters, an Endymion young and strong, with a god for his father and a vision of theworld inspired from Olympus. All weight is lifted from my limbs; 1 am one with the night; I understand the meaning of pantheism. How my friends would laugh if they knew I had come to this! To have discarded , as I believe, all usual frailties , to have become incapable of envy, ambition, malice , the desire to score off my neighbour, to enjoy this purification even as I enjoy the clean voluptuousness of the warm breeze on my skin and the cool support of the water. Thus, I imagine, must the pious feel cleansed on leaving the confessional after the solemnity of absolution.Sometimes Laura and I lean over the taffrail, and that is happiness. It may be by daylight, looking at the sea, rippled with little white ponies, or with no ripples at all but on-ly the lazy satin of blue, marbled at the edge where the passage of our ship has disturbed it. Or it may be at night, when the sky surely seems blacker than ever at home and the stars more golden. I recall a phrase from the diary of a half-literate soldier, “The stars seemed little cuts in the black cover, through which a bright beyond was seen.” Sometimes these untaught scribblers have a way of putting things.The wireless told us today that there is fog all over England.Sometimes we follow a coastline, it may be precipitous bluffs of grey limestone rising sheer out of the sea, or a low-lying arid stretch with miles of white sandy beach, and no sign of habitation, very bleached and barren. These coasts remind me of people; either they are forbidding and unapproachable , or else they present no mystery and show all they have to give at a glance, you feel the country would continue to be flat and featureless however far you penetrated inland. What I like best are the stern cliffs, with ranges of mountains soaring behind them, full of possibilities, peaks to be scaled only by the most daring. What plants of the high altitudes grow unravished among their crags and valleys? So do I let my imagination play over the recesses of Laura’s Character, so austere in the foreground but nurturing what treasures of tenderness, like delicate flowers, for the discovery of the venturesome.My fellow-passengers apparently do not share my admiration.“Drearee sorter cowst,” said an Australian. “Makes you Iong for a bit of green.”Darkness falls, and there is nothing but the intermittent g1eam of a 1iahthouse on a solitary promontory.We rounded just such a cape towards sunset, the most easterly point of a continent, dramatically high and lonely, a great purple mountain overhung by a great purple cloud. The sea had turned to a corresponding dusk of lavender. Aloof and on the top, the yellow 1iaht revolved, steady, warning; I wondered what mortal controlled it, in what must be one of the loneliest, most forbidding spots on Earth. Haunted too, for many wrecks had piled up on the reefs in the past, when there was no beacon to guide them.The Colonel joined us.“How would you care for that man’s job?” he said.“I suppose he gets relieved every so often?”“On the contrary, he refuses ever to leave. He is an Italian, and he has been there for years and years, with a native woman for his only company. Most people would think him crazy, but I must say I find it refreshing to think there are still a few odd fish left in the world.”This is the unexpected kind of remark that makes me like the Colonel; there is a touch of roughpoetry about him. I like also the out-of-the-way information which he imparts from time to time without insistence; he has traveled much, and has used his eyes and kept his ears open. I have discovered also that he knows quite a lot about sea-birds; he puts me right about the different sorts of gull, and tells me very nicely that that couldn’t possibly be an albatross, not in these waters. The albatross, it appears, follows a ship only to a certain latitude and then turns back; it knows how far it should go and no farther. How wise is the albatross! We might all take a lesson from him, knowing the latitude we can permit ourselves. Thus, and no farther, can I foIlow Laura. I suspect also that there is quite a lot of lore stored away in the Colonel’s otherwise not very interesting mind. Laura likes him too, and although I prefer having her to myself I don’t really resent it when he lounges up to make a third.In all this great serenity of ocean it is seldom that we espy so much as another ship; the jolly dolphins and the scratchy little flying-fish have the vast circle all to themselves; the Flying Fish, who has a part with the birds, doubtless are glad to see the last of the monster which bears us into and out of sight. Our wake closes up and we might never have been. But it does happen from time to “Time that an island appears on the horizon, nameless to us and full of mystery, the peak of a submarine mountain range, lonely, unblemished, remote. Does one like islands because one unconsciously appropriates them, a small manageable domain in a large unmanageable world? I cannot tell why it should give me such a queer sensation to reflect that that island has always been there (unless indeed it be no more than the work of the patient coral and will be there still, should I return to find it waiting for me. It is the same sensation as I have experienced in looking at a photograph of, say, some river valley of innermost China, and seen a boulder, and thought that if I could find myself transported to that spot I could touch the reality of that particular piece of rock ... It is there. For me. I could sit on that very boulder. I explain myself badly, and it is not a sensation I could expect anyone save Laura to understand, but of such incommunicable quirks is the private mind made up.Well, the islands. I divert myself by inventing the life upon them, and am amused to find my imagination always turning towards the idyllic. This is the new Edmund Carr with a vengeance. If we have seen a skiff sailing close in shore, I follow the fisherman as he beaches his craft in the little cove and gives a cry like a sea-bird to announce his coming. His woman meets him; they are young, and their skins of a golden-brown; she takes his catch from him. In their plaited hut there is nothing but health and love.One night we passed two islands, steeply humped against faint reflected moonlight; and on each of them, high up, shone a steady yellow gleam.“Not lighthouses.” I said to Laura. “Villages.”We gazed, as the ship slid by and the humps receded into darkness and even the lights were obscured by the shoulder of a hill, never to be seen by us again. So peaceful and secret; so self-contained.One of the ship’s officers joined us, off duty.“Yes,” he said, following our gaze. “‘One of them is a leper colony and the other a penal settlement.”God, is there no escape from suffering and sin?Laura and I amuse ourselves by watching for the green flash which comes at the instant the sundisappears below the line of the horizon. This does not happen every day, for sky must be entirely clear of cloud and clouds seem very liable to gather along the path of the setting sun, but we are as pleased as children when our game succeeds. Laura claps her hands. Only a second does it last, that streak of green light; we wait for it while the red ball, cut in half as though by a knife, sinks to its daily doom . Then come the twilight colours of sea and heaven (we have discovered the fallacy of saying that darkness falls suddenly in these latitudes, at any rate on sea level), the wine pink width of water merging into lawns of aquamarine, and the sky a tender of pink and blue. But the green flash is our chief delight.“creme de menthe ,” says Laura.“Jade,” I say.“Emerald,” says Laura. “Jade is too opaque.”“icious viridian,” I say, not to be outdone.“You always did lose yourself in the pleasure of words.”“Edmund, say green as jealousy and be done with it.”“I have never known the meaning of jealousy.”I am sorry to see the sun go, for one of the pleasures I have discovered is the warmth of his touch on my skin. At home in London I never noticed the weather, unless actually inconvenienced by fog or rain; I had no temptation to take a flying holiday to the South and understood little when people spoke or wrote of sunlight on white walls. Now the indolence of southern latitudes has captured me. I like to see dusky men sitting about doing nothing. I like the footfall of naked feet in the dust, silent as a oat passing. I like turning a corner from the shade of a house into the full torrid glare of an open space. I put my hand on metal railings and snatch it away, burnt. But it is seldom that I go ashore.I would never have believed in the simple bliss of being, day after day, at sea. Our ports of call are few, and when they do occur I resent them. I should like this empty existence to be prolonged beyond calculation. In the ship’s library stands a large globe whose function so far as I am concerned is to reveal the proportion of ocean to the landmasses of the troubled would; the Pacific alone dwarfs all the continents put together. Blue, the colour of peace. And then I like all the small noises of a ship: the faint creaking, as of the saddle-leather to a horseman riding across turf, the slap of a rope, the hiss of sudden spray. I have been exhilarated by two days of storm, but above all I love these long purposeless days in which I shed all that I have ever been.(from o Signposts in the Se a, 1961)。
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The first three paragraphs serve as the introduction. A specific piece of online artwork is mentioned, which brings into our sight the growing trend of online art.
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Work in groups of four and discuss the following questions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. How is computer art different from traditional art? What tools do traditional artists use? What are the typical features of traditional art? What tools do computer artists use? What are the typical features of computer art?
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About the Author Susan Delson is editor-in-chief of Museums Magazines, a group of city and regional publications for active museumgoers. She is a former film and video programmer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she also served as a senior staff member of the Program for Art on Film, a joint venture between the Met and the J. Paul Getty Trust. “If Picasso Were a Programmer” was originally published in Forbes, Best of the Web.
radiates an almost meditative calm. And then it all starts again, until the entire Web site has been processed. Stripping away
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Art using computers and the Internet is a natural evolution of traditional art forms. Moreover, these new computer art forms reflect recent trends and are an integral part of modern society, technology and culture. Technological innovation enables artists to enjoy the benefits of interactivity, multimedia, widespread distribution, low cost, equal creative opportunity, accessibility and simplicity. Thus, computer art helps overcome technical, financial, political and environmental issues that have traditionally limited artistic creation.
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Today, many institutions and functions are being shifted to virtual space, and the field of art is no exception. Computer art enables individuals to express themselves without censorship and to circumvent the traditional art establishment that until now has dominated the field. The art world is on the verge of a revolution that will completely overturn artistic conventions and, in fact, our entire perception of art. Computer art is accessible, multisensual, and interactive; it varies over time and is conscious of the art consumer. These salient features of computer art call for a reassessment of our entire conception of art.
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If Picasso Were a Programmer
Forget paintbrushes and chisels. Today‟s hottest new art tools are XML and Java. 1 Type a Web site URL—any URL—into “FEED”, an online artwork by Mark Napier (). Immediately the screen‟s nine windows jump into action. Text zooms by at unreadable speed. Colors careen through a grid of tiny squares. A horizontal graph whips up three-color spikes like a demonic EKG. Abruptly, the action ceases for a moment; the screen
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Part III (Paragraphs 5-19) Providing answers to the question in Paragraph 4 Paragraphs 5-19 answer the question in Paragraph 4 and raise several other questions concerning such issues as the different role of the viewer, the way people appreciate and collect this new form of art and the advantage of Net art, all contributing to a better understanding of this new form of art and a deeper thinking on the attitude we adopt in dealing with new things.
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Paragraph 4 is a very important transitional paragraph which raises the question openly and directly whether or not online art should be deemed as art. In this paragraph, a tentative definition of art is provided and the two elements of it proposed—being beautiful and changing the way people see the world—which are used in the following paragraphs to further the discussion on this topic.
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Maat is the text mainly about? This article ushers us into a new field of art—online artwork, introduces us into the colorful and magnificent world of this specific artistic form, and causes us to think about the question of what attitude we should take towards new things.