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Mexican and Tex-Mex foods were popular in the USA, ____now Chinese food has more fans.
A. because B. but C. so D. unless
Every weekend in Britain, DIY shops are always very busy. A large number of people spend their weekends making their homes better instead of relaxing!
DIY projects are very popular in Britain and there are lots of TV programmes which show people how they can improve their homes.
Some people like simple (简单的) decorating. They often put up wall-paper and paint walls, but there are a lot of different DIY projects that people decide to take on, from changing the new floor to setting a new shower.
Unluckily, people bite off more than they can chew (不自量力), and try to take on jobs which end in DIY disasters (灾难). For example, the shops often tell their customers that anything electrical (电的) should be done by an electrician. However, many people don’t care about this warning and put themselves in danger.
Something about DIY projects in 1. | |
Weekends in Britain | DIY shops become very busy. 2. people make their homes better instead of relaxing. |
3. to learn DIY | By watching TV. |
Kinds of DIY Projects | Some people do simple decorating, such as putting up wall-paper and 4.walls. Some people take on some difficult improvements, such as changing the new floors and setting a new shower. |
DIY disasters | It’s 5. that some people try to take on dangerous jobs. They don’t care about the warning and put themselves in danger. |
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Claude Monet's paintings were quite different from the art styles that were popular in the 1870s France. Traditional artists always did their artwork in a studio and their paintings were realistic-they looked exactly like the real world. Claude Monet was part of a group of painters who were called Impressionists(印象派画家). Their paintings were light and a bit fuzzy-they gave an impression of what the real world looked like. Sometimes Impressionists worked outside, which was a very unusual thought in their time. Impressionism received its name from an early painting by Claude Monet titled impression, Sunrise.
Knowing that trains were interesting subjects and represented modern progress, Claude Monet
crated a series of Impressionist paintings of trains from January to March of 1877. He worked on
his paintings right on the train platform at the Gare Saint-Lazare, the train station on Saint Lazare
Street. Although there were many train stations in Paris, this was the first train station built in Paris so it had historical significance(意义).
Monet’s friend, Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste Renoir, told the following story to his sons about Claude Monet and painting the trains. Monet needed permission(允许)to spend time on the train platform and paint what he saw in his impressionistic style. One day Monet dressed himself in his very best suit along with a fine top hat, a good linen shirt and a silk tie. He appeared to be a wealthy gentleman while he really was a poor painter.
When he went towards the clerk at the train office, he presented his calling card which introduced him as Claude Monet, Painter. He asked to see the station master. The clerk quickly allowed this fine gentleman to enter the station master's office. The station master was also impressed and gave Monet permission to paint on the train platform. The station master even kept trains from leaving on time so Monet could complete a scene even though passengers complained.
Was it all worthwhile(值得)? Monet’s train scenes turned his career into a success and for the station master, made his train station famous until even now.
Claude Monet
Introduction | ◆Claude Monet was one of the Impressionist painters whose paintings were not the 1.as the popular art styles in the 1870s France. ◆Impressionist paintings gave an impression of2.the real world looked. ◆He helped Impressionism get its 3.by his painting Impression, Sunrise. |
A 4.of painting trains | ◆At that time trains were subjects that could keep people’s 5.and represented modern progress. ◆He created paintings of trains 6.January and March in 1877, at the train station with the longest 7.in Paris. ◆He dressed himself as a wealthy gentleman to win the station master’s 8.. ◆In order to help Monet complete a scene, the station master even made trains leave 9.than they should do. |
Result | ◆His train scenes made not only his career 10.but also the train station famous. |