托福听力荟萃 69（在线收听）

Before we begin our tour, I'd like to give you some background information on the painter Grant Wood. We’ll be seeing much of his work today. Wood was born in 1881 in Iowa farm country, and became interested in art very early in life. Although he studied art in both Minneapolis and at the Art Institute of Chicago, the strongest influences on his art were European. He spent time in both Germany and France and his study there helped shape his own______form of_____. When he returned to Iowa, Wood applied the stylistic realism he had learned in Europe to the rural life he saw around him and that he remembered from his childhood around the turn of the century. His______of farm families________the______,______of photographs of early settlers_____in front of their homes. His paintings of farmers at work, and of their tools and animals, demonstrate a serious respect for the life of the Midwestern United States. By the 1930's, Wood was a leading figure of the school of art called "American________." In an effort to________a strong Midwestern______movement, Wood established an institute of Midwestern art in his home state. Although the institute failed, the paintings you are about to see preserve Wood's vision of_______farmers.

【填空答案】

stylized: adj. drawn or written in an artificial style, that does not include natural detail（绘画或写作）程式化的

realism: n.［U］the style of art and literature in which everything is shown or described as it really is in life 现实主义，写实主义（艺术、文学上的风格）

portrait: n.［C］a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person（人的）画像；照片；肖像［+of］

imitate: v. to copy something because you think it is good（认为是好的因而）仿效（某物）

static: adj. not moving, changing, or developing, especially when movement or change would be good 不动的；不变化的；不发展的；静（止）的

formalism: n.［U］a style or method in art, religion, or science that pays too much attention to established rules（艺术、宗教或科学的）形式主义

pose: v. to sit or stand in a particular position in order to be photographed or painted, or to make someone do this（为照相或画像而）（使）摆好姿势

regionalism: n.［U］loyalty to a particular region of a country and the desire for it to be more politically independent 地方分权主义

sustain: v. to make something continue to exist over a period of time 保持；维持；使…持续

artistic: adj. connected with art or culture 美术的，艺术的

pioneer: adj. one of the first people to do something that other people will later develop or continue to do 先驱，先锋，创始人

【听力原文】

Before we begin our tour, I'd like to give you some background information on the painter Grant Wood. We’ll be seeing much of his work today. Wood was born in 1881 in Iowa farm country, and became interested in art very early in life. Although he studied art in both Minneapolis and at the Art Institute of Chicago, the strongest influences on his art were European. He spent time in bothGermanyandFranceand his study there helped shape his own stylized form of realism. When he returned to Iowa, Wood applied the stylistic realism he had learned in Europe to the rural life he saw around him and that he remembered from his childhood around the turn of the century. His portraits of farm families imitate the static formalism of photographs of early settlers posed in front of their homes. His paintings of farmers at work, and of their tools and animals, demonstrate a serious respect for the life of the Midwestern United States. By the 1930's, Wood was a leading figure of the school of art called "American regionalism." In an effort to sustain a strong Midwestern artistic movement, Wood established an institute of Midwestern art in his home state. Although the institute failed, the paintings you are about to see preserve Wood's vision of pioneer farmers.

【参考译文】

在开始我们的旅行之前，我想告诉你一些关于画家格兰特伍德的背景资料。我们今天将会看到他的许多作品。伍德在1881年生于爱荷华州一个农场的国家，并且在很小的时候就表现出对美术的兴趣。尽管他在明尼阿波利斯和芝加哥艺术学院都学过美术，欧洲人对他的美术影响是最强烈的。他在德国和法国都待过一段时间，并且在那里的学习帮助他塑造了他现实主义的风格形式。当他回到爱荷华的时候，伍德在他周围看到的农村生活中，记忆中童年的世纪末的农场中运用欧洲学到的现实主义风格。他的关于农场家庭的画效仿早期的移民在家门口摆好造型的静态的形式主义的照片。他的关于农夫工作，工具以及动物的画，表现了一系列的对已美国中西部生活的尊重。到了20世纪30年代，伍德是艺术学院称为“美国地方主义”的主要人物。为了保持一个强烈的美国中西部的艺术运动，伍德在他的家乡建立了关于美国中西部艺术的研究所。尽管这个研究所失败了，但是你将要看的画保存了伍德作为一个先锋农民的想象力。