课文内容：
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.Many people pretend that they understandmodern art. They always tell you what a pictureis ‘about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about'anything. They are just pretty patterns. We likethem in the same way that we like pretty curtainmaterial. I think that young children oftenappreciate modern pictures better than anyoneelse. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures aregood or not. She came into my room yesterday.'What are you doing?' she asked.‘I'm hangingthis picture on the wall,' I answered. ‘It's a new one. Do you like it?'She looked at it critically fora moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'I looked at it again. She was right!It was!
语法归纳：
本文语法点：一般现在时
一句话总结：一般现在时用于描述现在的或经常发生的、习惯性的动作或存在的状态，以及客观真理、普通现象和常识。
一般现在时的功能：
1) 描述现在的事实、状态或动作：
My mother prefers riding to taking taxi.我母亲宁愿骑自行车也不愿意坐出租车。
2) 描述客观真理，用于格言、警句：
The earth moves round the sun.地球围绕太阳转。
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.太阳从东方升起，从西方落下。
3) 描述经常发生的、习惯性的动作或存在的状态，常与表示现在的时间状语连用。表示肯定的频率副词：always总是;frequently经常;usually通常;sometimes有时;generally— 教;occasionally偶尔;often经常
表示否定的频率副词never从不;seldom很少;rarely罕见地
表示否定的程度副词：scarcely几乎不;hardly几乎不;barely仅仅
表示频率的短语结构：once a day —天一次;thrice a month—月三次
4) 描述在时间上已经确定或安排好的将要发生的事情。
用于此用法的常见动词：go走，come来，leave离开，start开始，move搬家。
I leave for Hongkong by air tonight.今晚我将乘飞机前往香港。
We move our house this weekend.我们将在这个周末搬家。
精讲笔记：
1. I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.
我是一个搞艺术的学生，画了很多画。
语言点 关于学生的词汇：
law student法律专学生 medical student医科学生
physics student物理专业学生 chemist student化学专业学生
associate student 旁听生 beginning student 新生
collie student 大学生 evening student 夜校学生
foreign student外国留学生 pay student自费生
postgraduate student 研究生 undergraduate student 大学生
2. Many people pretend that they understand modern art.
很多人假装很懂得现代艺术的样子。
语言点 本句中that引导宾语从句，所指的内容全部是pretend“假装”的具体内容。
比较学习：pretend, feign, assume, affect
1) pretend指在言行上装得像真的：
He pretended not to know the facts.他样装不知实情。
2) feign指精心装作：
The hunter had to feign death when he suddenly saw a bear.精人突然看到了一只熊只好装死。
3) assume指装出有某种感情-
She assumed a look of sorrow.她装出一副悲伤的样子。
4) affect指为达到某种效果而假装有某种特征或情感：
I showed an affected interest in his subject.我假装对他的话题感兴趣。
3. They always tell you what a picture is ‘about'.
他们总是会告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。
语言点 tell sb. sth. / that..(宾语从句)告诉某人某事
在本句中，what a picture is about作tell的直接宾语。
