课文内容：
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.Many people pretend that they understand modernart. They always tell you what a picture is ‘about'. Ofcourse, many pictures are not 'about' anything. Theyarejust pretty patterns. We like them in the sameway that we like pretty curtain material. I think thatyoung children often appreciate modernpictures better than anyone else. They noticemore. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good ornot. She came intomy room yesterday.'What are you doing?' she asked.‘I'm hanging thispicture on the wall,' I answered. ‘It's a new one. Do you like it?'She looked at it critically for amoment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'I looked at it again. She was right! Itwas!
精讲笔记：
7. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyoneelse.
我认为小孩们往往比其他任何人都更懂得欣赏现代绘画。
语言点 else意为“其他的”，既可作形容词，又可作副词，但必须放在被修饰词之后。
1) 可与somethings anything, nothing, someone, somebody等复合不定代词连用. Would you likeanything else to eat?你还要吃点别的什么吗?
2) 可与who, what, how, where连用，但不能与which, when, why连用。
8. They notice more.
他们观察到的东西更多。
语言点 They notice more.= They notice further.(further 更远，更进一'步)
I have nothing further to say.我没有别的话要说了。
9. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good ornot.
我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总是能说出我的画是好还是坏。
语言点 if和whether都可以表示“是否”，二者的用法有三点重要区别：
1) if不可以放在句首引导主语从句。
It is not clear to me if my girlfriend likes this gift.我的女朋友是否喜欢这个礼物，我还不是很清楚。
(×)If my girlfriend likes this gift is not clear to me.(错误)
2) if不可以与动词不定式连用。
I don’t know whether to answer this question.我不知道是否要回答这个问题。
(×)I don’t know if to answer this question.(错误)
3) if后面很少加or not。
I ask my students whether my English book is good or not. 我问我的学生我的英语书好不好。
(×)I ask my students if my English book is good or not.(错误)
