【正文】 , not all advertisers are good or honest we have ways to protect ourselves, these dishonest advertisers will tell lies or use methods that may mislead , most countries have developed ways to control advertising and prevent false or unsuitable law One way to control advertising is to make laws that prevent advertisers doing the wrong countries have laws that forbid ads being shown at inappropriate times or in unsuitable example, an ad that has an adult theme cannot be shown during children39。s television some countries advertising alcoholic drinks or tobacco is banned are also laws in most places that prevent advertisers making false statements about their products or from promoting immoral or harmful organizations Most advertisers are decent and honest, and they are as interested as everyone else in making sure ads are this reason, most advertisers belong to advertising organizations that not only educate and support their members, but also make rules for everyone in the organization to are called a code of ethics and include such rules as: Advertisements must not be untruthful or misleading。Advertisements must not say bad things about other people39。s wellknown people are used in advertisements, they must be honest and truthful about products they organization Even though there are laws and advertisers39。 codes of conduct, some bad ads do get is why many countries have a government organization which examines plaints about consumer can plain to the organization, giving reasons for their plaint, and if the plaint is correct, the organization can make the pany stop using the offending consumer You may have heard the saying: “Buyer Beware”.This means that the consumer is responsible for checking the product before it es to advertising, consumers need to be educated about techniques used by advertisers so they can judge the claims for themselves and not blindly accept everything that is said in we are flooded with advertisements in our modem world, many schools believe it is their duty to educate students about advertising.第二篇：高中英語選修6課文逐句翻譯(人教新課標) A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING 西方繪畫藝術簡史Art is influenced by the customs and faith of a 。Styles in Western art have changed many 。As there are so many different styles of Western art, it would be impossible to describe all of them in such a short ，在短短的一篇課文里不可能進行全面的描述。Consequently, this text will describe only the most important ones, starting from the sixth century ,本文只談及從公元6世紀以來最主要的幾種藝術風格。The Middle Ages(5th to the 15th century AD)中世紀(公元5世紀到15世紀)During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was to represent religious ,畫家的主要任務是把宗教的主題表現(xiàn)出來。A conventional artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people as they really 。A typical picture at this time was full of religious symbols, which created a feeling of respect and love for (象)特征,體現(xiàn)出了對上帝的愛戴與敬重。But it was evident that ideas were changing in the 13th century when painters like Giotto di Bondone began to paint religious scenes in a more realistic ,很顯然到了13世紀時,觀念發(fā)生變化,像喬托這樣的畫家開始以一種比較現(xiàn)實的風格來畫宗教場景。The Renaissance(15th to 16th century)文藝復興時期(15世紀到16世紀)During the Renaissance, new ideas and values gradually replaced those held in the Middle ,新的思想和價值觀逐漸取代了中世紀的思想和價值觀。People began to concentrate less on religious themes and adopt a more humanistic attitude to 。At the same time painters returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about 、希臘的古典藝術理念上。They tried to paint people and nature as they really 。Rich people wanted to possess their own paintings, so they could decorate their superb palaces and great paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves, their houses and possessions as well as their activities and achievements.,他們出價聘請著名藝術家來為自己畫像,畫自己的房屋和其他財物,以及他們的活動和成就。One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things in ,最重要的發(fā)現(xiàn)之一就是如何用透視法來畫出事物。This technique was first used by Masaccio in 。When people first saw his paintings, they were convinced that they were looking through a hole in a wall at a real ,還以為是透過墻上的小洞來觀看真實的場景,并對此深信不疑。If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, no one would have been able to paint such realistic ,人們就不可能畫出如此逼真的畫。By coincidence, oil paints were also developed at this time, which made the colours used in paintings look richer and ,它使得繪畫的色彩看上去更豐富、更深沉。Without the new paints and the new technique, we would not be able to see the many great masterpieces for which this period is (繪畫)手法,我們就不能看到很多使這一時代著名的杰作。Impressionism(late 19th to early 20th century)印象派時期(19世紀后期到20世紀初期)In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial ,歐洲發(fā)生了巨大的變化,從以農(nóng)業(yè)為主的社會變成了以工業(yè)為主的社會。Many people moved from the countryside to the new 。There were many new inventions and social ,還有許多社會變革。Naturally, these changes also led to new painting 。Among the painters who broke away from the traditional style of painting were the Impressionists, who lived and worked in 。The Impressionists were the first painters to work 。They were eager to show how light and shadow fell on objects at different times of 。However, because natural light changes so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint ,印象派畫家們必須很快地作畫,Their paintings were not as detailed as those of earlier ,他們的畫就不像以前那些畫家們的畫那樣細致了。At first, many people disliked this style of painting and became very angry about ,許多人都不喜歡這種畫法,甚至還怒不可遏。They said that the painters were careless and their paintings were 、粗枝大葉,而他們的作品更是荒謬可笑。Modern Art(20th century to today)現(xiàn)代藝術(20世紀至今)At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were controversial, but today they are accepted as the beginning of what we call “modern art”.在印象派作品的創(chuàng)建初期,它們是存在著爭議的,但是如今己被人們接受而成為現(xiàn)在我們所說的“現(xiàn)代藝術”的始祖了。This is because the Impressionists encouraged artists to look at their environment in new 。There are scores of modern art styles, but without the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not ,現(xiàn)代藝術風格有好幾十種,然而如果沒有印象派,那么這許多不同的風格就不可能存在。On the one hand, some modern art is abstr