Charles Blackman: Alice in Wonderland
An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria （NGV）, Australia
10 June—12 August 2009
Venue（地点） The Ian Potter Centre
Admission Free entry
Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland — the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experience all kinds of things .At that time, Blackman’s wife was suffering form progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations, often disheartened by various events, was similar to his wife’s experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.
Illustrator Workshop
Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects.
Dates Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am—1pm
Venue Gas Works Arts Park
Wonderful World
Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit.
Date Sunday 24 June, 11am—4pm
Venue Exhibition Space, Level 3
Topsy- Turvy
Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened.
Dates Sunday 8,15,22,29 July ,and Tuesday 24—Friday 27 July ,12noon—3pm
Venue Theatre, NGV Australia
Drawing Workshop
Distortions of scale (比例失真) can make artworks strange but interesting.Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world, then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking.
Date Friday 27 July, 10:30am—3pm
Venue Foyer, Level 3
1.Charles Blackman’s paintings come from _______.
A. his admiration for Lewis Carroll B. his dream of becoming a famous artist
C. his wish to express his own feelings D. his eagerness to cure his wife’s illness
2.Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?
A. Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World
B. Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop.
C. Wonderful World and Topsy –Turvy.
D. Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop.
3.To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to _______.
A. Exhibition Space. Level 3 B. Gas Works Arts Park
C. Theatre, NGV Australia D. Foyer, Level 3
4.Activities concerning children’s books are to be held _______.
A. on June 24, 2009 B. on July15, 2009
C. on July 27, 2009 D. on August 5, 2009
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When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was 1to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She 2the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old 3thinking that she wouldn’t live 4from then on.
Over the years, I 5and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike, 6a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an) 7trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang 8.
A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair, 9into my son’s room with a box of 10. After 16 years, I still 11Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about 12since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she 13the path for those people who were less 14than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be 15.
Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt 16. But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was 17. From this person that I thought would have no 18of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的) 19and we moved north, but I owe Helen 20that I can never repay.
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18.A. use B. value C. meaning D. quality
19.A. treated B. worsened C. relieved D. recovered
20.A. some money B. some tissues C. a debt D. a hope
Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _________ increase the risk of heart disease.
A. by chance B. in return C. in turn D. in a row
Hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are likely to get their first taste of live 3D viewing during this year's World Cup, the vast majority of them in cinemas at home, according to football body FIFA.
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Every child is __________, with their own needs, preferences and talents.
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In the Gulf of Mexico the animals' presence close to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted, and the crowding could ________ mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen.
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