“高等院校艺术英语丛书”从音乐、美术、服饰、舞蹈、建筑、雕刻、绘画、装饰、广告等多方面介绍了艺术的领域，内容丰富多彩，插图精美，展现了多姿多彩的艺术大世界，是一套系统、全面的艺术英语教材。每册十个单元，每个单元都由课文A（Text A）、课文B（Text B）、听说（Listening and Speaking）、语法（Grammar）和写作（Guided Writing）五个部分组成。书后附有练习参考答案、录音听力材料、参考译文和总词汇表，可供读者使用和参考。

本书所用英语词汇专业、准确，基本上体现了当今国内外艺术界的原貌，学生可在学好专业课的基础上，积累英语词汇及标准表达法，形成本专业的独特优势。

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本书为《大学艺术英语》第一册，共十个单元，每个单元都由“课文A”、“课文B”、“听说”、“语法”和“写作”五个部分组成，另附有每一单元各项练习的参考答案和各篇课文的参考译文，并配有全书“听说”部分的录音光盘。

Unit 1 Olympic Mascots

I Text A: The Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Ⅱ. Text B : A Brief History of the Olympic Mascots

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Simple Present Tense

V. Guided Writing: Application Form

Unit 2 Art Appreciation

I. Text A: Looking at Art

Ⅱ. Text B: Chinese Knots

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Past Progressive Tense

 V. Guided Writing: A Short Letter

Unit 3 Dressing Fashion

I Text A: Fashion Style

Ⅱ. Text B: Shape

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Past Perfect Tense

V. Guided Writing: R6sum6

Unit 4 Watercolor Painting

I Text A: The Development of Watercolor Painting in America

Ⅱ. Text B: Colonial Artists 

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Passive Voice

V. Guided Writing: Certificate

Unit 5 Greek Sculpture

I Text A: The Art of Greek Sculpture

Ⅱ. Text B: The Romans Preserved Greek Culture

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Modal Verbs

V. Guided Writing: Business Card

Unit 6 American Music

I. TextA: Jazz （1）

Ⅱ. TextB: Jazz （2）

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Consistency of Subject and Predicate

V. Guided Writing: An Application Letter

Unit 7 Environmental Design

I Text A: The Ornamental Aesthetics

Ⅱ. Text B: On Garden

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Present Participle

V. Guided Writing: E-mail

Unit 8 Religious Architecture

I. Text A: Byzantine Art

Ⅱ. Text B: Gothic Art

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Comparative Degree and Superlative Degree

V. Guided Writing: Business Letter

Unit 9 Famous Paintings

I . Text A: Why Vincent van Gogh Painted Sunflowers

Ⅱ. Text B: Claude Monet and Serial Paintings

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Relative Pronouns

V. Guided Writing: General Rules of Formal Invitation

Unit 10 City Design

I. Text A: City Reforms in the United States

Ⅱ. Text B: City in the United States

Ⅲ. Listening and Speaking

IV. Grammar: The Relative Adverbs

V. Guided Writing : Poster and Postcard

Key to the Exercises

参考译文

Glossary

Acknowledgement