Unit18Electriccurrentsinmodernart.ModernsculptureWhatarethey?Whytheideathatmodernartcanonlybeseeninmuseumsismistaken?Whypeoplehavegotquiteusedtostrangeforms?Whatdidthenoticesay?Whyitsaidlikethat?DoesModernsculpturestillsurprisesus?Canweseemodernartonlyinmuseums?Peoplewhotakenointerestinartcannotnoticeexamplesplaces,arethey?Wheredoesstrangeformsusuallystands?Whathavewegotquiteusedto?Why?Modernsculpturerarelysurprisesusanymore.Theideathatmodernartcanonlybeseeninmuseumsismistaken.Evenpeoplewhotakenointerestinartcannothavefailedtonoticeexamplesofmodernsculptureondisplayinpublicplaces.Strangeformsstandingardens,andout-sidebuildingsandshops.Wehavegotquiteusedtothem.Someso-called'modern'pieceshavebeenondisplayfornearlyeightyyears.Sth./sb.+否定頻度副詞+V.+強(qiáng)調(diào)性否定副詞EarthquakerarelyshocksusChinesepeopleanymore.中國(guó)人不在對(duì)地正感到恐慌了。小孩子撒謊已經(jīng)不再使我們感到驚訝了。Kid’slierarelysurprisesusanymore.那種認(rèn)為戴眼鏡就是有學(xué)問(wèn)的觀點(diǎn)是完全不正確的。Theideathatwearingglassesmustbeknowledgeableistotallyincorrect.Theideathatchildrenonlyeducatedfromprominentuniversitiescanfindagoodjobismistaken.那些認(rèn)為孩子唯有讀名牌大學(xué)才會(huì)找到好工作的想法是錯(cuò)誤的。CannotfailtodoCannothavefailedtodoEventhestupidestdrivercannothavefailedtopasssuchaneasytest.即便是最笨的駕駛員也不可能通過(guò)不過(guò)如此簡(jiǎn)單的測(cè)試。Inthemiddleoftheroad,therestandsasignwhichsays‘NotThrough’.在路中間立著用一塊牌子，上面寫(xiě)著“此路不通”havegotusedto早已習(xí)慣了Thewhile-collarworkershavegotusedtoworkovertime.白領(lǐng)們?cè)缫蚜?xí)慣了加班。Thewriterwerenotsurprisedbyanyexhibition,werethey?WhatwasthefirstthingIsaw?Whatareondisplay?Whatarefamiliartoeveryone?Whatdidthewiresconnect?Thesphereshadkeptstillallthetime,didn’tthey?Whatkindsofstructuresinthecentreofthehall?Howdidtheselightflicker?Whoorwhatwereangry?Wasitanexhibitionofprehistoricelectronicequipment?Inspiteofthis,somepeople--includingmyself--weresurprisedbyarecentexhibitionofmodernsculpture.ThefirstthingIsawwhenIenteredtheartgallerywasanoticewhichsaid:'Donottouchtheexhibits.Someofthemaredangerous!'Theobjectsondisplaywerepiecesofmovingsculpture.Oddlyshapedformsthataresuspendedfromtheceilingandmoveinresponsetoagustofwindarequitefamiliartoevery-body.Theseobjects,however,weredifferent.Linedupagainstthewall,therewerelongthinwiresattachedtometalspheres.Thesphereshadbeenmagnetizedandattractedorrepelledeachotherallthetime.Inthecentreofthehall,therewereanumberoftallstructureswhichcontainedcolouredlights.Theselightsflickeredcontinuouslyliketrafficlightswhichhavegonemad.Sparkswereemittedfromsmallblackboxesandredlampsflashedonandoffangrily.Itwasratherlikeanexhibitiono