French painter

Matisse French painter

中国美术馆 Chinese Art Gallery Do you know these art galleries?

The Frick Collection 弗里克收藏馆 Henry Clay Frick

弗里克收藏馆新年第一展

Guggenheim Museum 古根海姆博物馆

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 大都会博物馆

美大都会博物馆镇馆的中国国宝

法国卢浮宫 Louvre 大英博物馆

《维纳斯》雕塑原作珍藏在卢浮宫 卢浮宫内的雕塑作品 世界艺术的宝库 —— 卢浮宫 Louvre Museum

Museum Of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆

Whitney Museum Of American Art 惠特尼美国艺术博物馆

Fast reading answer the following questions: 1. How many galleries mentioned in this text? What are they? 2. What do you think the purpose of this text is? Five. The Frick Collection, Guggenheim Museum,Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art. To give people information about various art galleries in New York and to show them where they are.

3.Who do you think the text was written for? 4. Where might you see such a text? Tourists, art gallery visitors. Possibly in guide book.

The Frick Collection 5th and Madison Avenue Many art lovers consider this to be the best small art galleries in New York. Home of Frick

This museum owns 5,000 modern paintings, sculptures and drawings. The largest part of the collection is the impressionist and post-impressionist section. The Guggenheim Museum building is world famous. Guggenheim Museum 5th Avenue and 88th Street

Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue and 82nd Street This museum has the greatest collection of art in the United States. Its art collection covers more than 5,000 years of civilization from many parts of the world, including America, Europe, China, Egypt, Africa and South America.

Museum of Modern Art 53rd Street ( between 5th and 6th Avenue) The collection of western art includes paintings by such famous artists as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse.

Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.) The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American painting and sculpture. There are no permanent displays in this museum and exhibitions change all the time.

1.Read the text again, then do “True or False”: 1. Metropolitan Museum of Art is considered to be the best small art gallery in New York by many art lovers. 2. The largest part of the collection in Guggenheim Museum is the impressionist and post-impressionist section. 3. Museum of Modern Art introduces you to ancient ways of living. 4. Museum of Modern Art is often very crowded and its admission price is not cheap. 5. Every three years, the Whitney holds a special exhibition of new art by living artists. Careful reading F T F T F ___________ __________________ ____

Match the number on the map with the names of the museum Number on map Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art The Frick Collection Museum of Modern Art Guggenheim Museum

Complete the chart with the information from the reading passage Name Address Type of Art Which centuries? What countries? Museum of Modern Art From Ancient to modern times Guggenheim western Museum countries The Frick western Collection countries America Whitney museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.) Contemporary (mainly art by living artists) 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenue) Late 19th century to the 21st century Western countries Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue and 82ndStreet All over the world 5th Avenue and 88th Street Modern (from late 19th century onwards) 5th and Madison Avenue Before the 20th century

Language Points 1.permanent adj. 永久的 ; 持久的 permanently adv. 永久地 temporary adj. 临时的, 不固定 ( 是 permanent 的 反 义词 ) (1)Would you please let me know your __________________ ( 固定地址 )? (2) ________________ ( 一座临时桥梁 ) will be helpful to our task. (3) After doing odd jobs for a week, he got a(n)______ position as a postman. A. entire B.immediate C. permanent D. timeless permanent address A temporary bridge C

2. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919, leaving his house,…people.(Para.1) Leaving his house … people 是动词 -ing 形式 作 结果状语. The typhoon hit the coastal area, leaving many people homeless. 台风袭击了沿海地区, 使许多人无家可归. Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, ____ a record US$57.65 a barrel on April 4. A. to reach B. reaching C. having reached D. to be reaching B

3.specially adv. especially adv. particularly adv. special adj. (1)It’s always difficult being in a foreign country, ___ you don’t speak the language. A.extremely B. naturally C. basically D.especially (2) He made a cake ___ for his little daughter. A.especially B. specially C.especial D.special (3) Those T-shirts are usually $35 each,but today they have a ___ price of $19 in the shopping centre. A.especially B.special C.specially D.particularly D B B 特别地 ; 专门地 ” 多指为一特别目的而做 “ 尤其 ”, 则重达到异常的程度 特殊地 ; 显著地 特殊的 ; 专用的 ; 特设的

4. the way to do sth. 做某事的方式 the way of doing sth. the way that +clause the way in which +clause (1) What surprised me was not what he said but____ he said it. A. the way B. in the way that C. the way which D. the way of which A (2) I don’t like ____ you speak to your mother. A. the way of B. the way which C. the way in that D. the way in which D (3)Try to find your own way_________________ 尽量用你自己的语言来表达这个意见. to express the idea

(4) Though he thought he was helping us prepare the dinner, he was only_____. A.in the way B. by the way C. in a way (5)---I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her. --- ____. It was her fault. A. No way B. No chance C. Not at all (6) Can you tell me the way you think of _____ the problem? A solving B.solve C.to solve D.being solved A 妨碍的 A 没门儿 C “ 用这种方法 ” 的表达 ___the way ___this means ____this method ____in this manner in by with in

5. (1) ----Are you satisfied with his work? Not a bit. He is _____ fit for his post ___ a pupil fits for headmaster. A.more; than B. not more ; than C. less ;than D. no more ;than (2)More than one ____ seen the film. A. student have B. students has C. stendent has D. stuednts have (3) We advised for pupils last autumn, and got _____ 60. A. more than B. as much as C. so many as D C A more than one +n. 不止一个 ; 许多. 作主语时其 名词用单数, 谓语动词用单数. no more than 仅仅, 和 … 一样不 more than 多于 ; 超过.not more than 不超过, 至多

consider sb./sth (to be /as) +adj. /n. 认为某人 / 物... → sb./sth. be considered to do sth./adj./n. consider sth. 考虑某事 consider doing sth. 考虑做某事 6.(1) _____ his age, we considered him_____ a good actor. A. Consider; to be B. Considering; being C. Considering; / D. To consider; being (2)Things here are getting better and better. They are considering _____ back soon. A.to come B.coming C.having coming D. to be (3) Charles Babbage is generally considered ___ the first computer. A. to invent B. inventing C. to have invented C B C

listening  1. Number the galleries in the order that you hear about them.  The Frick Collection  Guggenheim Museum  Metropolitan Museum of Art  Museum of Modern Art  Whitney Museum of American Art

2.Listen again and then answer the questions.  1. who first suggested they visit art gallery?  2. Who is the least interested in visiting art galleries?  3. Why is Gao Yang interested in visiting the metropolitan Museum?  4. Does Susan prefer large or small galleries? John Susan He wants to see the exhibition of Chinese art. Small galleries.

 5. Why doesn’t Susan want to go to the Museum of Modern Art?  6. What kind of art does Susan dislike?  7. Which two galleries do they decide to visit on Friday and which two galleries on Saturday? It is big, crowded and too expensive. Modern art The Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum on Friday and the Whitney and the Guggenheim on Saturday.

纽约现代艺术博物馆 New York Art Museum

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