Unit 1 Art

What’s the main idea of the text? It’s about the history of western painting, describing only a few of the main styles of Western art.

What styles are described in the text? The Middle Ages (5th to 15th century AD) The Renaissance (15th to 16th century) Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century) Modern art (20th century to today)

Which styles do they belong to? Why?

Impressionism paint outdoors show how light and shadow fall on objects paint quickly not detailed

The Renaissance focus more on humans and less on religion tried to paint people and nature as they really were draw things in perspective made colors look richer and deeper

The Middle Ages represent religious themes not interested in showing nature and people as they were interested in creating respect and love for God, full of religious symbols

Modern Art abstract not attempt to paint objects as we see them with our eyes concentrate on certain qualities of the object, using color, line and shape to represent them

Modern Art realistic looks almost like a photograph

Find out the correct words 1. accurate, specified 2. state or fact of existing 3. being in thought but having a physical or practical existence 4. lifelike, true to life 5. classical, of old beliefs 6. Sincere to believe in a god or gods detailed existence abstract realistic traditional religious Warming up:

1.Which would you choose to put up on the walls of our classroom?

2. Would you rather have Chinese or Western-style paintings in your home?

3. If you are an artist, what kind of pictures would you paint?

1. Do you ever visit art galleries? 2. What king of painting have you seen in galleries? Pre-reading:

The Renaissance

Impressionism

Modern

1.What’s the topic of the text? 2. How the information is organized? It is about the history of Western painting. It is organized in time periods, from earlist to present time. Fast-reading:

1.What were the artists interested in from 5th to 15th century AD? 2. How did Masaccio paint his painting? 3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly? Scanning:

1.What were the artists interested in from 5th to 15th century AD? They were interested in creating respect and love for God. And they painted many religious scenes. Scanning:

2. How did Masaccio paint his painting? 3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly? He drew things in perspective, which makes pictures very realistic. Because natural light changes quickly, they had to paint quickly. Scanning:

Ex 1. I learned that: Artistic style changes as a society’s culture and values change. in the middle ages most paintings had religious subjects. before 1428 Western painters didn’t know how to draw in perspective. at first people hated impressionist paintings. Comprehending:

Ex 2. F T F T T F T T Comprehending:

Ex 3. Western art has changed more often than Chinese art because their way of life and the beliefs and values of people in the West has changed more often than in China. Comprehending:

1 受到 …… 的影响 2 生活方式 3 对上帝的尊敬和爱 戴 4 如实地 5 以 …… 的风格 6 代替 7 在中世纪 8 集中 9 付钱给.. 做.. 10 大量 11 以农业 / 工业为主 的社会 12 作为 …… 被接受 13 许多，大量 14 尝试做 …… 15 用眼睛 16 集中 Useful expressions:

be influenced by the way of life respect and love for God as they really are in a … style take the place of in the Middle Ages focus on 1 受到 …… 的影响 2 生活方式 3 对上帝的尊敬和爱 戴 4 如实地 5 以 …… 的风格 6 代替 7 在中世纪 8 集中

pay sb. to do a great deal a mostly agricultural /industrial society be accepted as scores of attempt to do with one ’ s eyes concentrate on 9 付钱给.. 做.. 10 大量 11 以农业 / 工业为主 的社会 12 作为 …… 被接受 13 许多，大量 14 尝试做 …… 15 用眼睛 16 集中

 The style of Western art has changed many times, while Chinese art has changed less often. 西方艺风格经历了多次变革，而中国艺术所经 历的变革则比较少。 while: conj. 表示对比或相反的情况 I drink black coffee while he prefers it with cream. 在 期间；当 时候 : While in prison, he wrote his first novel. 与 同时： He listened to the radio while driving to work.

 belief: 信念、信条、信仰 have belief in the masses That man has a strong belief in God. His story is beyond belief. (pl.) beliefs 以 -f 结尾复数只加 s 的名词 : surf, chief, roof, cliff, gulf, dwarf, proof,

 belief: 信念、信条、信仰 pl. beliefs 以 -f 结尾复数只加 s 的名词 : safe, gulf, reef, dwarf, grief, chief, proof, roof, cliff

 take the place of: 代替 = take one's place = replace take place 发生、举办

focus n. & v. Because of his strange clothes, he immediately became the focus of attention when he entered the office. You must try to focus your mind on work and study. All eyes were focused on the speaker. focus sth. on sth.

 convince: 说服 ~ sb of sth 使某人相信某事 ~ sb to do sth 说服某人做某事 ~ sb that 使某人相信 …… He convinced me that I should study law. It took many hours to convince the court of his guilt. We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.

 a great deal: 大量， 可当名词或副词用 He ate ~ for supper yesterday. He ran ~ faster than I. a great deal of 只接不可数名词

 shadow: n. 不可数：阴影、阴暗区 The room was half in the ~. 可数：影子 Under the lights, each player in the football match has four ~s.

 scores of + 可数名词复数 scores of people 数词 + score (of) a score of people 20 人 two score of students 40 个学生

 attempt n. & vt. & vi. 尝试，企图 That question was so difficult he didn't even ~ it. 那道题太难了，他连试都没有试。 I ~ed to speak but was told to be quiet. 我想开口说几句，但有人叫我别作声。 an ~ on sb/sth 尝试攻击或战胜某人 / 某物 make an ~ to do sth/at doing sth. 企图做某事 at the first ~ 第一次努力 ~ to do sth/at doing sth. 尝试做某事

Ex 2 P 3 in the 5th century until the 15th century Renaissance In the Middle Ages 1428 from the 15th to the 16th century In the late 19th century Nowadays in the future

Ex 3 P 4 1.real 2.impress 3.symbol 4.shadow 5.religion 6.attempt 7.value 8.aim 9.predict 10.believe 11.Europe 12.ridicule

Ex 4 P 4 1.aim 2.symbol 3.possessions 4.Europe 5.abstract 6.focus on

Using Language The Best of Manhattan’s Art Galleries

Look at the map ! What’s the difference between “avenue” and “street”?

Number on map Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art The Frick Collection Museum of Modern Art Guggenheim Museum

信息匹配

Susan She is an art lover who loves the western paintings by the 20th century. She often goes to the big art galleries but this time she wants to make a change. Henry He is a big fan of the Impressionism. He wants to enjoy a lot of this style in a special gallery. Jason He is crazy about the ancient art from different parts of the world. He wants to see not only paintings but also something special to show the ways of life. Ben He is an art student. He has been familiar with the classic great works. He wants to improve himself by appreciating the new works by the living artists. Monica She is eager to see the great works by the famous artists in the world. ① ② ③ ④ ⑤

The Frick Collection 弗里克收藏馆 Henry Clay Frick

Home of Frick

Guggenheim Museum 古根海姆博物馆

from the top floor and walk down to the bottom. There are no stairs, just a circular path. The museum also has excellent restaurant.

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 大都会博物馆

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

Museum of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆

Museum of Modern Art 53rd Street ( between 5th and 6th Avenue) It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st

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

1 Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919, leaving his house, furniture and art collection to the American people. 2 … but you will be able to explore Frick’s beautiful house. 3 The garden of this lovely mansion is also well worth a visit. 【 】 Listen and learn some beautiful sentences.

worth, worthy, worthwhile worth( 表语 ) be worth sth. /doing worthwhile( 表语, 定语 ) worthwhile + n. It’s worthwhile + doing/ to do worthy( 表语, 定语 ) worthy + n. be worthy to be done be worthy of sth./being done 值得做的，值得出力的 值得尊敬或赏识的

这件事值得考虑． The matter is _______ consideration. The matter is _____ ____ consideration. The matter is ______ considering. The matter is ______ _____ being considered. The matter is _______ to be considered. It is __________ considering/to consider the matter. worth worthy of worth worthy of worthy worthwhile

4 This museum owns 5,000 modern paintings, sculptures and drawings. 5 This museum has the greatest collection of art in the US. 6 Its art collection covers more than years of civilization from many parts of the world,… 7 The museum displays more than just art. 8 It is amazing that so many great works…could be contained in the same museum. 9 The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American…

1 艺术爱好者 2 认为 …… 是 …… 3 艺术收藏品 4 很值得一看 5 同时 6 古代的生活方式 7 入场票价 8 一直, 不断 9 举办展览 art lover consider … to be … art collection well worth a visit at the same time ancient ways of living admission price all the time hold an exhibition of

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 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? John Susan

3. Why is Gao Yang interested in visiting the Metropolitan Museum? He wants to see the exhibition of Chinese art. 4. Does Susan prefer large or small galleries? Small galleries.

5. Why doesn’t Susan want to go to the Museum of Modern Art? It is big, crowded and too expensive. 6. What kind of art does Susan dislike? Modern art

7. Which two galleries do they decide to visit on Friday and which two galleries on Saturday? The Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum on Friday and the Whitney and the Guggenheim on Saturday.

Listening text Gao Yan, Susan and John are on holiday. They are staying in a hotel in Manhattan, which is an island between two rivers in the centre of New York. Listen to the three friends discussing which art galleries to visit.

GAO YAN: What do you want to do tomorrow? JOHN: What about visiting some art galleries? GAO YAN: That’s a good idea, John. SUSAN: But it says in the guide book that there are more than sixty galleries in Manhattan.

JOHN: Well, let’s choose just a few. SUSAN: Even a few galleries would take more than one day. JOHN: OK. Let’s spend two days visiting galleries. GAO YAN: OK, fine. SUSAN: Mmm. Alright.

JOHN: So, Gao Yan, which galleries would you prefer? GAO YAN: I’d like go go to the Metropolitan Museum. It’s got art from all over the world. There’s even a section on Chinese art. I’d like to see that.

SUSAN: It’s a very big museum. I’d prefer something smaller to start with. JOHN: Well, what do you suggest? SUSAN: Well, the Frick Collection is quite small, and it has a beautiful garden. Perhaps we could go to the Metropolitan Museum after that.

GAO YAN: And we could go to the Museum of Modern Art the next day. SUSAN: Oh no. It’s too big and crowded. And it’s expensive. JOHN: If you want to see contemporary art, the Whiney might be better, anyway.

SUSAN: Modern art! Do we have to? I’m not very fond of that stuff. A monkey could have painted better pictures than some of those paintings. JOHN: Susan, you don’t want to visit art galleries, do you? Perhaps you’d rather do something else?

SUSAN: No, no. I’d like to see some art, just not too much and not too modern. GAO YAN: Look, what about this? Tomorrow we could go to the Frick in the morning and the Metropolitan in the afternoon. The

Metropolitan stays open until 8:45 on Friday evenings. If you’ve had enough by dinner time, Susan, you could go back to the hotel and I could stay at the museum.

SUSAN: Yeah, that’s a good plan. JOHN: Mmm, but I’d also like to go to the Guggenheim. GAO YAN: That’s OK. We could do that on Saturday. We could have a quick look in the Whitney first and then go on to the Guggenheim.

They’re quite close together. The Guggenheim stays open till late on Saturdays so we’d have plenty of time. JOHN: That’s an excellent plan. SUSAN: Yeah, OK. I agree (said grudgingly).

最重要搞清 楚两种时态 的使用 虚拟语气 Subjunctive Mood 1 ）后退一步 If I were a bird, I could fly in the sky. If I had come here yesterday, I would have seen him. If it were to rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off. 2 ） (should) + do The doctor suggested that he (should) try to lose his weight.

后退一步时态 假设情况从句谓语主句谓语 与现在相反 与过去相反 与将来相反 过去时 (be 用 were) 过去完成时 ① 过去时 ② should ＋ do ③ were to ＋ do would/should/might /could+do would/should/might /could+ have done

P 4 Exercise 2

Ex 4 P She knows a great deal more about contemporary/modern art than I do. 2. Impressionist painters broke away from traditional ideas about art. 3. Today we will focus on the art works of the Renaissance

Ex 4 P If I had a permanent address, you would be able to send me those paintings. 5. I have scores of CDs at home. Would you like to come and listen to some of them? 6. I have not only seen Picasso in the flesh, but also known a lot about his life experiences and all his art works.

Writing

I was shocked to hear that you got into the habit of smoking. As we know, smoking not only wastes a lot of money, but also leads to many diseases, even deadly ones. Since smoking does harm to you yourself and others around you, it may have a bad effect on the relationship between you and them. Besides, if you don’t smoke in the dormitory with care, it may cause a fire. For the sake of yourself and others, you should give up smoking as soon as you can.

Dear Wang Lin, Congratulations on your entering the college. How are you getting on ? I was shocked to hear that you got into the habit of smoking. As we know, smoking not only wastes a lot of money, but also leads to many diseases, even deadly ones. Since smoking does harm to you yourself and others around you, it may have a bad effect on the relationship between you and them. besides, if you don’t smoke in the dormitory with care, it may cause a fire. For the sake of yourself and others, you should give up smoking as soon as you can. Best wishes! Li Hua

〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓〓 How to write on one hand, on the other hand, above all, firstly, secondly, thirdly what’s more, for example, in a word, in conclusion 1. We suggest doing … /that …(should) do… 2. I think we should… 3. Maybe we should… 4. How about…? 5. Why not…? Writing

使用学过的短语

没有很复杂成分，干净、利落

句式适当变化

有深度

注意平常积累，写流畅好文章

Translation If I were a teacher, I would be strict with my students.

 admission n. 允许进入， 许可 Admission to the concert costs ￡ 5. Admission by ticket only. No admission before 7 p.m..  permanent 永久的 He has got a ~ job.

...every two years 每......, 每隔 every + 数词 + 复数名词 every + 序数词 + 单数名词 She goes to the cinema every two weeks. 每两周 He goes home every other day. 每隔一天 every third day 每三天

Ex 1 P 42 abstract abstraction attempt attempted/attemptable collect collected/collective/collectable exhibit exhibited

Ex 1 P 42 influence influential photographic prediction predicted/ predictable profess profession symbolize symbolic

Ex 3 P 42 1 collective 2 predictable 3 attempt 4 exhibit 5 symbolize 6 abstraction 7 photographer 8 influence 9 profession

Ex 1 P I wish I were taller enough to play basketball. 3. I wish you could come. 4. I wish he could/was able to visit us next week. 5. I wish I could draw well. 6. I wish I could go to Paris with you.

Ex 3 P If I ran into a dinosaur in the forest, I would run away as fast as I could. 2. If I met Pavarotti in the flesh, I would tell him how much I enjoyed his singing. 3. If I knew more about Beijing opera, I would probably enjoy it more.

Ex 3 P If I were good at paper cutting, I would make greeting cards for all my friends. 5. If I lived in Beijing, I would go to the opera all the time.