2. modern traditional

3. Picture 1 is a bridge that looks like a bow or a moon. I saw some statues on the bridge. Pre-reading

4. Picture 2 is a building that looks like a hamburger.

5. seashells Ship sails

6. Picture 4 is a pedestrian overpass that looks like a dragon (Or like a ribbon.)

7. Art can also be used in buildings. That is architecture.

9. Which of the following topics will the text be about? 1.How did modern architecture come about?( ) 2.The differences between traditional architecture and modern architecture. ( ) 3.Examples of modern architecture and architect.( ) 4.The text is about parks and gardens. ( ) 5. The text is about classical Chinese architecture. ( ) Listening

10. Scanning 1. When was Modernism invented? 2. Who invented Modernism? 3. Why did they invent Modernism? 1. When was Modernism invented? 2. Who invented Modernism? 3. Why did they invent Modernism?

11. Answer Modernism was invented in the 1920s by a group of architects who wanted to change society with buildings that went against people’s feeling of beauty. They wanted their buildings constructed in a way to look natural.

12. Skimming Part 1 （ Para. 1 ） Every great culture in the past had its own ideas expressed in art and architecture. Part 2 (Para. 2) How and when modernism came into being? Part 1 （ Para. 1 ） Every great culture in the past had its own ideas expressed in art and architecture. Part 2 (Para. 2) How and when modernism came into being?

13. Part 3 (Para. 3-5) The differences between traditional architecture and modern architecture ， and why ancient architecture had many beautiful buildings. Part 3 (Para. 3-5) The differences between traditional architecture and modern architecture ， and why ancient architecture had many beautiful buildings.

14. Part 4 (Para.6-8) Examples of famous architects and great buildings that take examples from nature. Part 4 (Para.6-8) Examples of famous architects and great buildings that take examples from nature.

15. Post-reading 1. them → modern buildings that → Nature doesn’t have any straight lines his → Antonio Gaudi’s it → the 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing 1. them → modern buildings that → Nature doesn’t have any straight lines his → Antonio Gaudi’s it → the 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing

16. seashells Who are the two architects mentioned in the text whose work was inspired by nature? Gaudi Wright

17. 2. Antonio Gaudi was inspired by eyes, bones, fish and a dragon. Frank Lloyd Wright was inspired by Japanese seashells.

18. 3. Because when viewed from the top, it looks as if the stadium is covered by a gray net of steel, and it looks just like a bird’s nest made of tree branches. The flowing lines and round shapes make the building look warm and friendly. It looks like a stage and the players won’t have pressure under such natural environment. 3. Because when viewed from the top, it looks as if the stadium is covered by a gray net of steel, and it looks just like a bird’s nest made of tree branches. The flowing lines and round shapes make the building look warm and friendly. It looks like a stage and the players won’t have pressure under such natural environment.

19. What are the differences between traditional architecture and modern architecture?

20. shape ancient architecture modern architecture Like things we find in nature. Nature does not have any straight lines. Huge, like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and glass walls.

21. material ancient architecture modern architecture earth, stone, brick ， wood and bamboo steel, glass, concrete, alnico and plastic

22. feeling ancient architecture modern architecture Natural and beautiful Hard and unfriendly

23. Example ancient architecture modern architecture Taihe Dian the Temple of Heaven the great European Cathedral Most of modern buildings look the same.

25. Go over the text. 1.Sum up the differences between traditional architecture and modern architecture. 2. What does great architecture have in common? Go over the text. 1.Sum up the differences between traditional architecture and modern architecture. 2. What does great architecture have in common? 3. Pick out all the sentences that contain past participles used as object complements in the text. 4. Write Exercise 5 on Page 97. 3. Pick out all the sentences that contain past participles used as object complements in the text. 4. Write Exercise 5 on Page 97. Homework: