1. The Vincent Van Gogh exhibition ---by Shining

2. Choose which of the following aspects are mentioned. jobs, personalities, reputation, death, paintings Para. 1: Para. 2: Para. 3: Para. 4: Para. 5: reputation jobs death personalities paintings

3. Today, a painting by Vincent Van Gogh sells for more than $80 million. He is a genius, so he ______ it. Van Gogh ’ s paintings are full of powerful, honest emotions, so he ________ have such a high reputation. In his early life, he tried many different jobs. Unfortunately, he failed at each one. So people of his time thought he ______________________________(laugh at). deserves deserved to be laughed at/deserved laughing at deserves to deserve sth. to do sth. doing= to be done

4. superior n. 上级 obey/respect one ’ s superiors adj. 1. ( 地位 / 级别 ) 上级的 Mr Wu ____________ anyone. 2. 优秀的，更好的 He is superior to most people in this school ___ maths. is superior to in

5. believe in 1. 相信存在 believe in fairies/ghosts 2. 认为有价值或正确 I believe in working hard every day. You should believe in perseverance and diligence. 3. 信任 I believe in Mr Wu.

6. If your laziness leads to a sharp decline in academic performance, your parents will feel _____. adj. feel/be upset at sth. doing sth. Parents felt upset at our turning a deaf ear to their proposals. Vt. upset — upset — upset 1. 使心烦意乱 sth. upset sb. Our bad performance upset parents so that they had several nights ’ restless sleep. 2. 打乱 And that upset their routine. 3. 打翻 upset a bottle of sauce upset

7. We ________ Van Gogh ’ s masterpieces ___ their bright colours and thick strokes. admire sb. for sth. Our ________ for Van Gogh ’ s works may make him feel relieved. In fact, his passion for art is really ________. admire for admiration admirable

8. Please fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words. 1.Don’t take a s_______ attitude toward the younger students. 2.Because he didn’t b________ the government in power, he chose to leave the country. 3.The inventor d________ the prize for his new creation. 4.Rain has u______ our plans for a picnic. 5. Many people today a_______ Van Gogh’s passion. uperior elieve in eserves pset dmire

9. After a fierce quarrel with his friend, Van Gogh felt so ____ that he cut off his right ear. We are shocked to see his twisted face and scared expressions in his eyes, which make us better understand the thick strokes and pouring colour mixed with his blood in his pictures. Van Gogh ’ s craziness kept people away from him and they thought Van Gogh ______ it because he was only an insane patient. The world no longer ________ him. In my opinion, Van Gogh ________ most people. He ’ s just used to expressing his feelings with wounds. We should _____ him ___ his insight into the essence of the world. upset deserved believed in is superior to admirefor

10. complete sentences upset 1.I accidentally broke my father ’ s favourite vase, so/but ______. 2.Recently, ______. deserve 1.My bike was stolen yesterday, ______. 2.Shining ______, because ______. believe in 1.The student has made many mistakes, and/but ______. 2. Theo ______, so ______.

11. superior 1.We have a gift for dancing, so/but ______. 2.We, class 9 ______. admire 1.The child raised his objection to the headmaster ’ s proposal, ______. 2.My parents ______.

12. On April 28th, the Xintiandi district in Shanghai proudly hosted China ’ s first showing of Van Gogh Alive experience (an exhibition about Van Gogh and his works). It will last for about 4 months. Now, imagine that you are visiting it with your parents or friends. Please introduce what you know about Van Gogh and his masterpieces to your parents or friends. Or you can also discuss your views on Van Gogh with them. Please use as many new words or phrases as possible. Each of you should speak at least three sentences.

13. upset, deserve, believe in, superior, admire

14. summary of the word study deserve superior believe in upset admire

15. Assignment 一. Polish the dialogue you ’ ve made. 二. Translation 1. Shining 应该获胜，因为她在本次竞赛中是 最好的。（ deserve ） 2. 李老师是唯一相信我的能力的人。（ believe in ） 3. 他一定能赢这场比赛，因为他胜过了所有其 他的对手。（ superior ） 4. 我很钦佩他的勇气和他解决难题的方式。 （ admire ） 5. 没有必要为这件事情难过。（ upset ）