1. A Matter of Taste Chinese Prints Dr Alison Enwright.
When and where will the exhibition be held?
From July 1st to September 15th at the Newman Gallery in Dinham.
Who will give a talk on Chinese painting?
Dr Alison Enwright.

2. Names of well-known paintings:
Names of artists:
Names of well-known paintings:
Subjects of paintings:
Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi, Chen Yifei.
Racing horse(奔马), Cabbage（白菜）, Poppy（罂粟花）.
a horse running at high speed,
a small insect looking at a cabbage,
a young woman sitting alone and holding a fan above her knees.

3. A quiz 1.Many art critics like Xu Beihong’s paintings of _____colors .
A. black and white B red and green
C blue and light D dark and light
2.What tradition did Xu develop ?
A soft portraits B dark and red colors
C Imaginable landscapes
D combing poetry with painting
3.People usually enjoy Qibaishi’s art works with much ______
A interest B care C sight D imagination
4. In Qi’s early youth, he mainly painted ________
A oil paintings B sceneries
C simple images D water color paintings
5.We know ________was sold for US according to the texts.
A Xu beihong’s Racing Horse B Chen yifei’s Poppy
C Qi baishi ‘s Cabbage D one of Xu Beihong’ paintings

4. combine
put together
a public show
the long hair on the back of a horse’s neck
liquid that comes out of your skin when you are very hot
the dark places in a picture
looking directly for a long time
the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind
belonging to a particular group or thing
beautifully and gracefully
to put something in a certain place
to give particular importance to something
exhibition
mane
sweat
shades of grey
be fixed on
imagination
typical
elegantly
position
emphasise

5. combined…with…, exhibitions, mane, sweat,
shades of grey, are fixed on, imagination, typical,
deep in thought, elegantly, position, emphasise
exhibitions
1.Between 1933 and 1940, Xu Beihong held several in Asia and Europe.
He painting with poetry .Across the painting, Xu used
different to show the along the horse’s
body.The moving hair on the and tail were painted in black ink.
combined
shades of grey
sweat
mane
2.The tiny insect near the cabbage has some red on its back. Its eyes are
the vegetable.What does it want to do? The painting leaves the
audience guessing and makes them use their
fixed on
imagination
typical
3. The painting, named Poppy, is a example of Chen Yifei.The woman
in the picture sits alone and is Her hand is above
her knees. To the woman even more, Chen adds a lot of detail to the
fan and the dress, and paints the background behind the woman black.
deep in thought
elegantly
positioned
emphasise

6. prepositions of time:
between 1902 and 1909
between 1933 and 1940
during his lifetime
during his early youth
prepositions of movement:
travel across the country
across the painting
running across the sky
along the horse’s body
prepositions of place:
on the left and right side
near the cabbage
on its back
above her knees
behind the woman

7. during his lifetime,
across the painting,
along the horse’s body

8. during his early youth,
across the country,
near the cabbage

9. above her knees,
behind the woman

10. Thank you for coming! Homework:
Write an and describe one of the pictures in the
Beijing Olympic opening ceremony to your e-pal in Britain.
Use as many new words in the text as possible.
Thank you for coming!