1. Oriental Pearl TV
Tower
Burj Al-Arab

2. Golden Gate Bridge
the Louvre

3. Modern Architecture

4. Look at each picture and describe what you see.
What does it look like?
Antonio Gaudi
Casa Mila

5. China’s National Grand Theater
Paul Andreu

6. Sydney Opera House
Joern Utzon

7. spiral staircases

8. Scan Q1:How do modern buildings impress us?
Q2:Who are the two architects whose work
was inspired by nature?
Modern buildings impress us because
they are huge.
Antonio Gaudi (a Spanish architect) and
Frank Lloyd Wright(an American architect)

9. Modernism was invented in the 1930s.
True or false F
Modernism was invented in the 1930s.
2. Antonio Gaudi was a traditional architect who doesn’t like straight lines.
3. Traditional architecture materials are mostly earth, stone, concrete and wood.
4. Modern buildings are more beautiful than ancient ones.
5. Ancient architecture stands much closer to nature.
6 . Wright was inspired by Japanese seashells when designing a museum. F F F T T

10. Architecture looks at the man-made living environment.
Detailed reading
Architecture looks at the man-made living environment.
Paragraph 1

11. Paragraph 2
Modernism

12. Traditional architecture materials
and modern ones
Paragraph 3

13. Many people do not find
modern buildings beautiful.
Paragraph 4
They look like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and glass walls that act as mirrors.

14. the European cathedrals
Ancient architecture
shows us many
beautiful buildings.
Paragraph 5
The temple of Heaven
Taihe Dian
the European cathedrals

15. Sagrade Familia Antonio Gaudi Paragraph 6
A Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi and his works
Sagrade Familia
Antonio Gaudi

16. Balconies look like _________. eyes
Paragraph 6
Balconies look like _________.
eyes
Walls seem to be covered with the _____ of a _____.
skin
fish
The roof looks like the ____ of a _______.
back
dragon
Other parts look like ________.
bones
Casa Batllo

17. Paragraph 7 Guggenheim Museum Frank Lloyd Wright
Nature inspires architects when they create their buildings.
Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright

18. The Opera House in Sydney
Paragraph 7
The Opera House in Sydney

19. Seen from the top,it looks as if the stadium is
Paragraph 8
The new Olympic Stadium in Beijing is
another design that makes us think of nature.
Seen from the top,it looks as if the stadium is
covered by___________________and it looks
just like ______________made of tree branches.
a gray net of steel
a bird’s nest

20. What do the words in bold refer to?
Post-reading
What do the words in bold refer to?
“them”
“ that”
“his”
“it”
refers to “modernbuildings”.
refers to “Nature does not have any straight lines.
refers to “Antonio Gaudi”.
refers to “ the 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing”.

21. Earth, bricks, stones and wood are traditional materials.
4. Traditional and modern architecture make use of different materials that can be put in two groups. What are they?
Earth, bricks, stones and wood are traditional materials.
Steel, glass and concrete are modern materials.

22. The End