unit 1 art. what’s the main idea of the text? it’s about the history of western painting,...

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 Which styles do they belong to? Why?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

ModernArt

• realistic• looks almost like a photograph

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 massesThat man has a strong belief in G

od.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,

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 immediatelybecame the focus of attention

when he enteredthe 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 r

ather 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 centuryuntil the 15th centuryRenaissanceIn the Middle Ages1428from the 15th to the 16th centuryIn the late 19th centuryNowadaysin the future

Ex 3 P 4

1.real2.impress3.symbol4.shadow5.religion6.attempt7.value8.aim

9.predict10.believe11.Europe12.ridicule

Ex 4 P 4

1.aim2.symbol3.possessions4.Europe5.abstract6.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 mapMuseum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American

Art

The Frick Collection

Museum of Modern Art

Guggenheim Museum

4

5

1

2

3

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.

①①

②②③③

④④

⑤⑤


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


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


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


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 consi

dered.• The matter is _______ to be considered.• It is __________ considering/to conside

r 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 5.000 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 loverconsider…to be…art collectionwell worth a visitat the same timeancient ways of livingadmission priceall the timehold an exhibition of

Listening

1. Number the galleries in the order

that you hear about them.


Guggenheim Museum




1. Number the galleries in the order

that you hear about them.


Guggenheim Museum




5

1

3

4

2

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 visit

ing the Metropolitan Museum?

He wants to see the exhibition of C

hinese art.

4. Does Susan prefer large or small ga

lleries?

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 Manhatta

n, which is an island between two rivers i

n the centre of New York. Listen to the th

ree 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 da

y.

JOHN: OK. Let’s spend two days visiti

ng galleries.

GAO YAN: OK, fine.

SUSAN: Mmm. Alright.

JOHN: So, Gao Yan, which galleries wou

ld you prefer?

GAO YAN: I’d like go go to the Metr

opolitan Museum. It’s got art fr

om all over the world. There’s

even a section on Chinese a

rt. 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


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 enoug

h by dinner time, Susan, you could go

back to the hotel and I could stay at t

he museum.

SUSAN: Yeah, that’s a good plan.

JOHN: Mmm, but I’d also like to go to t

he Guggenheim.

GAO YAN: That’s OK. We could do

that on Saturday. We could

have a quick look in the Whit

ney first and then go on to the G

uggenheim.

They’re quite close together. Th

e Guggenheim stays open till lat

e on Saturdays so we’d have ple

nty of time.

JOHN: That’s an excellent plan.

SUSAN: Yeah, OK. I agree (said grudgin

gly).

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 ha

ve 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 ＋ d

o ③were to ＋ d

o

would/should/might/could+do

would/should/might/could+do

would/should/might/could+ have done

P 4 Exercise 2

Ex 4 P 42

1. 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 42

4. 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 coll

ege. 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

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How to writeHow to writeon 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

unit 1 art. what’s the main idea of the text? it’s about the history of western painting,...

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