Unit3 Reading 1

Visiting the masters

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. Do you know the name of the film?

2. Which famous artist and his masterpiece

are mentioned in the film?

Lead-in

The Davinci CodeThe Davinci Code

Mona Lisa/the Last SupperMona Lisa/the Last Supper小王，先出现所有文字，再单击后依次出现红色字

Leonardo da Vinci

•Do you recognize them?

Pablo PicassoSelf-portrait小王，每幅图片和下面的红色文字都同时出现

Van Gogh

Sunflowers

Starry Night

小王，所有内容都同时出现，只有 Starry Night文字单击后再出现

Reading Reading

Visiting the mastersVisiting the masters An ______ from ________ to his friend about his visit to some famous ___________.

email Li Ming art museums

先同时出现所有黑色字，单击后同时出现所有蓝色字

Fast reading

Part A on Page34

Listen and Read

1. How many famous artists are mentioned in 1. How many famous artists are mentioned in the email?the email?

Who are they? (Page 36 C2)Who are they? (Page 36 C2)

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2. How many museums are mentioned?2. How many museums are mentioned?

What are they? What are they?

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a museum in Spaina museum in Spain Louvre MuseumLouvre Museum Musee d’OrsayMusee d’Orsay Van Gogh MuseumVan Gogh Museum Museum in AmsterdamMuseum in Amsterdam

SpainSpain

Paris, FranceParis, France

Holland Holland the Netherlandsthe Netherlands

Fast reading

小王，先出现所有蓝色字和黑色字，单击后出现所有红色字

Spain (Malaga)

France (Paris)

Holland (Amsterdam)

reading a travelloguereading a travellogue

a record that someone makes of his or her tripa record that someone makes of his or her trip

the purpose of the tripthe purpose of the trip

where the author wentwhere the author went

how long the author stayed in how long the author stayed in each placeeach place

what the author saw and didwhat the author saw and did what the author thought about what the author thought about the places he or she visitedthe places he or she visited

Reading strategy: Reading strategy:

小王，先出现最上面两行和箭头，单击后出现第三行红色字。黑色字去掉

The Louvre The Louvre MuseumMuseum

__ _______ _____ the works of da Vinci, it has more than _________ other European paintings, which ___ ______ the 13th______the 19th_______. We can’t find any _______________ in it. If you want to see the modern painting, you will have to go to another museum ____ Musee d’ Orsay.

The Musee The Musee d’Orsayd’Orsay

6,000range from

century modernpaintings

called

to

In addition to

小王，先出现除蓝色字外的所有内容，单击后再出现所有蓝色字

Nationality:Number of his art works:

His masterpieces:

Dutch

800 oil paintings and 1,600 drawings

Type of art:

impressionism

SunflowersStarry Night(1889) The Potato Eaters(1885)

Amsterdam, HollandAmsterdam, Holland

Van Gogh小王，先出现所有红色和黑色字，单击后再出现所有蓝色字

What have you learned from Van What have you learned from Van Gogh’s experiences?Gogh’s experiences?

No cross, no crown.No cross, no crown.

Open-ended discussionOpen-ended discussion

Do you think we need art museums in our city? Why or why not?

Homework

KYB period 2