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Furthermore, Picasso often showed his sympathy towards poor and unhappy people. So Paragraph A describes Picture 2.
T: You are right. What about Picture 3?
S: I think Picture 3 is the Six Horses painted by Xu Beihong in 1925. It shows six horses are running towards us. It is a lively painting in the traditional Chinese style. So Picture 3 matches Paragraph D. T: Excellent. The last picture?
S: Picture 4 is by a famous American artist named Roy Lichtenstein. So Picture 4 matches Paragraph B. T: Do you agree with him / her?
Ss: Yes. T: Good. Now read the passages again and say which paintings are mentioned in Paragraphs E and F.
S: In Paragraph E, Wu Hang said he was crazy about the paintings of Qi Baishi and couldn’t stand the picture of a golden-haired girl. Therefore, he mentioned Pictures 1 and 4. S: In Paragraph F, Sarah Hardwick talked about the picture of the six horses and the picture of the young girl by Picasso. So she mentioned Pictures 2 and 3. Task 2 Detailed reading
This step is designed to help the students understand the passage further. Ask the students to read Paragraphs A － F carefully and answer the following questions in pairs. At last ask them to choose the correct answer to Activity 3.
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T: Now, please read the passages carefully and answer the questions on the screen. 1. What’s Qi Baishi’s style of painting? 2. What’s Xu Beihong’s opinion of painting? 3. What’s Xu Beihong famous for? 4. What does “pop art” mean?
5. Which pictures does Wu Hang like and which one does he dislike? 6. Which pictures does Sarah Hardwick love? After a few minutes.
T: Now I’m sure that you have finished reading. Let’s ask and answer the questions in pairs. Who’d like to try?
S: What’s Qi Baishi’s style of painting? S:He followed the traditional Chinese style of painting. S: What’s Xu Beihong’s opinion of painting? S: He believed that artists should show reality, but not just imitate it and that a picture should try to show the “life” of its subject. S: What’s Xu Beihong famous for? S: He is most famous for his lively paintings of horses. S: What does “pop art” mean? S: Pop art was an important modern art movement that aimed to show ordinary twentieth-century city life.
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S: Which pictures does Sarah Hardwick love? S: She loves the picture of the six horses and the painting of the young girl. Choose the correct answer to Activity 3.
T: Good! You all have done a good job. Let’s do Activity 3. A few minutes later.
T: Are you ready? Let’s have a check. Who’d like to tell us the answers? Task 3 Language points
This step is to help the students understand the text, build their vocabulary and improve their abilities to put what they have learned into practice. T: Let’s look at the screen. I’ll explain some language points to you. Show some language points on the screen.
1. Do you like traditional Chinese art using brush and ink? “...using brush and ink” means “which uses brush and ink”.
2. This is a painting by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.
The part underlined means: who is considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.
e.g. Einstein was considered to be / as one of the greatest scientists.
3. Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person showing at the same time.
Pay attention to the structure “with + n. / pron. + object complement” e.g. With so much work to do, he was very busy.
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With the boy leading the road, we had no difficulty finding his house. 4. Chinese painting is known for its brush drawings in black inks and natural colors. “be known for”: be famous for
5. Instead, a picture should try to show the “life” of its subject.
e.g. He didn’t go there. Instead, he stayed at home and thought a lot about the
matter.
I go to school by bike instead of bus.
6. I’m studying art at school, and I enjoy it a lot, although I can get tired of looking at pictures all the time. “get tired of”: get fed up with
7. But I can’t stand that picture of a golden-haired girl. e.g. He can’t stand being made fun of. Pay attention to the word formation here. e.g. four-legged, red-eyed ...
8. He is most famous for his lively paintings of horses. “most”: very.
e.g. Thank you very much. You are most kind. 9. I must say, I love that picture of the six horses. “I must say”: in my opinion
10. This is a painting by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century. (P33) 【分析】
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