英语必修8课件_Unit22language awareness

Read aloud, please!
Now some new projects are being developed by Christo and his team. One of them is in Colorado where a river will be covered by 10 kilometres of fabric. The work of art can be seen from both above and below. Thousands of people will be needed to help finish the project. His projects are financed completely by the sale of his drawings. His works are dismantled after only a few weeks. When the Reichstag was being displayed it attracted lots of visitors.
Where are you more likely to see or hear passive sentences?
newspapers _____________________ informal letters scientific articles _____________________________ conversations
Christo and Jeanne Claude
Read the article and then answer questions about the photos.
1) How long do you think it took to make them? 2) What materials are they made of?
Complete the following sentences.
Christo & Jeanne-Claude had finished several projects, one of which _________ (call) Surrounded Islands. Eleven islands _______________ (surround) by a lot of pink plastics. At first, many people thought that permission to wrap up the German Parliament building __________(give), and some thought the project should __________(never allow). However when the wrapping ________(complete), the glowing building received international acclaim.
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Christo & Jeanne-Claude had finished several projects, one of which was called Surrounded Islands. Eleven islands were surrounded by a lot of pink plastics. At first, many people thought that permission to wrap up the German Parliament building wouldn’t be given, and some thought the project should never have been allowed.However when the wrapping had been completed, the glowing building received international acclaim.
Unit22 Language Awareness Wrapped Up Objectives: 1).Read and understand the passage in general; 2).Get aware of the passive and practise using in situations.
a) to focus on the action rather than the doer. ( 3) b) to put special emphasis on the doer. ( 1) c) to avoid having a long subject in an active sentence. ( 2 )
Read the text again and underline the sentences in passive.
Then match the reasons for using the passive (a-c) with the sentences(1-3) from the text.(p15)
Now some new projects _______________ (develop) by Christo and his team. One of them is in Colorado where a river______________ (cover) by 10 kilometres of fabric. The work of art can _______ (see) from both above and below. Thousands of people will _________ (need) to help finish the project. His projects ___________ (finance) completely by the sale of his drawings. His works ___________ (dismantle) after only a few weeks. When the Reichstag __________(display) it attracted lots of visitors.
Surrounded Islands (Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83)
Trees wrapped up
the German Parliament building
Wrapped Reichstag (Berlin, 1971-95)