新世纪高一英语 Unit Two(A)

David Michelangelo Marble Height 410 cm (13 1/2 ft) Florence
Pieta
（圣母马利亚膝上gelo Marble 174 x 195 cm (5 3/4 x 6 ft) Basilica of St Peter, Vatican
To write a small passage according to the following questions Beethoven / Lincoln /Zhang Haidi / Helen Keller 1. Today what is _______ remembered as? 2. What kind of family was he born into? 3. At an early age, what did he do? 4. Later, what did he start to do?
1. He was an Italian artist. 2. He is remembered as a great sculptor, painter, and architect. 3. At an early age, he was trained like any other craftsman in Italy. 4. After he worked hard, he mastered one problem after another. 5. He was generally regarded as one of the outstanding sculptors of the age.
Scan the text (Para A, B) and answer the following questions
1.What was Michelangelo？ 2.Today what is Michelangelo remembered as? 3.At an early age, what did he do? 4 . After he worked hard, what did he master? 5.What was he regarded as?
2) Beethoven was a German composer. Though he became deaf later, he went on composing. He wrote many beautiful symphonies. 3) Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States from 1860 to 1865. He worked hard for the freedom for the slaves, but he was shot on April 14, 1865.
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Textbook P20
1) Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor and painter. His master of arts is the sculpture “David”, and the painting: the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
在残酷的命运挑战面前，张海迪没有沮丧和沉沦，她以顽强 的毅力和恒心与疾病做斗争，经受了严峻的考验，对人生充满 了信心。她虽然没有机会走进校门，却发愤学习，学 完了小学、中学全部课程，自学了大学英语、日语、 德语和世界语，并攻读了大学和硕士研究生的课程。
Sixteenth President 1861-1865 Born: February 12, 1809, in Kentucky Died: April 15, 1865. Lincoln died the morning after being shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth, an actor.
4) Zhang haidi is a Chinese writer. She is disabled since she was young. She struggles against her misfortune and never gives up, but perseveres all her life. She also cures a lot of patients by a traditional Chinese medical skill – puncture. 5) Helen Keller was an American writer and educator. She was disabled, but she was devoted to the cause for the deaf and mute and blind.
Full of confidence in life, Zhanghaidi fought against disease with strong will-power and great Zhanghaidi perseverance, experiencing severe tests. 活着就要做个对社会有益的人 ——张海迪
Helen Keller
The name Helen Keller has had special meaning for millions of people in all parts of the world. She could not see or hear. Yet Helen Keller was able to do so much with her days and years. Her success gave others hope.
We heard someone pumping water. I put Helen's hand under the cool water and formed the word w-a-te-r in her other hand. W-a-t-e-r, w-a-t-e-r. I formed the word again and again in her hand. Helen looked straight up at the sky as if a lost memory or thought of some kind was coming back to her. Suddenly, the whole mystery of language seemed clear to her. I could see that the word w-a-t-e-r meant something wonderful and cool that flowed over her hand. The word became alive for her. It awakened her spirit, gave it light and hope. She ran toward the house. I ran after her. One by one she touched things and asked their name. I told her. She went on asking for names and more names. "No deaf child can ever forget the excitement of his first word. Only one who is deaf can understand the loving way I talked to my dolls, to the stones, to birds and animals. Only the deaf can understand how I felt when my dog obeyed my spoken command."
Abraham Lincoln
He was against slavery. After American Civil War, the nation was reunited; slaves were set free. He was regarded as one of the greatest presidents in America.
Success Stories
Classic and Romantic Germany-Austria
Beethoven (1770-1827)
Masterpieces: Heroic symphony Symphony No.5 ---thus fate knock on the door
As long as I live, I should be a person useful to society.
《创造亚当》 米开朗基罗 壁画 1508年 米开朗基罗的代表壁画中的重要部分。因为他在佛罗伦萨的盛名,当时 的罗马教皇尤里乌斯二世邀他参加制作教皇陵墓,后又中断。1508年他被迫 接受了西斯廷礼拜堂屋顶壁画的任务,他当时的心情是悲愤的,不料此壁画后 来成为他生平最大杰作。西斯廷屋顶壁画面积达500平方米左右,是美术史上 最大的壁画之一。米开朗基罗在大厅的中央部分按建筑框边画了连续9幅大 小不一的宗教画,均取材于《圣经》中有关开天辟地直到洪水方舟的故事,分 别名为《神分光暗》,《创造日,月,草木》,《神水分陆》,《创造亚当》,《创 造夏娃》,《诱惑与逐出乐园》,《挪亚献祭》,《洪水》,《挪亚醉酒》。这幅 巨型壁画历时4年多才完成,由于长期仰面艰苦作画,他颈项僵直,书信都要置 头顶仰视.其中以《创造亚当》最为出色,画中亚当的形象体态健壮,气魄宏伟, 具有强烈的意志与力量,显示了艺术家在写实的基础上非同寻常的理想加工, 予同时代人深刻的启示。