unit 8 the chinese bowl 新世纪高职英语第2册课件 共173页

Unit 8 The Chinese Bowl
Text Study 1. Global Reading Questions and Answers Text Analysis 2. Detailed Reading
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Consolidation 1. Dictation 2. Words and Phrases 3. Listening Practice 4. Group Discussion
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Paragraph Two:
Question: When and where did Mr. Fox find the fragments of the antique bowl?
Answer: He found the fragments under some old sacks in a corner when he was clearing out the old barn on his yard.
Answer:
He was the manager of a gentleman’s tailor shop for 20 years. After retirement, he bought a farm cottage with a yard and a small field, planning to do some agricultural work and enjoy country life.
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Sotheby’s is a noted auction house founded by Samuel Baker in London in 1744 and acquired by A. Alfred Taubman, an American businessman and art patron in 1983. Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, Sotheby’s concentrated chiefly on auctioning books, manuscripts, and prints; though other collectibles were occasionally offered for sale, paintings and other works of art did not begin to dominate Sotheby’s sales until after World War I.
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Drills for PRETCO Test 1. Listening Comprehension 2. Vocabulary and Structure 3. Translation
Antique
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Auction
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An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid (出价), taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. Auctions are publicly seen in several contexts: in the antique business, in the sale of collectibles, in thoroughbred horseracing, and in legal contexts.
Lead-in; Reading of the Text; Exercises; Listening and Speaking; Phonetics; Use the Right Word; Grammar Tips; Hands-on Exploration; Practical Reading; Practical Writing
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An antique is an object, often furniture or any other domestic item, that is highly valued because of its age, or because it belongs to a specific time period. Formerly, it referred only to the remains of the classical cultures of Greece and Rome; gradually, decorative arts of all past eras and places came to be considered antiques.
The collecting of antiques goes back almost as far as history, beginning with the preservation of temple treasures. It was in the 20th century that collecting antiques became a truly popular pursuit.
Structures it is … that (emphatic structure) so … that
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Reading Skills
How to locate specific information rapidly by scanning
Teaching Procedures
Question: What did he do with the fragments?
Answer: He took them to the kitchen, washed off the mud and stuck them together.
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Paragraph Three: Question: What did he do with the bowl after finding
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Teaching Master the key words and structures, and understand Objectives the story about the antique Chinese bowl. Learn
something about antiques and auctions.
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Questions and Answers
Directions: Skim the paragraphs for answers to the following questions.
Paragraph One:
Question: What did Mr. Fox do before his retirement and what life did he plan to live as a retired man?
Listening and Speaking 1. Listening 2. Speaking 3. Phonetics
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Language Application Practical Writing Reply to a Complaint 1. Sample 2. Notes of Writing 3. Basic Patterns 4. Do It Yourself Practical Reading
Key Points
Vocabulary antique, confirm, fetch, fragment, identical inspect, intrigue, novel, pension, property provide, some, stick, sufficient, agree to sth. clear out, date back to, decide on sth., earn a living, in position, send off, to the annoyance of sb./to sb’s annoyance
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Lead In Text Study Consolidation Listening and Speaking Language Application Drills for PRETCO Test
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Lead In 1. Antique 2. Auction 3. Sotheby’s 4. Victoria and Albert Museum
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art objects from South and East Asia. In addition, the museum houses the national collections of British watercolors and miniatures, prints, and drawings, as well as the National Art Library.
With 145 galleries and a collection of 4 million items, the building covers 11 acres (45,000 m²) and has a vast collection of European sculpture, ceramics, furniture, metalwork, jewelry, and textiles from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century, as well as many art
The world’s two largest auction houses are Christie’s and Sotheby’s. The world’s largest online auction site is eBay.
Sotheby’s
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Today, the firm has a turnover of approximately $2 billion per annum. Its main offices are in New York City and London, supplemented by other sales offices and auction rooms worldwide.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts. It was established in 1852 as the South Kensington Museum and renamed in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria and her late consort Albert.