湖南省蓝山二中高中英语 Unit3 Reading Visiting a ma

湖南省蓝山二中2014年高中英语 Unit3 Reading Visiting a

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Go through th e passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page 34. Pay attention to the most important information. Answers

A 1. Spain, France, Netherlands.

2. Four days.

3. They are going to another museum in Amsterdam.

Step 3: Detailed reading for important information

1. Read the passage a second time and complete Part C1

Answers

C1 1. He thinks Mál aga is a lovely city and that the architecture there is beautiful.

2. Cubism is a type of art developed by Pablo Picasso that represents things as

geometric shapes.

3. He went to the Louvre Museum and the Musée d’O rsay.

4. Mona Lisa.

5. He was also a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and a scientist.

6. Musee d’Orsay.

7. It is in Amsterdam.

8. In Armsterdam.

2. Read the article again and complete Part C2.

Answers C2

Artist Nationality Dates of birth

and death Famou s

Painting

Year of

painting

Pablo Picasso Spanish 1881-1973 Self-portrait 1972

van Gogh Dutch 1853-1890 The Potato

Eaters

Starry Night 1885 1889

Rembrandt Dutch 1606-1669 The Night

Watchman

1642

Leonardo da

Vinci

Italian 1452-1519 Mona Lisa 1503-1506

Step 4: Practice

1. Complete Part D. You may refer to the reading passage on pag es 34 and 35 for some help.

Answers

D 1 a 2 d 3 h 4 f 5 b 6 g 7 c 8 e

2. Part E is a brochure about painters from the past. Please finish it. Answers

E (1) Italian (2) sculptor (3) astronomy (4) calculated (5) Louvre

(6) nature (7) successful (8) talented (9) created (10) abstract Step 5: Post-reading activities

1. You will be divided into groups of four to introduce each artist mentioned in the passage to other group members with the help of the table in Part C

2.

2. Search for more info rmation about the artists and their works. Give a brief introduction to each of them.

3. Search for more information about the museums mentioned in the text and introduce them.

4. Read the instructions for Part F and discuss the questions listed.

Step 5: Language points

Vocabulary

Words

talented, photographer,

architecture, geometric,

masterpiece, calculate, astronomy,

range, float, pond, peaceful, weep,

thunderstorm, thunder, rainbow,

abstract, artwork, sunflower, starry,

self, distribute, buyer, negotiate,

adore, subjective, appetite, explore,

artistic, assistance, framework,

abandon, scratch

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