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新外研社高中英语选择性必修三Unit2 A Life’s Work
Developing Ideas
Reading
2
Have you ever visited the following famous places in Beijing?
the Great Hall of the People
the Summer Palace
Temple of Heaven
the Forbidden City
Tian'anmen (square)
the Ming Tombs
Who was the Forbidden City built for?
When did it become home to the Palace Museum?
How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum?
What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world?
Watch a video and answer the following questions.
The Forbidden City
Who was the Forbidden City built for?
When did it become home to the Palace Museum?
How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum?
What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world?
Emperors, their families and servants in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It became home to the Palace Museum in 1925.
There are around 1.8 million works of art.
Its history and works of art.
1. What is your understanding of the title, “Masters of Time”?
2. What figure of speech does the author use?
The title shows us that those mentioned
in the text are all experts skilled at the
art of clock repairing.
Metaphor.
Fast reading
Task one
Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. (P28)
Task two
Para. 1: 1. _________ to Wang jin
Para.2-4: Wang Jing's job—2. __________ clocks in the Palace Museum
Para.5: The succession of restoration of 3. ___________
Para.6 : The 4.__________ of the work of Wang Jin and his colleagues.
a. Why is Wang Jin optimistic about the future of the timepieces in the Palace Museum?
b. Why is it painstaking for Wang Jin and his students to repair the collection of timepieces in the Palace Museum?
c. What has been done to the clocks that date back to the time of Emperor Qianlong?
d. Who is Wang Jin and where does he work?
e. What qualities do Wang Jin and his colleagues display in their work?
f. What was special about Wang Jin and his student Qi Haonan?
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
Task one
Para. 1: 1. _____