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2019人教版选择性必修三 一单元 拓展阅读2
Unit One Workbook Expanding Your World
Michelangelo’s David
阅读简案
Cultural Notes
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni(1475-1564)), commonly known as Michelangelo(米开朗基罗), was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility (多才多艺)in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
Fast Reading
Number each paragraph
Roughly divide the passage into two parts
part 1 1-4:
part 2 5-8:
Before it’s finished
After it’s finished
Fast Reading
part 2 main idea of each paragraph
para 1 Who is David
para 2 Problem/Difficulty of carving
para 3 Key sentence: Michelangelo took on the challenge
para 4 How Michelangelo carved the statue
para 5 Michelangelo’s David is different from others’
para 6 The work is considered more as a god than a hero
para 7 Despite all its imperfection, it’s still considered a masterpiece
Para 8 Where it was/is located
Detailed Reading
para 1
Who is David?
What did he do?
A hero in the Bible.
He killed Goliath with a sling and a small rock
Detailed Reading
para 2
What is the original plan of the Florence Cathedral?
Why did other sculptors give up?
What is difficult for future sculptors to work on the marble?
para 3
Why do you think Michelangelo take on the challenge?
It first decided to have it made in 1464 and stand on the top of its roof
The marble was of poor quality
The second sculptor ruined the marble by cutting a huge hole between the legs which was shape-odd and left little material to either side to work with.
He was young, energetic and he was confident of his skills
Detailed Reading
para 4
What is special about Michelangelo’s way of carving?
Michelangelo made a small model of the sculpture, laid it on its back, and then convered it in water. He then took away some of the water until a bit o