Unit 4 Meeting the muse Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年外研版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Meeting the Muse Muse: (in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music and other branches of art and literature 缪斯(古希腊和罗马神话中执掌诗歌、音乐和其他文学艺术分支的九位女神之一) ＊现指 a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things (作家、画家等的)灵感；创作冲动的源泉 Starting out (1)Which artist is the video about? Which of his works are mentioned? (2)What inspired the artist? Starting out 1.Watch the video and answer the questions. (1)Which artist is the video about? Which of his works are mentioned? The video is about Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Mona Lisa and many drawings and notes of his ideas for his inventions, including a parachute, a form of helicopter and a strange flying machine with flapping wings. (2)What inspired the artist? The natural world, such as birds and their mysterious power of flight. Starting out 2.Look at the pictures and read the quotes. What do you know about these people? Imagination creates reality. 理想创造现实。 – Richard Wagner Richard Wagner (1813~1883) was a German composer best known for his operas. Wagner began learning the piano when he was very young, and was soon able to write musical compositions. If we want to be struck by inspiration, we must go deep into our lives. 如果我们想碰触灵感，我们就必须深入我们的生活。 – Mo Yan Mo Yan is a novelist and short story writer. He is well-known for his imaginative and humanistic fiction. Mo Yan became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. I invent nothing. I rediscover. 我什么都没发明。我是在重新发现。 – Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was a French artist, whose work had a great influence on modern art. His most original sculptures are of the human body. They show realism and celebrate characteristics of the individual. Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. 灵感是存在的，但它必须发现你在行动（才会出现）。 –Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His works are often