Unit 2 A life`s work Developing ideas 课件 -2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 2 A Life’s Work Developing Ideas the Palace Museum the Forbidden City What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world? Lead in Watch the video and answer the questions. 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? 1. Who was the Forbidden City built for? 2. When did it become home to the Palace Museum? 3. How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum? 4. 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. Pre-reading Look at the title and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. While-reading Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. (P28) 5 3 4 1 6 2 While-reading Read details Para.1 Who is Wang Jin and where does he work? He is a clock restoration master, working in Xi San Suo in the Forbidden City. While-reading Read details Para.2 What was special about Wang Jin and his students Qi Haonan? They used to be the only two timepiece restorers in the Palace Museum. Why is it painstaking for Wang Jin and his students to repair the collection of timepieces in the Palace Museum? While-reading Read details Para.3 Why the Palace Museum has one of the most significant collections of timepieces in the world? Why is it painstaking for Wang Jin and his students to repair the collection of timepieces in the Palace Museum? Because Qing emperors were very fond of clocks. Therefore , in order to please them, foreign envoys presented these emperors with the most intricate and splendid timepieces. Because repairing such a large and important collection of timepieces involves complex work, unique methods of restoration and sourcing difficult-to-find materials, which take a