内容正文:
外研选择性必修
第三册
Unit 5
Period 1
Starting out & Understanding ideas (I)
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To develop a view of nature protection by quotes and video
To know the main idea and get the specific information from the passage, learn how we can get the inspiration from nature and live harmony with nature
学习目标
目标一: To develop a view of nature protection by quotes and video
Activity 1: Read the quotes and answer the questions.
The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
Claude Monet
A painter should regard nature as their teacher, and never stick with just one style of painting.
Zhang Daqian
Let nature be your teacher.
William Wordsworth
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1 What is the common message conveyed in these quotes?
The common message conveyed in these quotes is that they have a close relation with nature and they respect nature and get inspirations from nature.
2 Have you ever learnt anything from nature? Give examples.
Yes. I have learned that we need to try hard if we want to be successful from Armeniaca mume Sieb (梅花).
Background informationClaude Monet (1840-1926)Claude Monet was a French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting. Monet’s method involved painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.Zhang Daqian (1899-1983)Zhang Daqian was a Chinese painter and is regarded as one of the most gifted masters of the 20th century. Originally a guohua painter, he also became renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter by the 1960s.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer and poet, and one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 19th