Unit 4 Section Ⅰ Starting out-【新课程能力培养】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第一册学习手册（外研版2019）

Unit4 Meetingthemuse 学 精 听 练 习 完成教材 Activity 1 后， 完成以下细节 填空练习。 The Man Who Wanted to Know Everything This is the face of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest 1 . of all time. Today, we know him mostly as an 2. , but there was even more to Leonardo. Among his many talents, he was an 3. , an 4. and an 5. . Leonardo was born in Italy in 1452, near the village of Vinci. Although he grew up in the countryside, he was sent to Florence at around the age of 15 to study under an artist. He was endlessly 6. about the natural world, and took every opportunity to experience and examine it. To him, 7. was an effec鄄 tive way of learning, and enabled him to look at things from a 8. perspective. He studied the 9. of water, the 10. of plants, the 11. of animals and even the 12. around his hometown. These elements were the 13. for the light and perspective （视角 ） in many of his paintings, including the famous Mona Lisa. But what fascinated Leonardo most were 14. and their mysterious power of 15. , and he did many draw鄄 ings of them. They inspired him to design ma鄄 chines to help people 16. . He left behind many 17. and 18. of his ideas for such inven鄄 tions, including a parachute （降落伞） , a form of 19. and a strange flying ma鄄 chine with flapping 20. . These ideas were hundreds of years 21. of their time — in fact, Leonardo蒺s ideas were Unit 4 Meeting the muse Section Ⅰ Starting out 学习目标 1. 通过视频， 了解 Leonardo da Vinci 的创作之路和其灵感来源。 2. 理解名言含义， 初步感知这些名人对灵感的理解及他们灵感的来源。 必备 知识 单词 quote imagination inspiration strike exist 短语 be struck by... 关键能力 听、 说 45 高中英语选择性必修 第一册 （外研版） 精编版 学 so 22. that most of them couldn蒺t 23. in his lifetime. We, having seen many of his ideas become 24. , can now 25. his genius in a way that no one then living could. 重 点 知 识 1. inspiration n. （ 1 ） 翻译为 “灵感” 时， 为不可数名词。 Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% per鄄 spiration. 天才是 10% 的灵感加上 90% 的勤奋。 （ 2 ） 翻译为 “鼓舞或激励人的人或事物 ” 时， 为可数名词。 This woman is an inspiration to all of us. 这个女子就是鼓舞我们大家的人。 拓展： inspire v. 赋予某人灵感； 激励或鼓舞 某人 inspiring adj. 鼓舞人的 inspired adj. 受灵感启示的 誅 牛刀小试 ① 我坐下来写文章， 可是发觉自己毫无灵感。 I sat down to write my essay, but found . ② 他那高尚的榜样激发我们大家更加努力。 His noble example . ③ 这是一件得自灵感的艺术作品。 This is an . 2. strike v. & n. （ 1 ） v. 过去式： struck 过去分词： struck ① 使某人 （某物） 遭受撞击： The stone struck me on the side of the head. 石子打中我头部的侧面。 ② 袭击： Enemy troops struck just before dawn. 敌军在拂晓前发起了进攻。 ③ （摩擦） 点燃： strike a match 划火柴 ④ （时钟） 敲响报时： The clock strikes the hours. 这个钟能按小时打点。 ⑤ 产生于某人头脑中： It suddenly struck me how we could improve the situation. 我突然想到一个办法可以让我们改善这种 局面。 ⑥ 罢工 ： The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of 10%. 工会投票决定为要求提高工资 10% 而举行 罢工。 （ 2 ） 短语 be struck by... ， 表示 “被……击中 / 打动， 受到……启发 ， 使某人突然有 感触”。 Every one wants to be struck by inspira鄄 tion. 每个人都希望被灵感启发。 I was struck by their enthusiasm for the work. 我被他们的工作热情打动。 （ 3 ） n. 罢工： be/go on strike 举行罢工 拓展： striking adj. 引人注意的， 饶有兴趣的 誅 牛刀小试 ① 他用拳头猛击了一下桌子。 He a heavy blow with his fist. ② 钟刚刚敲过三点。 The clock . 46 Unit4 Meetingthemuse 学 ③What struck me was their enthusiasm for the work. 文 化 趣 谈 达·芬奇是意大利著名的画家， 《最后 的晚餐》 就是他应一座修道院之邀而作的。 当时， 他为了画出满意的效果整日苦思冥 想， 在墙下来回踱步， 好几天都不动笔。 院 长一看大为恼火， 指责达·芬奇游手好闲， 并打算以此为由克扣他作画的酬劳。 有一位善良的修道士偷偷把消息转达给 了达·芬奇， 而且还告诉他其他人也常常被 院长以各种理由扣减薪酬， 只是大家都敢怒 不敢言。 达·芬奇听完后， 平静地说： “画家要 构思好才能落笔。 我一直在思考贪婪者犹大 的形象， 苦于找不到合适的素材。 不过， 我 现在有了灵感， 院长的模样正好可以放在犹 大身上。” 47 参 考 答 案 Unit4 Meetingthemuse SectionⅠ Startingout 精听练习 1. minds 2. artist 3. engineer 4. architect 5. in鄄 ventor 6. curious 7. observation 8. fresh 9. move鄄 ment 10. growth 11. behaviour 12. landscapes 13. inspiration 14. birds 15. flight 16. fly 17. drawings 18. notes 19. helicopter 20. wings 21. ahead 22. ad鄄 vanced 23. be tested 24. reality 25. appreciate 重点知识 1. ①I was completely without inspiration ②inspired the rest of us to greater efforts ③inspired work of art 2. ①struck the table ②has just struck three ③ 使我深有感触的是他们的工作热情。 SectionⅡ Understanding ideas 文脉梳理 1. Dutch 2. visual artist 3. Floating Fish 4. toys 5. folk tales 6. sights 7. Chinese 8. composer 9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 10. 2008 Beijing Olympics 11. Nine Songs 12. Western 13. Chinese 14. dancer 15. Spirit of the Peacock dance 16. Xishuang鄄 banna 17. the peacock 18. dance style 品鉴语言 1. expresses an idea 2. find out 3. behind the suc鄄 cesses of three very different artists 4. on display 5. One way for him to find inspiration 6. A more recent work of his 7. was set among the beautiful landscape 8. Chinese folk tales passed down through the generations 9. the old story about a fish jumping through the “ Dragon Gate ” 10. came to life 11. set Hofman蒺s idea for Floating Fish in motion 12. There is no territory in the world of music 13. to experience a mix of Chinese musical traditions and Western influences 14. has been using a combination of Chinese music and sounds from all over the world 15. carry “ universal expression ” of the human spirit 16. be recognised by the whole world 17. the time she spent in Xishuangbanna 18. feel very grateful 19. to go deeper into 20. represents the beauty of nature 21. aims to bring out the Dai women蒺s beauty 重点知识 1. ①is composed of ②compose his thoughts 2. ①so as not to be disturbed ②Would you be so good as to lock the door 2. Because, in the 1980s, Chinese women蒺s volleyball team won several major world titles and in 1984 won an amazing three鄄set victory over the USA in the final of the 1984 Olympics, which made them become national heroes overnight. 3. Although assigned to the “ group of death ” and rea鄄 ching the quarterfinals as the fourth team in the group, the players never gave up. On the way to the final win, they defeated Brazil, the defending champion, the Netherlands who they had lost to in the preliminaries and Serbia, a strongest team in the world. Faced with these super power鄄 ful opponents, they could never have got the gold medal without competitive spirits. 4. The spirit of Chinese women蒺s volleyball team is the fighting spirit and team spirit. 5. They will aim high and start from zero to prepare for new challenges ahead. 重点知识 1. ①for ②back ③off ④off 2. ① 上菜 ② 起……作用 ③ 服务， 履职 ④ 服刑 ⑤ 发球 SectionⅤ Presentingideas 例文鉴赏 First part （ sentence 1 — sentence 2 ） : When and where did the event happen. Second part （ sentence 3 — sentence 11 ） : Describe how the race went. Third part （ sentence 12 ） : Describe how the writer felt about the race. 67