Unit 4 Meeting the Muse Understanding ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit4 Understanding ideas What inspires you？ Learning objectives: At the end of the class you will be able to get acquainted with and introduce the artists’ works as well as the sources of their inspiration; explore how we can get inspiration in study and life to achieve success. What is it? Who created it? Who is he? What do you know about him? Who is she? What is she famous for? Artists Names Florentijn Hofman Tan Dun Yang Liping Complete the table with information from the text. Fast-reading Jobs Nationality visual artist Dutch composer Chinese dancer Chinese Read the passage carefully and find out their well-known works and what inspires each artist. Careful-reading His works Sources of inspiration Florentijn Hofman Rubber Duck Floating Fish His children’s toys. Chinese folk tales. Wuzhen and the way people live there. His works Sources of inspiration Tan Dun Composing music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the 2008 Beijing Olympics; Nine Songs. Chinese musical traditions and western influences Her work Sources of inspiration Yang Liping Spirit of the Peacock The time she spent in Xishuangbanna; the peacock; the dance style and traditional belief of the Dai people. What does the three artists' inspiration have in common? Chinese musical traditions Western influences life in Xishuangbanna the peacock the dance style and traditional belief of the Dai people children’s toys Chinese folk tales the sights in Wuzhen all of their inspiration comes from their own lives and experiences Read and answer Post-reading Choose where you would most likely find the passage and give your reasons. A An art magazine. B An artist biography. C An online art forum. D A poster for an art festival. The passage is expressing the inspiration of art. Think and share 1. What do you think is the “universal expression” of the human spirit? 2. What can you learn from the passage? It means Chinese music should carry not only the Chinese human spirit but also that of the whole world. In that way, Chinese music can have international recognition. Every artist’s wish is 1._________________(create) something that expresses an idea. But where do artists get their ideas from? The 2.__________________(inspire) of Florentijn Hofman came from his children’s toys. His inspiration for Floating Fish came from Chinese folk tales, which he was especially interested in. This story came to life for him when he 3._________(visit) Wuzhen. During his stay in the town, he saw the fish 4.________________ (feed) by people and some fish sculpted on the wall. These sights set Hofman’s idea for Floating Fish in motion. to create inspiration visited being fed The Chinese 5.________________(compose), Tan Dun, is well known for composing music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tan’s music is 6._____________ mix of Chinese musical traditions and western influences. He once said that Chinese music should carry ‘universal expression” of the human spirit so as 7._______________(recognise) by the whole world. Yang Liping is a great dancer, known 8.______________ the “Peacock Princess”. She was inspired by the experiences of living in Xishuangbanna, 9. _____________ gave her an opportunity to know more about the lives of various ethnic groups. Her dance comes from the traditional belief of the Dai people and 10._____________(aim) to show the Dai women’s beauty. composer a to be recognised as which aims www.aliyun.com - Media Transcoding $$