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

Unit 4 Understanding ideas—What inspires you? Learning objectives: At the end of the class, you will be able to 1. get acquainted with and introduce the artists’ works as well as the sources of their inspiration; 2. explore how we can get inspiration in study and life to achieve success. Step I Leading-in Step II Fast-reading Complete the table with information from the text. Artists Names Florentijn Hofman Tan Dun Yang Liping Jobs Nationality Step III Careful-reading Read the passage carefully and find out their well-known works and what inspires each artist. Florentijn Hofman Tan Dun Yang Liping works Sources of inspiration Step IV Post-reading 1. What does the three artists' inspiration have in common? _____________________________________________________________________ 2. 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. Step V Think and share 1. What do you think is the “universal expression” of the human spirit? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What can you learn from the passage? __________________________________________________________________________________ Step VI Consolidation 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. 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. 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$