Unit 4 Meeting the Muse Understanding ideas 课件 -2025-2026学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第一册

Can you guess what it is? Can you guess what it is? A love letter to the author Unit 4 Meeting the muse What inspires you? 3 By the end of the class, you will be able to： 1. recognise and recall basic information of the passage; 2. summarize the main idea of the passage; 3. apply the new knowledge to their daily life creatively and critically. Learning Objectives 4 Engagement Muse: (in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music and other branches of art and literature 缪斯 ＊现指 a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things 灵感 √ A. An art magazine. Exploration Activity 2: Choose where you would most likely find the passage and give your reasons. (1 minute) B. An artist biography. C. An online art forum D. A poster for an art festival A magazine is a periodical publication prepared for a special-interest readership, containing articles by various writers and illustrated with pictures. A forum is an event or medium where people can exchange opinions and ideas on a particular issue. Exploration Activity 3: Please read the passage quickly, complete the following blanks. Floating Fish Chinese folk tales sculptures visual composer the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the 2008 Beijing Olympics Nine Songs Chinese musical traditions Peacock Princess Spirit of the Peacock admire peacock Historic culture Daily experiences Dao Meilan Reading Strategy 1. Underline the content words in the text, including verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs. 2. Sort out the text content according to the order of the content words. Exploration Activity 4: Please read paragraph1-2 carefully to retell the process through which Floating Fish was created. 4. These insights set his idea for Floating Fish in motion. 2. This story came to life when he visited Wuzhen and saw how people lived there. 3. He saw the fish being fed by people and sculpted on the wall. 1. Previously, Hofman was interested in the Chinese folk tale about a fish jumping through the “Dragon Gate”. Activity 5: Please read paragraph 5 to answer these questions. (2 mins) 1. What’s the feature of Tan’s music? 2. What do you think is the “universal expression” of the human spirit? By saying” universal expression”, Tan Dun means Chinese music should carry not only the Chinese human spirit but also that of the world. In that way, Chinese music can have international recognition. Explantion human experience, emotions, and desire that are common to people across different cultures and backgrounds Our school’s 24th Art Festival is just around the corner! We sincerely invite you to design your artwork and participate in the competition. Please discuss with your partner and write down your thoughts. Requirement Your group’s presentation will include the name of the work the type of the work the inspiration of the work the intention of the creation. the feature of the work Elaboration 10 Group discussion name type inspiration intention feature Sample Our group's work is called "Mulan". One way for us to find inspiration is turning to the folk tale of “Mulan joining the army”. We create amazing dances to bring out the brave and kind qualities of Hua Mulan. To appreciate the elegant dance performance is to experience a mix of traditional and modern art. 11 Checklist Excellent Good Not good enough Content The information is complete and abundant. Creativity The airwork is attractive and novel enough. Language The language is proper and has no grammatical errors. Performance The presentation is confident and infectious. Other suggestions I want to give are Evaluation 12 "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” -------Pablo Picasso 13 Homework 01. Try writing down your artwork and share it with your partner. 02. Accomplish the correspondent workbook for this class. 14 $