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Section A What do you like about art?(3a~3d)
Unit 3 A Taste of Art
At the end of the class, we are able to:
1. understand the conversation about famous artworks in the
Louvre and judge the time of the talk.
2. learn key expressions to describe artworks and finish the chart
with text information.
3. role-play and discuss artworks in groups with the given sentence
patterns.
Learning Objectives
Wow, that was a great trip!
3a Read the conversation. When did this conversation probably take place?
It probably took place right after their trip to the Louvre Museum.
1. Who designed the Louvre Pyramid?
A. Da Vinci. B. I.M. Pei.
C. An ancient sculptor. D. Mona Lisa.
2. What is the Louvre Pyramid made of according to Dave?
A. Stone. B. Wood.
C. Glass. D. Gold.
Read again and choose the best answer.
3. What does the sculptor of Venus de Milo know well?
A. The human body. B. Glass art.
C. Painting skills. D. Smile stories.
4. How long did Da Vinci spend finishing the Mona Lisa?
A. A few days. B. Several years.
C. One month. D. His whole life.
5. What makes the Mona Lisa so beautiful in Joe’s opinion?
A. Its bright color. B. The gentle eyes.
C. The unknown mystery of her smile. D. The soft skin.
Check your answer.
1.Who designed the Louvre
Pyramid?
A. Da Vinci.
B. I.M. Pei.
C. An ancient sculptor.
D. Mona Lisa.
Check your answer.
2.What is the Louvre
Pyramid made of
according to Dave?
A. Stone.
B. Wood.
C. Glass.
D. Gold.
Check your answer.
3.What does the sculptor
of Venus de Milo know
well?
A. The human body.
B. Glass art.
C. Painting skills.
D. Smile stories.
4. How long did Da Vinci
spend finishing the
Mona Lisa?
A. A few days.
B. Several years.
C. One month. D. His whole life.
Check your answer.
Check your answer.
5. What makes the Mona
Lisa so beautiful in Joe’s
opinion?
A. Its bright color. B. The gentle eyes.
C. The unknown mystery
of her smile.
D. The soft skin.
The artworks here are truly rich.
3b Read again and complete the chart.
by ___________
by an ancient sculptor
by ____________
a pyramid
looks ____ and ____
made of ____
a sculpture
shows that the sculptor
really understood
_______________
a painting
looks ______ and
mysterious
Check your answer.
by ___________
a pyramid
looks ______ and _________
made of _______
I.M. Pei
new
modern
glass
a sculpture
shows that the sculptor
really understood
__________________
Check your answer.
the human body
by an ancient sculptor
a painting
looks ______ and
mysterious
Check your answer.
alive
by ____________
Da Vinci
These artworks truly have different types and styles.
3c Listen to the conversation. Then role-play it.
3d Work in groups and visit an online art museum. Discuss which artwork you like the most and why.
It’s so new /modern/cute /lifelike!
It looks like ...
It makes me think that ...
The way it ... is wonderful!
The artist really understood ...
The painting is famous for ...
A: Which artwork impresses you most in the Louvre online museum?
B: I love Self-Portrait with Her Daughter Julie by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun best. It’s so lifelike!
A: Me too. It looks like a warm quiet moment between a real mother and her little girl.
B: Exactly! The way the painter uses soft warm light to draw their skin and silk clothes is wonderful! The red ribbons and deep blue dress match perfectly, and the dark simple background lets us focus only on their hug.
A: It makes me think that a mother’s love is gentle and timeless, no matter how many years pass. Look how tightly the little girl wraps her arms around her mom’s neck.
B: The artist really understood soft family feelings. Most paintings back then only painted rich kings or queens, but she painted her own daughter and herself to show pure maternal love.
A: Right! This painting is famous for mixing soft late Rococo painting skills with simple early Neoclassical style. It’s also one of the most classic mother-child paintings in art history.
B: I totally agree. It’s not fancy at all, but the warm love in the picture touches me deeply.
Joe: Wow, that was a great trip! What did you enjoy most during our
trip to the Louvre?
Betty: I loved the pyramid in front of the museum!
Dave: Yes, the Louvre Pyramid by I.M. Pei! It’s new and modern but fits
perfectly with the old classical buildings around it. I just love how
the light makes the glass shine!
Read the conversation and learn some language points.
adv. /ˈpɜːfɪktli/
在……前面
Betty: Then there was the Venus de Milo. She’s such a beauty!
Dave: Yeah! The ancient sculptor really understood the human body.
Joe: What about the Mona Lisa?
Betty: I really like that painting. She looks alive! Her eyes seem so
gentle, and her skin seems so soft.
Joe: It took years for Da Vinci to finish the Mona Lisa. He put his
heart and soul into it.
put one’s heart and soul into 全身心投入
n. /ˈbjuːti/
n. /ˈskʌlptə(r)/
n. /skɪn/
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Betty: That must be why the painting looks like it could talk to us.
Dave: And of course, there’s her smile! I’d really love to know why
she was smiling!
Joe: Nobody knows for sure. But it’s the mystery that makes the
art so beautiful!
确定地,肯定地
Let’s find the functional language(功能语言) in the conversation.
表达喜爱
介绍作品创作背景
表达好奇
表达不确定
What language do we need to appreciate artistic works?
功能 语言框架
1. 表达喜爱 I loved.../ I really like...
2. 介绍作品创作背景 It took years for ... to finish ...
He put his heart and soul into it.
3. 表达好奇 I’d really love to know why...
4. 表达不确定 Nobody knows for sure.
Artworks enrich our spiritual world.
在……前面 ———————————————
全身心投入 ———————————————
确定地,肯定地 ———————————————
in front of
Key Phrases
put one’s heart and soul into
for sure
Language Points
She looks alive!
辨析alive, lively, live与living
词汇 含义及用法
alive 形容词。意为“活着的,在世的”,作表语或后置定语。
lively 形容词。意为“充满趣味的;充满生气的”,作表语、
宾语补足语或前置定语。
词汇 含义及用法
live 形容词。读作/ laɪv/,意为“活的;现场直播的”,
作前置定语。
动词。读作/lɪv/,意为“居住”。
living 形容词。意为“活着的,在使用的”,作表语或定语。
名词。意为“生计”。make a living谋生。
My classmate Joy is a bright, ①_________ boy and he likes watching Animal World. He is thirteen years old and ②_________ in Luoyang. Today, we took a school tour in a zoo. Joy told me that many steps are taken to keep endangered animals ③_________. Now, many animals are ④_________ happily.
lively
alive lively live living
lives
alive
living
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Exercises
一、根据括号内提示词填空。
My grandma is over 70, but her _______ (皮肤) still looks so smooth
and healthy.
2. The young _________ (雕塑家) spent three months creating this
statue out of wood for the school art festival.
3. After practicing for weeks, Mary played the piano piece __________
(完美地) at the school concert last Friday.
4. I think the girl in the red dress is a real _________ (美人), but my
brother thinks she is just so-so.
skin
sculptor
perfectly
beauty
二、根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
1. 学校图书馆前面有一棵百年老树。
There is a hundred-year-old tree ______ ______ ______ the school library.
2. 我们班所有人都确信我们会通过这次考试。
Everyone in our class knows _______ _______ that we will pass the exam.
3. 为了在篮球比赛中获胜,我们队长全身心投入到训练中。
To win the basketball game, our captain _______ his heart and soul _______ the training.
in front of
for sure
put
into
1. Listening and speaking: Joe, Betty and Dave talk about their favourite parts of their trip to the Louvre, including the Louvre Pyramid, the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa with its mysterious smile.
2. Words and expressions:
perfectly, beauty, sculptor, skin
3. Key sentences:
—What did you enjoy most during our trip to...?
—I loved ...
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