1、優(yōu)品課件 Art and architecture (The First Period ) Unit 3 Art and architecture I. Brief Statements Based on the Unit In this unit, Ss will read about art and architecture, learn to express prefere nces, lear n about the Past Participle used as Object Compleme nt, and lear n to write a review of a paintin

2、g. In the first period, Ss will learn to express prefere nces by making dialogues with the help of the give n expressions. Also they will do some listening practice to improve their listeningability. In the second period, Ss will read a passage about modern architecture.They will learn about some fa

3、mous architects and their works as well as some famous buildings in the world. In this period, Ss will learn some useful words and expressions,too. In the third period of this unit, the useful words are revised first and also Ss will learn to use a new sentence pattern : A is to B what C is to D. Ss

4、 can master it after finishing the practice provided in this part. The grammar item is the Past Participle used as Object Complement. This is an important item. Teacher should give some explanations to help Ss understand it and then after Ss finish the exercises they will master it better. Teacher m

5、ay provide more practice if n ecessary .In the fourth period, Ss will do somereading and writing practice to improve their integrating skills. After the study of this unit, Ss may know more about art and architecture and they will also makeprogress in their listening, speaking, reading and writing a

6、bilities. II .Teaching Goals 1. Talk about art and architecture. 2. Learn to express preferences. 3. Learn about the Past Participle(2) used as Object Complement. 4. Write a review of a painting. III. Teaching Time: Four periods IV. Background Information 1. The Great Wall of China In 221 B.C. the F

7、irst Emperor started to build a great wall right across the n orth of his empire. He wan ted to keep the tribes of Huns and Tartars outside his coun try. There were earlier walls built in some places by differe nt kings of China, but the First Emperor, now that he ruled all China, decided to complet

8、e the wall. He decided to make it run right across from Tibet to the sea, a distance of over 1 500 miles. It took seve n years to build. The Great Wall ran across wild, steep, mountainous country, over the mountains and down the valleys. North and west of it there were only wild mountains and desert

9、s, and south and east there were the rich Yellow River pla in s. It was built higher tha n a double-decker bus. I n most places it was wide eno ugh for eight men to march side by side along the top. It was built of stones and clay. There were huge blocks of stones on the sides, and on the top there

10、were more stones. Cars could travel along the top. About every two hun dred yards there were tall, str ong towers where soldiers could keep watch for the en emy, and where they could light fires to signal to each other. There were always soldiers in side these towers, win ter and summer, keep ing gu

11、ard aga inst attacks from the Huns. There were a few well-guarded gateways with huge woode n gates, stre ngthe ned with iron n ails. These conn ected the main roads of China to other roads through the mountains and across the desert. The Great Wall has often been rebuilt through the centuries, and m

12、uchof it is still standing today. Visitors can still see it running like a snake across the country andean still walk along the top. Muchof the traffic which passes through the ancient gateways has not changed much. But today, as well as horses and carts there are motor cars and trucks. To build suc

13、h an eno rmous wall across such wild and mountainous country without any modern tractorsor other heavy machi nes was very difficult. All the Emperors builders were thousands of men, often prisoners of war. They lifted the earth in buckets and dragged the stones in teams with ropes over their shoulde

14、rs. They worked in such wild and distant places that it was difficult to supply them with eno ugh food or to makeproper shelters in which they could sleep. Thousands of workers died and were buried in the clay in side the wall. The people hated the Emperor for his cruelty but he made them finish the

15、 wall. Manypeople were seized and forced to work on the wall far away from their homes. Many of them n ever came back. Superstitious people who believed in magic used to say that the Emperor had ridden across the mountains on magic horses. The wall appeared under him as he went along. Wherever the h

16、orse stamped its foot, a watch-tower appeared. But the wall was not madeby magic. It was madeby the work and lives of thousands of men. 2. The Yellow Crane Tower On May 20, 1985 the n ewly-rebuilt Y ellow Crane Tower(Hua nghe Tower) was completed and ope ned to the public. The rebuilding of the towe

17、r took four years and cost 15 million yuan. This five-storeyedbuilding stands on the top of the Snake Hill(Mount She) by the Changjiang River in Hubei Provinee. It is 51.4 metres high. In the halls of the first four storeys there are many pictures,portraits and wall-pa in ti ngs. They are about fair

18、y tales, Chinese history and the history of the tower. Do you know when the tower was first built? And why do we call it “ The Yellow Crane Tower ” ? There is a lege nd that long long ago an old mannamedWangZhian rode on the backof a yellow crane, flew away from the tower and later became an immorta

19、l being. It is also said that ano ther man n amed Fei Wenyi retur ned to the tower to have a rest with the help of a yellow crane. Another story goes like this: a window by the nameof Xin set up a public house by the Snake Hill in Wuchang.A Taoist often cameto drink here. Each time he was allowed to

20、 drink without payment. Once before leaving, the Taoist drew a yellow crane on the wall with a piece of orange skin. The yellow erane flew down off the wall and daneed happily immediately after the people clapped their han ds. On heari ng the n ews many, many people came here for a drink. Mrs Xin go

21、t richer and richer. So she decided to build a tower in memory of the cran e. It was n amed the Yellow Crane Tower. In fact, the Yellow Crane Tower was first built more than 1 600 years ago. That is in the early years of the Three-Kingdom Period. It stood on the south bank of the Changjiang River in

22、 Wuchang. In the beginning, the tower was only used by the armies, but after a certain period of time it was open to the public. The tower has bee n destroyed and rebuiltmany times, and it has been a well-known historical building for centuries.Manypoets wrote excelle nt poems in praise of the tower

23、. However, before liberation,the Yellow Crane Tower was not well protected. When Wuha n was liberated, on ly a very shabby tower rema in ed. In October 1981, the gover nment decided to rebuild the Y ellow Crane Tower, and now on the top of the Snake Hill stands a new magnificent five-storeyed Yellow

24、 Crane Tower, overlooking the beautiful river city of Wuba n. Who says that the Y ellow Crane had flow n away and would n ever come back? With the rapid developme nt of our socialist coun try, the Y ellow Crane Tower is rebor n! Seeing the great Yellow Crane Tower, everyChi nese should certainly hav

25、e a sense of national pride. The First Period Teachi ng Aims: 1. Improve the stude nts listening ability.2. Improve the students speaking ability. 3. Learn and master someuseful words and expressions. Teaching Importa nt Point: Train the stude ntsliste ning and speaki ng abilities. Teachi ng Difficu

26、lt Poi nts: 1. How to help stude nts to improve their listeningability. 2. Howto help students to learn to express preferences. Teaching Methods: 1. Discussion to make the students talk about art and architecture. 2. In dividual or pair work to make the stude nts practise their speaki ng ability. 3.

27、 Liste ning practice to improve the stude nts liste ningability.Teachi ng Aids: 1. a tape recorder 2. a projector 3. the blackboard Teachi ng Procedures: Step I Greetings and Warming-up Greet the whole class as usual. T: (Walk to one stude nt)Wa ng Jing, where do you live? S: I live at No. 26 Zhongh

28、ua Street. T: What kind of house do you live in? A traditi onal house or an apartme nt? S: I live in an apartme nt. T: Do you like livi ng in an apartme nt? S: Y es. T: Can you tell us why? S: Its clea n and safe, and its easy to keep warm in win ter, since it has the heati ng system. T: Whats the d

29、isadva ntage of liv ing in an apartme nt? S: Its not convenient for you to carry things home and its not easy for you to get sun light. T: OK. Please sit dow n. (Walk to ano ther student.)LiXiao, what kind of house do you live in? Do you live in an apartment, too? S: No. I live in a traditional hous

30、e. T: Do you like living in a traditional house? S2: Not very much. Because its not safe whenthere is nobody at home, and it gives you much trouble to keep warm in win ter, but it has some advantages. It s convenient for you to carry things home, and you can take exercise in the yard. If you like, y

31、ou can keep somepets, such as a dog, a cat and so on. And you can grow some flowers, too.Its very interesting.T: Good. I must pay a visit to your house one day. Now, look at the questions on the screen and have a discussi on in pairs. (Show the follow ing on the scree n.) Questi ons: If you were fre

32、e to desig n your own dream house, what would your house look like? What materials would you use? Explain why you madecertain choices about your dream house. (After the discussi on, collect their an swers.) S3: lf I were free to desig n my own dream house, I would like it to look modern and comforta

33、ble. I would lay a wooden floor in the rooms. I would have a glass tea table placed in the kitche n. I would like somemodern steel chairs designed in special styles. I would have a set of leather sofa in the living room. S4: I have a differe nt opinion. I would like my dream house to look traditi on

34、 al. I like woode n furniture very much. I would have a wooden floor laid first. And then I would buy some wooden furn iture, such as a woode n tea table, some woode n chairs, a big woodenbed and one woodenbookcase. I would have two Chinese traditionalpaintings put up on the wall in my living room.

35、And I would place a pair of cloisonne vases in the living room. 1 think woodenfurnituremakespeople feel friendlyand peaceful. S5: T: All your desig ns are won derful. Youre all good architects. This unit is about art and architecture. What words and phrases do you thi nk will be useful whe n you wan

36、t to talk about them? Who kno ws? S6: I th ink “ pattern, style, moder n, material, traditi on al, be madeof, be covered by” are useful. T: Good. Whocan tellus more? S7: Let metry. High, low, steel, be famous for, look like, and so on. T: Very good. Now, work in groups of four and find out the histo

37、ry of art and architecture, n ames of artists and architects, famous buildings and works of art in the world. (A moment later, teacher may ask some stude nts to say their an swers.) Step II Speak ing T: Now, please ope n your books and tur n to Page 17. Look at the two pictures. What do you see? Ss:

38、 Modern buildings and a traditi onal house. T: Just now, we talked about their advantages and disadvantages. Now, please work in pairs to make a short dialogue. Tell each other which you prefer and try to explain why you prefer one thing to the other. (Students prepare for a while.) T: Are you ready

39、? Ss: Yes. T: Which pair volunteers to act our your dialogue? Ss: Let us try. (The pair acts out their dialogue. Teacher the n shows the follow ing on the scree n.) T: Very good. Now, please look at the scree n. What beautiful chairs they are! Do you like them? Ss: Yes. T: Which do you like better?

40、(Ss mayhave different answers.) T: OK. Now, please turn to Page 18 and look at the sample dialogue in Speaking and some useful expressi ons on Page 19. Theyre useful whe n you are making your dialogue express ing prefere nces. Read them carefully and then makea dialogue with your partner. (A moment

41、later, ask some stude nts to act out their dialogues.) Sample dialogue: A: Do you prefer classical chairs or do you like modern chairs better? B: rd rather have modern chairs. A: Can you tell me why? B: In my opinion, moder n chairs are lighter and more colorful. dont like the hard woode n chairs wh

42、ich I think are uncomfortable. A: I really prefer classical chairs. I like see ing someth ing old and classical and I like the differe nt desig ns of the chairs. Step III Preparati on for Listening T: OK. Weve talked muchabout art and architecture. And we also desig ned our own dream houses. Now, im

43、ag ine that youre moving into your new house, but you n eed to buy some furniture.What kind of furniture would you like to buy and why do you prefer them? Have a short discussi on in pairs, please. (Allow the stude nts a few minu tes to prepare for the dialogue and ask one or two pairs to act out if time permits. ) Step IV Listening T: Well done. Now, well do somelistening practice. Youlllisten to a talk between Amyand Danny. They want to buy some furn iturefor their new house. They visit a shop and talk with the sales assista