lesson 5.Picasso and His Pictures Step 1 Lead-in discussion Ask that two students to answer the questions in P.54 Many of Picasso’s feelings and attitudes changed over his lifetime. Describe some of the major changes. What does this tell you about his character? Have you seen any of Picasso’s paintings? What do you think of them?

Step 2. Comprehend the lesson through several questions 1. According to the writer, what are the differences between young people and older people? 2. Was Picasso satisfied with what he had achieved? Give evidence for your answer. 3. Why did Picasso go to Paris and stay there for the rest of his life. 4. Do you have a rough idea of the four periods of Picasso’s paintings after reading the text? What does the “blue period” refer to?

Understanding details Mark these statements T or F 1. Dell will sell only in big cities. 2. Dell already sells computers in South America 3. the company also produces PCs in Mexico 4. it plans to import all the components it needs 5. Ford and Volkswagen have been operating in South America for some years. 6. considering South America as a single market is not an easy task. 7. Dell hopes to sell its computers duty-free in many countries

Step 3 read the text Paraphrase and translate some sentences 1. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of painting seemed to happen there. L.16 绘画界的一切新鲜而又轰动一时的事情似乎都发生在那里。 2. They were painted in bright colors, lovely to look at. L.21 那个时期他的画作色调明快，很是悦目。 3. The struggle began to show in a new choice of subjects. L22 斗争意识开始反映在他对题材的新的选择上。 He began to see people and places in terms of simple forms and shapes. L.31 他开始以简单的形状去看待人和场景。 4. They can make our own view of the world sharper. L.46 那些绘画能使我们自己对世界范围的观察力变得更尖锐。 5. Sometimes he painted the natural look of things. Sometimes he seemed to break them apart and throw the pieces in one’s face. L.50 有时他描绘事物的自然本色；有时他似乎把事物拆散，然后支离破碎地抛到人们面前。 6. “The reality of life is in the head, the face and the body.” L.59 生命的真实存在于头部、面部和形体之中。

2 ） background information Mercosur refers to a common market among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, known as the common market of the South. It was created by the Treaty of Ascuncion on March 26, 1991, with Chile and Bolivia added as associate members in 1996 and it has the objective of establishing the free circulation of goods, services, and factors of production, achieving unified customs, coordinating fiscal and exchange policies, and setting a common external tariff and trade policy.

Step 4 summarization and review 1. Ask the students to finish the following reading tasks C. complete the sequences of steps in the planned assembly and delivery of Dell’s PCs. D. how the text is organized. these phrases summarize the main idea of each paragraph match each phrase to the correct paragraph Step 5 exercises in class Finish exercises A word search