1. Unit1 Art
Using language

2. If you had a great deal of money, what would you do?
If you were to travel abroad, would you go to visit some western art galleries?

6. Museum of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆

7. The Best of Manhattan’s Art Galleries

8. Scanning 1. How many galleries are mentioned in this text?
2. What do you think the purpose of this text is?
--To give people information about various art galleries in New York and to show them where they are.
3. Who do you think the text was written for?
--Tourists, galleries visitors
4. Where might you see such a passage?
-- A guide book

9. Match the numbers on the map with the museums.1
Guggenheim Museum 2
Metropolitan Museum of Art 3
Whitney Museum of American Art 4
The Frick Collection
street
avenue 5
Museum of Modern Art

10. The Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆
Careful reading
The Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆
Henry Clay Frick

11. Choose the correct answer.
1. You must walk all the way instead of
taking a lift if you visit _____. B
2. If you want to know how people lived 5, 000
years ago, you should visit ____. C
3. If you want to see Van Gogh’s paintings
you may go to _____. D
4. You can expect to see videos in _____. E

12. C D 3. If you want to see Van Gogh’s paintings you may go to _____.
A. The Frick Collection
B. Guggenheim Museum
C. Museum of Modern Art
D. Metropolitan Museum of Art
4. You can expect to see videos in _____.
A. Metropolitan Museum of Art
B. Museum of Modern Art
C. The Frick Collection
D. Whitney Museum of American Art C D

13. Read the passage and complete the chart.
name
address
Which centuries?
What countries?
America
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue
(near 75th St.)
contemporary(20th-21st century)
53th St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
late 19th century to the 21st century
Western countries

14. From ancient to modern times
Guggenheim Museum
Western countries
The Frick Collection
5th Avenue & 82nd Street
all over the world
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Modern (from late 19th century onwards)
5th Avenue & 88th Street
5th and Madison Avenues
pre-twentieth century

15. True or False? 1. Museum of Modern Art has the greatest
collection of art in the United States.
2. Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces
you to ancient ways of living.
3. The admission price of Museum of Modern
Art is very cheap and it is often crowded.
4. Metropolitan Museum of Art covers more
than 5000 years of civilization from many
parts of the world including China.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
_________________________________ F T F
not cheap/expensive
______________ T

16. Both of his parents died in the war, leaving him alone.
1. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919, leaving his house, …
动词-ing形式作状语时, 可表示时间、原因、结果、条件、让步、行为方式、伴随状况等, 通常情况下句子的主语与该动词之间是逻辑上的主动关系, 表示时间关系的分词短语有时可由when及while引出。如:
Both of his parents died in the war, leaving him alone.

17. To buy some salt, the careless housewife
went downstairs, _____ the fish ____over
the gas.
A. left; cooked B. leaving; being cooked
C. leaving; cooking D. left; being cooked B

18. 2) He is a student at Oxford University, ____ for a degree in computer science.
(07北京)
A. studied B. studying
C. to have studied D. to be studying B

19. appeal to
(1) 向...呼吁, 恳求
They never appealed to us for mercy.
他们从不向我们乞求怜悯。
(2) 诉诸; 求助于
You should not appeal to force.
你们不应该诉诸武力。
He appealed to his friends for support.
他请求朋友支持。
3) 使吸引, 受……欢迎(无被动形式)
The idea appealed to Mary.
这主意正合玛丽的心意。

20. 用法归纳 A B appeal to sb./sth. against sth. 针对某事向某人某事申诉
appeal to sb. for sth.   向某人恳求得到某物
即时活用
(1)Since they won’t listen to the advice, we
have to ________ force.
A. appeal to  B. stick to  C. keep to  D. yield to
(2)As an adult, he never appeals ________
his parents ______ financial help.
on; for   B. to; for   C. 不填; for   D. to; of A B
联想拓展
appealing  adj. 吸引人的, 令人感兴趣的; 恳求的; 希望同情的

21. 3. The best way to see the paintings is to start from the top floor and walk down to the bottom.
不定式作表语常表示将来的动作, 主语常
常是表示意向、打算、计划的词, 如wish,
idea, task, purpose, duty, job等。如:
The most important thing for one's health
is to have plenty of exercise.

22. The purpose of the organization is to
greet all new comers to the city and to
provide them with any necessary
information.
What I wanted was to get the work
done as quickly as possible.

23. It is amazing that so many great works
of art from the late-19th century to the
21st century could be contained in the
same museum．
句型结构: It is + adj. + that clause.
真正的主语是后面的that从句。
It is possible that it will rain tomorrow.
It was clear that they hadn’t made a decision.

24. 知识拓展: It is + noun +从句
It’s a pity/shame that… (should)… 
……竟然……
It’s important that you should apologize
to her for your rudeness.
=It’s of much importance that you should
apologize to her for your rudeness.

25. The Frick Collection

26. Whitney Museum of American Art

27. Guggenheim Museum

28. Metropolitan Museum of Art

29. Museum of Modern Art

30. Guggenheim Museum

31. Discussion and speaking
Which of the five galleries would you like to visit? why?
Use expressions about preference like the following ones in the box.
I’d prefer… I’d rather… I’d like… I want to…
Would you rather…? Would you like …or …?
Which would you prefer…?
If it was up to me, I’d choose…
We shouldn’t miss… That’s my first choice.
I’m not fond of… I don’t like…
What’s your preference?

32. Sample dialogue
S1: I think I’d like modern art. It sounds fun and that’s my first choice. So let’s go to the Museum of Modern Art.
S2: Must we? I’d prefer to see the Chinese pottery in the Metropolitan Museum.
I’m not fond of abstract art.
S3:Me either! I’d rather not spend hours trying to work out what a painting is about. We shouldn’t miss an opportunity to see examples from our homeland.

33. S1: Ok. If it was up to me, I’d spend all day in Museum of Modern Art, but I understand how you feel. Would you like to go to the Metropolitan Museum first and then spend a short time in the Museum of Modern Art?
S2: Sounds good to me. What’s your preference, Tom?
S3: it’s OK with me. As long as I can see the Chinese pottery I’ll be happy. Does that suit you, Ruth?
S1: Suits me. What’s your preference, Claud?
S2: That’ll be fine by me! Let’s go to bed now so we’ll be fit for those visits in the morning.