1. 新课标人教版课件系列
《高中英语》
选修（模块）6-1.3

2. Unit 1
Art
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3. Opportunity never knocks twice
Proverb
Opportunity never knocks twice
at any man's door.　
机不可失，时不再来。

4. Riddles A promise. A river.
1.What is that you ought to keep after you give it
to somebody else?
2.What is that which has a mouth, but never
speaks, and a bed, but never sleeps in it?
A promise.
A river.

5. Do you know what the planting expresses or represents?
King of the wild animals, the tiger is a symbol of courage and bravery and it can drive off demons demon(恶魔).
Tiger

6. Pine
(墨僧)
The favourite tree of Chinese painters, the pine symbolizes longevity (长寿) and steadfastness (坚定, 稳当).

7. The five petals(花瓣)of the plum flower symbolize the five gods of good luck. The plum tree, pine, and bamboo are the “Three Friends in Winter”
Plum
(高延军,4000)

8. Bamboo
(王烈)
Always green in colour, bamboo is a symbol of old age and modesty(谦逊；端庄). Bamboo and plums(李)together represent man and wife. bamboo, pine trees, and plums commonly seen together in a painting are the “Three Friends in Winter”.

9. Symbol of longevity(长寿) and often shown together with a pine-tree and a stone, two other symbols of
Crane
(墨僧)

10. The lotus is the symbol of purity and one of the eight Buddhist(佛教的)precious (珍贵的) things. The lotus comes out of the mire(泥潭)but is not itself soiled(弄脏了的). It is inwardly(在内部) empty yet outwardly upright(正直的). It has no branches but yet smells sweet. The words for lotus in Chinese have the same meanings as: to bind(捆), connect (in marriage), one after the other, uninterrupted(不停的, 连续的), to love, and modesty(谦逊；端庄).
Lotus (Lian-Hua, He)
(郭怡宗5.5万)

11. to pick Chrysanthemum on the 9th day of the 9th month.
Symbolizes autumn. Its Chinese name sound similar to the words “remain, nine, and long time”. It is best
to pick Chrysanthemum on the 9th day of the 9th month.
Chrysanthemum (Ju)
(郭东健)

12. Fish in Chinese sounds like the word for “Abundance (丰富,充裕)and Affluence (富裕)” so the fish symbolizes wealth. Fish shown with a lotus(莲) blossom symbolizes “Year after year may you live in affluence .
Fish
(墨痴,8000)

13. 2. state or fact of existing 3. being in thought but having a
Match the words in Column A
with those in Column B.
a. realistic
b. abstract
c. existence
d. detailed
e. religious
f. traditional
1. accurate, minute
2. state or fact of existing
3. being in thought but having a
physical or practical existence
4. lifelike, true to life
5. classical, of old beliefs
6. sincere to believe in a god or gods

14. Look at the paintings in this unit and discuss the questions
1. Which would you choose to put up on the
walls of our classroom? And why?
2.Would you rather have Chinese or Western
paintings in your home? Give your reasons.
3.If you were an artist, what kind of pictures
would you paint?
4. What would you rather do--- paint pictures,
make sculptures, or design buildings? Why?

15. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-
Pre-reading
1.Do you ever visit art galleries?
What kind of paintings have your ever seen?
2.Can you spell out the names of some famous
Western artists and tell me in which century
they lived?
Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-
Impressionist (后印象派作家). He was a famous
artist in 19th century.
Henri Matisse was a French Painter
considered to be one of the great formative
figures in 20th-century art.

16. He drew things in perspective, which makes pictures very realistic.
Reading
Task 1 Scanning and answer some questions
What were the artists interested in from 5th
to 15th century AD?
2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings?
3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly?
They were interested in creating respect and love for God. They painted many religious scenes.
He drew things in perspective, which makes pictures very realistic.
Because natural light changes quickly they had to paint quickly.

17. Read again and then complete the following chart.
Task 2 Skimming
Read again and then complete the following chart.
Name of Ages
time
artist
feature
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impres-sionism
Modern art
5th to 15th century AD
Giotto Bondone
religious, realistic
15th to 16th century
Perspective, realistic
Masaccio
Late 19th to early 20th century
Detailed, ridiculous
Controversial, abstract, realistic
20th century to today

18. It means that there are too many different styles
Task 3. Difficult sentences
1. There are so many different styles of Western
art that it would be impossible to describe all
of them in a short text. (P1倒3行)
It means that there are too many different styles
of Western to introduce in a short passage.
2. People became focused more on humans
and less on religion. (P2第12行)
It tells us that people began to pay more attention to humans than religion.

19. Please focus your minds on the following problem.
become focused on
focus on
集中(注意力，精力)
concentrate on
Please focus your minds on the following problem.
If you focus the sun’s rays through a
magnifying(放大) glass on a dry leaf, it will start
to burn.
I am so tired I can’t focus (on anything) today.

20. 3. If the rules of perspective had not been
discovered, people would not have been able
to paint such realistic pictures. (P2第3段第5行)
It means that people discovered the rules of perspective, so that they painted such realistic pictures.
4. During the Renaissance oil paints were also
developed, which made colors look richer
and deeper. (P2第3段第6行)
That is to say, during the Renaissance oil paintings were so advanced that colors looked richer and deeper.

21. 5. At the time they were created, the
impressionists' paintings were controversial
but today they are accepted as the
beginning of what we now call "modern art".
(P3第2行)
When the impressionists started to paint in their own way, some people did not accept their paintings. However, nowadays people consider them as the beginning of the Modern Art.

22. Write down three new things you have learned about Western art.
have learned that:
artistic style changes as a society's culture
and values change.
in the middle ages most paintings had
religious subjects.
before l428 Western painters didn't know
how to draw in perspective.
at first people hated impressionist paintings.

23. Questions:
Why has the style of Western art changed more often than Chinese art?
Art is influenced by beliefs, values of the people and the way of life. For example, during the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes because of the people's respect and love God. But in the Renaissance, people became focused more on humans and less on religion. In Europe in the late 19th century many new inventions were created and society changed greatly, so painting styles were different from the traditional style. But China has lived the similar way of life for a very long time, so Chinese art has changed less often.

24. or How to find key idea in sentences (句子的主题)
The key idea is usually about
what a person or object is or
what a person or object does.
Find the main ideas in these two sentences:
This text will describe the styles.
Consequently, this text will describe only a
few of the main styles, starting from the 5th
century AD.

25. starting from the 5th century AD
Find key idea in sentences:
1.Consequently, this text will describe only a
few of the main styles, starting from the 5th
century AD.
1).First take away the minor details
conjunction:
Consequently
how many:
only a few of
what kind:
main
when:
starting from the 5th century AD
2).With those details crossed out, what is the
sentence about?
This text.
3).And what happened to the text?
It will describe the styles.
(the key idea )

26. 2. During the middle ages, the main
aim of painters was to represent
religious themes.
The aim of painters was to represent
religious themes.
3. In the Renaissance, new ideas and
values took the place of those that
were held in the middle ages.
New ideas and values took the place of those.

27. Europe changed a great deal.
4. In the late I9th century, Europe changed a
great deal, from a mostly agricultural society
to a mostly industrial one.
Europe changed a great deal.
5. At the time they were created, the
impressionists' paintings were controversial
but today they are accepted as the beginning
of what we now call ''modern art".
The impressionists' paintings were controversial,
they are accepted as ''modern art".

28. Don’t forget your homework:
1.Preview Language study
2. Learn the new words by heart
3.find the useful expressions