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UNIT 5
Learning from
nature
William Wordsworth was an English Romantic ____ who, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads(1798).
Let nature be your teacher.
William Wordsworth(1770-1850)
I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay
poet
Claude Monet was a French painter, a ______ of French Impressionist painting. Monet`s method involved painting the same scene many times in order to ______ the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.
The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
Starting out
Claude Monet(1840-1926)
founder
capture
Zhang Daqian was a Chinese painter and is regarded as one of the most _____(gift) masters of the 20th century. Originally a guohua painter, he also became renowned ____ a modern impressionist and expressionist painter by the 1960s.
A painter should regard nature as their teacher, and never stick with just one style of painting.
Zhang Daqian(1899-1983)
gifted
as
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer and poet, and one of the most _________ (influence) writers and thinkers of the 19th century in the United States, who led New England Transcendentalism of the mid-19th century.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
influential
Read the quotes and answer the questions.
What is the common message conveyed in these quotes
The common message conveyed in these quotes is that they have a close relation with nature and they respect nature and get inspirations from nature.
Watch the video and answer the questions.
What lessons from nature are mentioned in the video
Trees
Succulents in deserts
From birds,
From salmon,
Ants teach us
give us lessons about strength in the face of hard times.
give us lessons about learning to adapt to the environment.
we learn to spread our wings and fly to reach our full potential.
we learn the importance of perseverance in order to achieve our goals.
to embrace responsibility and always do our best.
bird and plane
bat and radar
shark and swimsuit
Nature in Architecture
Extraordinary Architects
Living on Earth
Architecture Frontier
Natural World
Choose the magazine in which you would most likely find the passage.
What’s the genre of the passage
Introduction
Main body
Conclusion
There is much inspiration from nature in our daily lives, and nature has also inspired many of the most fascinating designs, including those in architecture.
Introduction
Nature gives us much inspiration.
Trees , plants and flowers are all around us and we enjoy their beauty every day. In fact, we are so used to them that we may take them for granted without realising how much inspiration they have given us.
Of course, it wasn`t the umbrella that inspired the flower or the roof that inspired the pine cone.
Barcelona`s
forest-like
Sagrada Familia
Beijing`s Water Cube
cell structure
Main body
The author shows three examples of architecture which are inspired by nature.
Read Para. 3 carefully and answer the following questions.
①Where is ArtScience Museum located
It is located in Singapore.
②What did the architect take inspiration from
The architect took inspiration from a lotus flower.
③What are the features of the building
Its roof collects rainwater and chanels it 35 metres down to a waterfall in the centre of the space. The water is then recycled through the building’s plumbing system.
④Why do visitors feel amazed
They find themselves in an urban building that so truly captures the beauty of natural forms.
Building Location Source of inspiration Purpose Feature Function
It has a “skin”
reduce the need for traditional air conditioning and heating system, thus using less energy and costing less to run
covered in
holes. During
the day, warm
air is drawn into
the building
The Eastgate Centre Harare Termite mound To mimic the way nature works through the holes, cooling as it reaches the middle of the building. At night, the heat absorbed by the
wall during the
day warms the
cool air, creating
comfortable
temperature
inside.
Read Para. 4 carefully and complete the table.
Read Para. 5 carefully and ask as many questions as possible and then give answers.
Conclusion
Nature-inspired buildings enable us to live in closer harmony with our environment.
which of the three buildings are you most impressed by Why
National Stadium
Beijing’s Water Cube
Taipei 101 Building
Institute of New Energy, Wuhan
Work in groups and choose one of them to introduce
National Stadium
bird’s nest
Beijing’s Water Cube
cell
bamboo
Taipei 101 Building
Institute of New Energy
calla lily
The way to be curious and go forth in a sustainable less messy way is to keep nature as our mentor.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Frank Wright
one of the greatest architects in USA
Homework
Polish the introduction of the architecture you talked about in class.
Finish the exercise Activity 3 in textbook P52.
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
1 many of the most fascinating designs
2 lotus flower
3 the water that surrounds it
4 the water is then recycled
5 mimic the way nature works
6 move freely in and out of the mounds
7 traditional air conditioning and heating systems
8 make natural organisms part of a building
9 capture heat from the sun
10 produce fuel
11 generating its own renewable energy
12 live in closer harmony with our environment
We are used to things that we may even take them 1. granted without realising how much inspiration they have given us. Nature
2. (inspire) many of the most 3. (fascinate) designs around us,4. (include) those in architecture and is presented in various architectural 5. (design).Today,
architects continue to explore ways 6. (capture) the beauty of natural forms, to mimic the way nature works or even to make natural organisms part of a building.7. (create) buildings such as these enables us to live in 8. (close) harmony with our environment . To meet the needs of today while protecting the world of tomorrow may be 9. challenge , but even the simplest organisms can help teach us 10. to achieve this.
for
has inspired
fascinating
including
designs
to capture
Creating
closer
a
how
直击高考
There is a large quantity of fish in the boat.
A large quantity of books were printed.
Quantities of water were wasted in this town last year.
There were large quantities of shoppers just before Christmas.
thanks