【备课参考】人教版高中英语选修6课件：Unit 1 Art Using language（共69张PPT）
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课件69张PPT。Unit 1 Art
Using language1. Do you know any western art galleries?
2. Have you ever been to any western
galleries before? If so, describe your
visit.Pre-readingThe Best of Manhattan’s Art GalleriesScanningHow many art galleries are introduced in
the passage? What and where are they?Five
The Frick Collection;
Guggenheim Museum;
Metropolitan Museum of Art;
Museum of Modern Art;
Whitney Museum of American Art5th & E.70th Street5th Avenue & 88th street5th Avenue & 82nd
Street53rd Street945 Madison
Avenue12345The Frick CollectionGuggenheim MuseumMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtstreetavenueMatch the numbers on the map with the museums. Fast reading1. What’s the main idea of this passage?
2. Who do you think the text was
written for?
The passage introduces some best art galleries of Manhattan.Tourists and art gallery visitors.Henry Clay FrickThe Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆Careful readingWhat can you do in this art gallery? see…
explore…
visit…pre-twentieth century western paintingsFrick’s beautiful housethe gardenGuggenheim MuseumGuggenheim Museum owns _____ modern
paintings, sculptures and drawings. The
exhibition in it is always _______. The
largest part of the collection is the
___________ and ______________ section.
The best way to see the paintings is to start
from the ____ floor and walk down to the
______. The museum also has an excellent
_________.5, 000changingimpressionistpost-impressionisttopbottomrestaurantFill in the blanks. Metropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆1. In which museum can we find Chinese art?
2. Where can we find the works of Van Gogh,
Picasso or Matisse?Metropolitan Museum of Art.Museum of Modern Art.Read and answer. 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.FTFT_________________________________Metropolitan Museum of Art______________not cheap/expensiveTrue or False? Whitney Museum of American ArtRead the passage and complete the chart.Whitney Museum of American Art945 Madison Avenue
(near 75th St.)53th St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues)Contemporary (mainly art by living artists)late 19th century to the 21st centuryWestern countriesModern (from late 19th century onwards)pre-twentieth century5th and Madison Avenues5th Avenue & 88th Street5th Avenue & 82nd StreetMetropolitan Museum of Artall over the world1. The passage may probably come from
____.
A. a newspaper B. a magazine
C. a tourist guide book D. a text book
2. You must walk all the way instead of
taking a lift if you visit _____.
A. Metropolitan Museum of Art
B. Whitney Museum of American Art
C. Museum of Modern Art
D. Guggenheim Museum Choose the correct answer.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 ArtC D 5. If you want to know how people lived 5, 000
years ago, you should visit ____.
A. Metropolitan Museum of Art
B. Whitney Museum of American Art
C. Museum of Modern Art
D. Guggenheim Museum
6. Which museum does number 4 in the map
stand for?
A. Metropolitan Museum of Art
B. The Frick Collection
C. Museum of Modern Art
D. Whitney Museum of American ArtA B DiscussionEnjoy the following pictures and discuss.
Which of the five galleries would you choose to visit? Why?The Frick CollectionGuggenheim MuseumMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtMonetMatisse
French painterWhitney Museum of American Art1. Many art lovers would rather visit this
small art gallery than any other in New York.
“would rather...than...”, 意谓“宁可(愿)……
(而) 不要(愿)……”、“与其……不如……”。
用以表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中
一件事，而不愿做另一件事。如:
I would rather watch TV at home than go
to the cinema.
我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。 Language PointsThe children would rather walk there than
take a bus.
孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽车。
注意： than 后边也应接动词原形，但如该句型
前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个
动词可省去。如：
I’d rather you know that now than afterwards.
我宁可你现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。
2. 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. 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 cookedB2) 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 studyingB3. Frick had a preference for pre-twentieth
century Western paintings, ...
弗雷克偏爱20世纪以前的西方画……
preference n. ① 喜爱; 偏爱
A window seat is my preference.
我喜欢靠窗的座位。
We dress simply by preference.
我们仅凭个人偏好选择穿着。② 偏爱的事物(或人) [C]
Which is your preference, tea or coffee?
你喜欢喝哪一样，茶还是咖啡?
③ 偏袒[U] + for
Parents should not show preference for any
one of their children.
父母不应流露出对任何一个孩子的偏心。
④优先(权)；优惠权[U]&[C]
We give preference to applicants with some
experience.
我们优先录用有经验的申请人。联想拓展have a preference for 偏爱……
have a preference of sth. to/over another
宁要某物而不要另一个
in preference to 优先于……
prefer v. 宁可; 宁愿; 更喜欢
prefer to do sth. 更喜欢做某事
prefer sb. to do sth. 宁愿某人做某事
prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.
宁愿……而不愿……
prefer (doing) sth. to (doing) sth.
与……相比更喜欢……①I ____ ___ __________ _____ Chinese food.
我更喜欢中餐。
② Teachers should not ____ ___________ for
any particular student.
教师不应该表现出对某一个学生的偏爱。高手过招have a preference for show preference 4. 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。用法归纳
appeal to sb./sth. against sth.??
针对某事向某人某事申诉
appeal to sb.?? 吸引某人；使某人感兴趣
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.
A. on; for?? B. to; for?? C. 不填; for?? D. to; ofB A (3) Many newspapers ________ the crowd.
A. are appealed to?? B. appeal on??
C. appeal to?? D. appeal
联想拓展
appealing? adj. 吸引人的，令人感兴趣的;
恳求的; 希望同情的A 5. 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.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.6. 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.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.1. Who first suggested they visit art galleries?
2. Who does not like large museums?JohnSusanListening and speaking1 Gao Yan, John and Susan are on holiday in New York. Listen to the three friends discussing the art galleries they would like to visit and answer these questions.3. Why is Gao Yang interested in visiting the Metropolitan Museum?
He wants to see art from all over the world, including some from China.
4. What is their plan for the first day?
Visit the Frick Collection in the morning and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the afternoon.5. What do they do to make Susan happy?
They suggest that Susan go back in the afternoon from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the hotel if she has had enough. John and Gao Yan stay at the museum till it close.6. Why doesn’t Susan want to go to the Museum of Modern Art?
She thinks a monkey could paint better pictures than modern artists.
7. Which two galleries do they decide to visit on Saturday?
The Whitney first and the then Guggenheim.2 Listen again to Part 2 of the tape and in pairs discuss the characters of Gao Yan, John and Susan. What are their attitudes to modern art? Gao Yan:
1. helpful: he makes suggestions.
2. reasonable: he tries to accommodate Susan’s not wanting to stay too long at the museums.
3. organized: he sorts out the programme for the next day.John:
1. Interested in art: suggests that they
go to a museum
2. Reasonable: prepared to
accommodate Susan’s wishes
3. Independent thinker: argues with
Susan over her idea about modern art
4. Accommodating: fits in with the
plans of othersSusan:
1. Not accommodating: only fits in with the others unwillingly
2. Complaining: grumbles a lot about something that is unimportant
3. Irritating: even though the others make concessions to her she is not happy(G=Gao Yan S=Susan J=John)
Part 1
G: We’ve got two days. What would
you like to do tomorrow?
J: I’d like to visit some art galleries.
S: But John, the guide book says that
there are more than sixty galleries in
Manhattan!Listening textJ: Well, let’s choose the ones that
appeal to us.
G: I want to visit the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. It has art from all
over the world- even some from China.J: Well, that sounds great, but it’s a
rather large gallery. What do you
suggest, Susan? Would you rather
go to a smaller gallery to begin with?
S: Yes, please John. I don’t like large
museums. I’d go to the Frick
Collection. That’s quite small and we
could go the Metropolitan Museum
after that.G: Well, how about this? Tomorrow we
go to the Frick in the morning and the
Metropolitan in the afternoon. The
Metropolitan stays open until 8:45 pm
on Fridays. So if you’ve had enough by
dinner time, Susan, you can go back to
the hotel. John and I can stay at the
museum till it closes.J: Sounds good to me.
S: It’s certainly a better arrangement.Part 2
G: Perhaps we could go to the Museum
of Modern Art on Saturday.
S: Oh no. It’s too big and crowded.
And it’s expensive.
J: Susan, would you rather do something
else on our second day?S: No, no. I’d like to see some art but not
too much and not too modern.
G: What’s the problem?
S: I’m not fond of Modern art. A monkey
could paint better pictures than some of
those paintings. If it was up to me, I’d
get rid of all of them.J: Really? I don’t understand why you
dislike modern art so much. But you
know that modern art began with the
Impressionist, right?
S: I don’t know anything about the
impressionists.G: It’s just she doesn’t know enough about it, John. Let’s go to the Guggenheim. They’ve wonderful Impressionist paintings there.
J: I agree, but we shouldn’t miss the Whitney Museum of American Art. Would you mind, Susan, if we went there too?S: Not if we don’t stay too long.
J: Do you think we’ve time to go to the
Whitney first and then the
Guggenheim? They’re quite close
together.
G: Let’s try. Is that OK with you,
Susan?
SUSAN: Yes, I suppose so! (grudgingly).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?DiscussionYou have only one day to visit art galleries in New York. In a small group read the guide book again and decide together which galleries you prefer and why. Use expressions about preference like the following ones in the box.WritingIf you were asked to start a new art gallery for your district, what kind of art would you put in it and why?
Think about: (1) what kind of art works people
in your district produce and would
like to display (2) what kind of art works they might like to learn about.
(3) whether you would prefer to have local art in your gallery, art from all over China or art from all over the world.
(4) whether you would prefer to have only modern art, only traditional art
or both.2 Write a letter to the art gallery committee giving your suggestions and reasons for starting this new art gallery. Use the framework of the letter above to help you.Dear Committee members,
I wish to make a suggestion about the kind of art we can put into our new gallery. Our district is well-known for paper-cutting and the people are very skilled at it. At the moment, these people don’t have anywhere to display the variety and skill of their craftsmanship. Sample writingIf the skill is lost there may be no record of it. The gallery would provide them with an opportunity to preserve this skill. If you were to allow them to display their expertise here I believe we could make our district famous and encourage more tourists to come here.
I hope you will consider my suggestion favourably. Your faithfully, Liu Xiao Ye Homework1. Retell the text.
2. Master the language points
in the text.Thank You!
Using language1. Do you know any western art galleries?
2. Have you ever been to any western
galleries before? If so, describe your
visit.Pre-readingThe Best of Manhattan’s Art GalleriesScanningHow many art galleries are introduced in
the passage? What and where are they?Five
The Frick Collection;
Guggenheim Museum;
Metropolitan Museum of Art;
Museum of Modern Art;
Whitney Museum of American Art5th & E.70th Street5th Avenue & 88th street5th Avenue & 82nd
Street53rd Street945 Madison
Avenue12345The Frick CollectionGuggenheim MuseumMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtstreetavenueMatch the numbers on the map with the museums. Fast reading1. What’s the main idea of this passage?
2. Who do you think the text was
written for?
The passage introduces some best art galleries of Manhattan.Tourists and art gallery visitors.Henry Clay FrickThe Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆Careful readingWhat can you do in this art gallery? see…
explore…
visit…pre-twentieth century western paintingsFrick’s beautiful housethe gardenGuggenheim MuseumGuggenheim Museum owns _____ modern
paintings, sculptures and drawings. The
exhibition in it is always _______. The
largest part of the collection is the
___________ and ______________ section.
The best way to see the paintings is to start
from the ____ floor and walk down to the
______. The museum also has an excellent
_________.5, 000changingimpressionistpost-impressionisttopbottomrestaurantFill in the blanks. Metropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆1. In which museum can we find Chinese art?
2. Where can we find the works of Van Gogh,
Picasso or Matisse?Metropolitan Museum of Art.Museum of Modern Art.Read and answer. 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.FTFT_________________________________Metropolitan Museum of Art______________not cheap/expensiveTrue or False? Whitney Museum of American ArtRead the passage and complete the chart.Whitney Museum of American Art945 Madison Avenue
(near 75th St.)53th St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues)Contemporary (mainly art by living artists)late 19th century to the 21st centuryWestern countriesModern (from late 19th century onwards)pre-twentieth century5th and Madison Avenues5th Avenue & 88th Street5th Avenue & 82nd StreetMetropolitan Museum of Artall over the world1. The passage may probably come from
____.
A. a newspaper B. a magazine
C. a tourist guide book D. a text book
2. You must walk all the way instead of
taking a lift if you visit _____.
A. Metropolitan Museum of Art
B. Whitney Museum of American Art
C. Museum of Modern Art
D. Guggenheim Museum Choose the correct answer.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 ArtC D 5. If you want to know how people lived 5, 000
years ago, you should visit ____.
A. Metropolitan Museum of Art
B. Whitney Museum of American Art
C. Museum of Modern Art
D. Guggenheim Museum
6. Which museum does number 4 in the map
stand for?
A. Metropolitan Museum of Art
B. The Frick Collection
C. Museum of Modern Art
D. Whitney Museum of American ArtA B DiscussionEnjoy the following pictures and discuss.
Which of the five galleries would you choose to visit? Why?The Frick CollectionGuggenheim MuseumMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtMonetMatisse
French painterWhitney Museum of American Art1. Many art lovers would rather visit this
small art gallery than any other in New York.
“would rather...than...”, 意谓“宁可(愿)……
(而) 不要(愿)……”、“与其……不如……”。
用以表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中
一件事，而不愿做另一件事。如:
I would rather watch TV at home than go
to the cinema.
我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。 Language PointsThe children would rather walk there than
take a bus.
孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽车。
注意： than 后边也应接动词原形，但如该句型
前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个
动词可省去。如：
I’d rather you know that now than afterwards.
我宁可你现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。
2. 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. 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 cookedB2) 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 studyingB3. Frick had a preference for pre-twentieth
century Western paintings, ...
弗雷克偏爱20世纪以前的西方画……
preference n. ① 喜爱; 偏爱
A window seat is my preference.
我喜欢靠窗的座位。
We dress simply by preference.
我们仅凭个人偏好选择穿着。② 偏爱的事物(或人) [C]
Which is your preference, tea or coffee?
你喜欢喝哪一样，茶还是咖啡?
③ 偏袒[U] + for
Parents should not show preference for any
one of their children.
父母不应流露出对任何一个孩子的偏心。
④优先(权)；优惠权[U]&[C]
We give preference to applicants with some
experience.
我们优先录用有经验的申请人。联想拓展have a preference for 偏爱……
have a preference of sth. to/over another
宁要某物而不要另一个
in preference to 优先于……
prefer v. 宁可; 宁愿; 更喜欢
prefer to do sth. 更喜欢做某事
prefer sb. to do sth. 宁愿某人做某事
prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.
宁愿……而不愿……
prefer (doing) sth. to (doing) sth.
与……相比更喜欢……①I ____ ___ __________ _____ Chinese food.
我更喜欢中餐。
② Teachers should not ____ ___________ for
any particular student.
教师不应该表现出对某一个学生的偏爱。高手过招have a preference for show preference 4. 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。用法归纳
appeal to sb./sth. against sth.??
针对某事向某人某事申诉
appeal to sb.?? 吸引某人；使某人感兴趣
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.
A. on; for?? B. to; for?? C. 不填; for?? D. to; ofB A (3) Many newspapers ________ the crowd.
A. are appealed to?? B. appeal on??
C. appeal to?? D. appeal
联想拓展
appealing? adj. 吸引人的，令人感兴趣的;
恳求的; 希望同情的A 5. 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.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.6. 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.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.1. Who first suggested they visit art galleries?
2. Who does not like large museums?JohnSusanListening and speaking1 Gao Yan, John and Susan are on holiday in New York. Listen to the three friends discussing the art galleries they would like to visit and answer these questions.3. Why is Gao Yang interested in visiting the Metropolitan Museum?
He wants to see art from all over the world, including some from China.
4. What is their plan for the first day?
Visit the Frick Collection in the morning and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the afternoon.5. What do they do to make Susan happy?
They suggest that Susan go back in the afternoon from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the hotel if she has had enough. John and Gao Yan stay at the museum till it close.6. Why doesn’t Susan want to go to the Museum of Modern Art?
She thinks a monkey could paint better pictures than modern artists.
7. Which two galleries do they decide to visit on Saturday?
The Whitney first and the then Guggenheim.2 Listen again to Part 2 of the tape and in pairs discuss the characters of Gao Yan, John and Susan. What are their attitudes to modern art? Gao Yan:
1. helpful: he makes suggestions.
2. reasonable: he tries to accommodate Susan’s not wanting to stay too long at the museums.
3. organized: he sorts out the programme for the next day.John:
1. Interested in art: suggests that they
go to a museum
2. Reasonable: prepared to
accommodate Susan’s wishes
3. Independent thinker: argues with
Susan over her idea about modern art
4. Accommodating: fits in with the
plans of othersSusan:
1. Not accommodating: only fits in with the others unwillingly
2. Complaining: grumbles a lot about something that is unimportant
3. Irritating: even though the others make concessions to her she is not happy(G=Gao Yan S=Susan J=John)
Part 1
G: We’ve got two days. What would
you like to do tomorrow?
J: I’d like to visit some art galleries.
S: But John, the guide book says that
there are more than sixty galleries in
Manhattan!Listening textJ: Well, let’s choose the ones that
appeal to us.
G: I want to visit the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. It has art from all
over the world- even some from China.J: Well, that sounds great, but it’s a
rather large gallery. What do you
suggest, Susan? Would you rather
go to a smaller gallery to begin with?
S: Yes, please John. I don’t like large
museums. I’d go to the Frick
Collection. That’s quite small and we
could go the Metropolitan Museum
after that.G: Well, how about this? Tomorrow we
go to the Frick in the morning and the
Metropolitan in the afternoon. The
Metropolitan stays open until 8:45 pm
on Fridays. So if you’ve had enough by
dinner time, Susan, you can go back to
the hotel. John and I can stay at the
museum till it closes.J: Sounds good to me.
S: It’s certainly a better arrangement.Part 2
G: Perhaps we could go to the Museum
of Modern Art on Saturday.
S: Oh no. It’s too big and crowded.
And it’s expensive.
J: Susan, would you rather do something
else on our second day?S: No, no. I’d like to see some art but not
too much and not too modern.
G: What’s the problem?
S: I’m not fond of Modern art. A monkey
could paint better pictures than some of
those paintings. If it was up to me, I’d
get rid of all of them.J: Really? I don’t understand why you
dislike modern art so much. But you
know that modern art began with the
Impressionist, right?
S: I don’t know anything about the
impressionists.G: It’s just she doesn’t know enough about it, John. Let’s go to the Guggenheim. They’ve wonderful Impressionist paintings there.
J: I agree, but we shouldn’t miss the Whitney Museum of American Art. Would you mind, Susan, if we went there too?S: Not if we don’t stay too long.
J: Do you think we’ve time to go to the
Whitney first and then the
Guggenheim? They’re quite close
together.
G: Let’s try. Is that OK with you,
Susan?
SUSAN: Yes, I suppose so! (grudgingly).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?DiscussionYou have only one day to visit art galleries in New York. In a small group read the guide book again and decide together which galleries you prefer and why. Use expressions about preference like the following ones in the box.WritingIf you were asked to start a new art gallery for your district, what kind of art would you put in it and why?
Think about: (1) what kind of art works people
in your district produce and would
like to display (2) what kind of art works they might like to learn about.
(3) whether you would prefer to have local art in your gallery, art from all over China or art from all over the world.
(4) whether you would prefer to have only modern art, only traditional art
or both.2 Write a letter to the art gallery committee giving your suggestions and reasons for starting this new art gallery. Use the framework of the letter above to help you.Dear Committee members,
I wish to make a suggestion about the kind of art we can put into our new gallery. Our district is well-known for paper-cutting and the people are very skilled at it. At the moment, these people don’t have anywhere to display the variety and skill of their craftsmanship. Sample writingIf the skill is lost there may be no record of it. The gallery would provide them with an opportunity to preserve this skill. If you were to allow them to display their expertise here I believe we could make our district famous and encourage more tourists to come here.
I hope you will consider my suggestion favourably. Your faithfully, Liu Xiao Ye Homework1. Retell the text.
2. Master the language points
in the text.Thank You!