英语学历案
选必一 Unit 4 Meeting the muse(第3课时)
Vocabulary and listening
自主学习【学】
【课标要求】
1. 本单元的主题语境是“人与社会”,涉及的主题语境内容是介绍艺术展和艺术作品。
2. 本课时围绕主题语境提供的语篇类型是语音讲解。
3. 本版块帮助学生深度聚焦语言的意义和功能,在真实的语境下进行思考和运用。
【学习目标】
引导学生学会赏析艺术作品,并会用相关的表达对艺术展和艺术作品进行描述。
引导学生关注语用功能,并能够在实际生活中运用。
【自学评价】
重点词组
point of view _____________
respond to _____________
protest wars and promote peace _________
wire fence _____________
contrast A with B _____________
in one’s opinion _____________
师生研学【研】
【学习过程】
Step1 Pre -listening
Read the passage and answer the questions. (P43 Activity7)
Step2 Listening
While-listening
Listen to the audio guide and find out the main message of each artwork. (P43 Activity8)
Listen again and complete the notes. (P43 Activity9)
Post-listening
Complete the table with the expressions from the audio guide.(P43 Activity10)
Pair work. (P43Activity11)
The Listening Text
The title of this painting is Guernica.It was painted by the well-known Spanish artist,
Pablo Picasso.Picasso painted this huge,breathtaking painting after the attack on the town of Guernica by the Nazis.It measures about 3.5 metres in height and almost 8 metres in width,and contains many different elements.In the centre of the painting,we can see a bull,a horse,a light bulb and a dead or wounded man lying on the ground.There have been endless debates about the meaning of these images,but Picasso insisted that it wasn't up to the painter to define them.He said that people must interpret the images as they understand them.Through these images,I can see the tragedy of war,and feel the people's fear as well as Picasso's anger towards the fighting.In the painting,Picasso uses only three colours:black,white and grey.In my opinion,this makes its effect more powerful than using a full range of colours.
Let's take a look at The Battlefield in Spring by Feng Zikai,who was one of the pioneers of modern Chinese cartoons.His illustrations deal with complex social issues in a simpleand lively way,and are widely loved by Chinese people.This Chinese cartoon is painted inprotest of Japanese aggression against China.In this cartoon,you can see a small section ofa battlefield,made up of sandbags,an army cap and a wire fence.On one of the sandbags grow some grass leaves.The lifeless objects together with the grass leaves create a strong contrast.Unlike Guernica,I personally think this cartoon delivers quite an optimistic message.It shows that the destruction of war is only temporary,and that the power of life is everlasting.I can feel the strong spirit and hope in this cartoon.It is widely believed that the grass shows Feng Zikai's encouragement to the Chinese people as well as his hope for peace.Through his war cartoons,he wanted to express his belief that Chinese people would win the war and bring peace back to the country.
训练提升【练】
【当堂检测】
短语填空
on display, turn to, pass down, come to life, set... in motion, so as to, go deeper into, bring out
1.Some countries have banned smoking in public places ____________ improve public health.
2.With no one to ____________ in such a frightening situation, the girl felt helpless.
3.His opinions about the students' burden ____________ heated discussion ____________.
4.There will be varieties of artworks ____________ in the art exhibition to be held on Saturday.
5.The performance was so real that it seemed as if the fairy tale characters had ____________.
6.He is a teacher who has the ability to ____________ the best in his pupils.
7.Now we know the difference of behaviour. We need to ____________ why this is happening.
8.We should ____________ our precious Chinese traditional culture to younger generations.
II. 阅读理解
When the leaves begin to change their colors and the birds head south,we know the season is starting to change. Generally,on September 7 comes White Dew(白露),the 15th solar term(节气)of the year. It indicates(标志着)the beginning of the cool autumn. As the temperature falls,white dew is often seen on the grass and trees at night.
For writers and poets,autumn is a difficult season to describe. It’s the end of the summer,and therefore a little sad. The days seem to get shorter,and when you wake in the morning,there’s mist(薄雾)and it’s cooler. Winter is just around the corner.
American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in his book A Moveable Feast,“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold,wintry light.”
But on the other hand,autumn has its good side. There are so many changes at this time of year,such as the colorful leaves and cooler nights. French writer Albert Camus even thought “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ”This view is also found in the most famous autumn poem in English literature,To Autumn by John Keats. In that poem,Keats says that autumn has its own songs,just like spring.
Another theme of this season is wisdom. The arrival of autumn is thought to be similar to a person becoming mature(成熟的).
The great Irish poet W.B. Yeats used this idea in his poem The Wild Swans at Coole,writing about the changing seasons in Coole Park in the west of Ireland. Seeing and counting 59 swans,he remembers first making the count as a young man. Seeing the swans do the same thing for all those years,he’s reminded that even though we get older,our hearts always stay the same age.
1. What can be concluded about White Dew
A. It is often ignored by writers and poets. B. It is the time of year with the most rainfall.
C. It is when the temperature begins to drop. D. It indicates the end of the autumn.
2. A Moveable Feast was mentioned to .
A. point out that autumn is very cold B. present the sad part of autumn
C. show that winter will soon come D. express sadness about the end of life
3. What does“this idea”in the last paragraph refer to
A. Autumn is an important season for man. B. We can always stay young at heart.
C. Autumn is related to one’s growing old. D. Nature is full of lessons to be learned.
4. What’s the article mainly about
A. The solar term White Dew. B. Why autumn is a sad season.
C. Autumn weather and activities. D. Famous writers’ and poets’ description of autumn.
III. 完形填空
When I was a little girl,I had some extra classes in my spare time. I went to a(n) 1 school every Saturday morning. One day,Billie Holiday’s records 2 me on my way to school—I was 3 by her voice and the mood. I thought it was the most 4 voice I had ever heard. I stood silently there,listening to her songs.
I 5 her wonderful songs. My favorite song was her I Cover the Waterfront—a 6 song about watching and waiting for a love that’s gone. That year my father became very ill. After he passed away,I often listened to the old records alone at night.
My family members buried the sadness of 7 in music. My mother took me and my sister to Europe to study with famous 8 . After I had spent ten years living and studying there,I 9 back to the United States. I made my way through the 10 scene of the New York music world because it had changed a lot. I was starting over again,and it was 11 . There were moments of disappointment and defeat. As Billie sang in her song“Beautiful to take a 12 ”,I found the new courage,then got some chances and had some surprising 13 —winning a competition and a recording agreement.
Over the years,I have understood a lesson that I’ve learned from Billie’s records. The magic in making music is to 14 about all the improper rules you ever learned,to think about your heartaches and joys,and to make something new that’s 15 your own.
1. A. music B. European C. legal D. African
2. A. scared B. stopped C. guided D. bored
3. A. amazed B. damaged C. separated D. cheated
4. A. strange B. harmful C. crazy D. charming
5. A. broke away from B. came up with C. fell in love with D. played a joke on
6. A. touching B. funny C. religious D. happy
7. A. failure B. loss C. origin D. doubt
8. A. writers B. poets C. artists D. dancers
9. A. walked B. reacted C. moved D. announced
10. A. same B. unfamiliar C.terrible D.disappointing
11. A. hard B. flexible C. relaxing D. simple
12. A. train B. seat C. break D. chance
13. A. luck B. interest C. theory D. income
14. A. discuss B. bring C. complain D. forget
15. A. foolishly B. completely C. hardly D. commercially
【布置作业】
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师生总结【结】