课件32张PPT。 Module 2 The RenaissanceListening & Speaking
Everyday EnglishIt most expresses the spirits of the Renaissance.
Her myterious smile has interested generations of viewers.
It's a well-known 16th century portrait by Leonardo da Vinci.
Guess what it is?The Mona LisaFree talk
1.What do you know about the painting?
2. What do you think of the painting?LouvreA thousand eyes see a thousand different Mona Lisa.Listen to the interview and write down the questions. (Ex 1 Page 19)
Woman:(1)___________________________?Activity 1 Man: Well, that’s not an easy question to answer . But I have an idea. It’s because you can’t get away from her. Woman : (2) __________________________?Man: I mean, wherever you are, she’s always looking at you. She has you in her power. That’s why she’s pleased. So she’s smiling. Woman : Can I ask you a question ? Can you tell me why she is smiling? Woman : What do you mean? Activity 2 Listen to four more interviews with people talking about the Mona Lisa. Check the sentences which summarise their ideas. (Ex. 2 Page 19)(a) The Mona Lisa has just become a mother.
(b) She’s going to become a mother.
(c) She is looking at her baby. 2. (a) The Mona Lisa is laughing at a private joke.
(b) The smile is not really a smile; the nose and mouth are in the wrong position.
(c) The Mona Lisa is really a picture of Leonardo himself. 3. (a) The Mona Lisa is looking at a boy.
(b) She is really a “he”.
(c) The Mona Lisa was painted by Shakespeare.
4. (a) The Mona Lisa is just thinking, not smiling.
(b) She’s smiling at the world.
(c) She’s smiling because her shoulders are too round. Activity 3 Listen and fill in the table. You can't get away from her, so she's pleased and smiling.She is a mother to be.It's a typical satisfied smile of a mother to be.It's a portrait of the artist himself as a young man.It's the model enjoying the joke.He is a boy about 15 years old and dressed up as a woman.She's thinking and smile is really just a normal expression of someone thinking hard about somethingStep4 Everyday EnglishMatch the phrases with the correct meanings .
1. It’s a typical satisfied smile of a mother to be.
2.I’ve read a fair bit about the Mona Lisa.
3.Most of the theories about the Mona Lisa are complete rubbish.
4.The smile is really just a normal expression of someone thinking hard about something.
5. It looks as if she has the whole world on her shoulders.Everyday Englishquite a lot
she has a lot of problems
stupid ideas
a woman who is going to have a baby
Concentrating
1- (d) 2-(a)3-(c)4-(e)5-(b)Discussion:
Is she smiling or not? why?
Homework : 1.Refer to history books or other materials to search more information about the Renaissance and the Mona Lisa.
Websites Recommended:
http://totallyhistory.com
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
http://www.ehow.com/about_5415090_history-mona-lisa.html
Thank you ! What kind of person
do you think she can be? How do you
understand her smiling?What do you believe
she is thinking about?What strikes you most
looking at the painting?Whose ideas
do you agree with?The Mona Lisa is a mysterious masterpiece.Person 2 : she’s going to become a mother.Person3 :the Mona Lisa is really a picture of Leonardo himself .Person 4: she is really a “he”.Person 5 :she is just thinking, not smiling.Opinions
Person 1: the Mona Lisa has you in her power. she’s pleased . So she is smiling .(in her power means she can control you )
Interview 2
WOM I think it’s quite obvious why she’s smiling. It’s a typical satisfied smile of a mother to be. She’s pregnant, 1.____________. She’s just found out that she’s going to have a baby.
Interview 3
STUD Well, I’ve read a fair bit about this, and apparently the most likely answer is that it’s a sort of joke by Leonardo. If you take the famous self-portrait of Leonardo as an old man, and you put it over the Mona Lisa --- you can do that with a computer somehow. Listening---3:Listen and fill in the blanks.basicallyYou put one portrait on top of another ---you discover that the two pictures are very similar. I mean the 2.____________ of the head. In fact the eyes and the nose and mouth match completely.
INT You mean, the Mona Lisa is really a self-portrait ?
STUD That’s right. It’s a 3.______________of the artist as a young man.
Interview 4
AC There are lots of4.______________about why Mona Lisa is smiling. Most of them are complete nonsense. The most 5.___________ of them seems to be the theory about the young man.
shapeportraittheoriescredibleINT And what’s that?
AC Well, nobody has ever been able to say with 6._______________ who Mona Lisa is. And that’s because she isn’t a woman. Mona Lisa is really a man, probably about 15 years old, 7.____________8. ______________ as a woman. After all, cross dressing was very common in Renaissance times. Just think about Shakespeare ---all the female parts were played by male actors.
INT So the smile...
AC It’s the 9.____________ enjoying the joke---he’s a boy, but everybody’s going to think he’s a young woman...
certaintydressedupmodelInterview 5
INT Can you tell me why Mona Lisa is smiling?
STU Well, actually I don’t think she is smiling. I think she’s just thinking ,and the smile is really just a 10._________ expression of someone thinking hard about something.
INT And what’s she thinking about?
STU I don’t know exactly. But whatever it is, it’s very11.___________. It looks as if she has the whole world on her shoulders.normalintense Work in groups. Try to discuss the questions in Activity 3 and the following words or phrases may help you.
What strikes me most is that...
Judging from the background, ...
may have experienced
a typical smile of a person who...Tips: Work in groups. Try to use the following words or phrases to discuss the questions in Activity 3.
What strikes me most is that...
Judging from the background, ...
may have experienced
a typical smile of a person who...Reading
Read the passage and answer these questions .
1.Who is Mona Lisa?
2.What did the French art expert say about Mona Lisa ?
3.What is she wearing? Why has it never been seen up to now ?
4.Why did Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa ?
5.What else was mentioned about the Mona Lisa ?1.She is the wife of Florentine merchant Francesco de Giocondo, and she has five children.2.She has just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting.3.A thin transparent gauze dress, which is worn by women who were pregnant or who had just given birth .
Because the painting was always judged to be dark and difficult to examine.4.To commemorate the birth of the second son of Mona Lisa.5.Her hair ,in fact she had worn a bonnet from which only a few curls had managed to escape.Writing
Look at the painting and describe it in your own words .The subject of the picture
What she is wearing
What she is doing
The background
The effect of the light in the picture
What you think about the Mona Lisa