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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?

Do you know what the planting

expresses or represents?

(王其智 )

King of the wild animals, the tiger is a symbol of courage and bravery and it can drive off demons demon( 恶魔 ).Tiger

(墨僧 )The favourite tree of Chinese pai

nters, the pine symbolizes longevity ( 长寿 ) and steadfastness ( 坚定 , 稳当 ).

Pine

(高延军 ,4000)

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

(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”.

Bamboo

( 墨僧 )

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

Crane

(郭怡宗 5.5万 )

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)

( 郭东健 )

Symbolizes autumn. Its Chinese name sound similar to the words “remain, nine, and long time”. It is bestto pick Chrysanthemum on the 9th day of the 9th month.

Chrysanthemum (Ju)

( 墨痴 ,8000)

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

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 existing3. being in thought but having a physical or practical existence4. lifelike, true to life 5. classical, of old beliefs6. sincere to believe in a god or gods

Look at the paintings in this unitand 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?

Henri Matisse was a French Painter considered to be one of the great formative figures in 20th-century art.

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.

Pre-reading

1.Do you ever visit art galleries? What kind of paintings have your ever seen?

ReadingTask 1 Scanning and answer some questions

1.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.

Because natural light changes quickly they had to paint quickly.

He drew things in perspective, which makes pictures very realistic.

Name of Ages

time artist feature

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

Impres-sionism

Modern art

Task 2 Skimming

Read again and then complete the following chart.

5th to 15th century AD

Giotto Bondone

religious, realisticPerspective, realisticDetailed, ridiculousControversial, abstract, realistic

Masaccio15th to 16th centuryLate 19th to early 20th century20th century to today

2. People became focused more on humans and less on religion. (P2 第 12 行 )

It means that there are too many different styles of Western to introduce in a short passage.

It tells us that people began to pay more attention to humans than religion.

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 )

focus on become focused onconcentrate on 集中 (注意力，精力 )

•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.

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.

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.

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 )

•artistic style changes as a society's culture and values change.

Write down three new things you have learned about Western art.

have learned that:

•at first people hated impressionist paintings.

•before l428 Western painters didn't know how to draw in perspective.

•in the middle ages most paintings had religious subjects.

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.

Why has the style of Western art changed more often than Chinese art?

Questions:

How to find key idea in sentences ( 句子的主题 )

•what a person or object does.

The key idea is usually about

•what a person or object is

or

•This text will describe the styles.

•Consequently, this text will describe only a few of the main styles, starting from the 5th century AD.

Find the main ideas in these two sentences:

Find key idea in sentences:

2).With those details crossed out, what is the sentence about?

It will describe the styles.(the key idea )

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:how many:what kind:when:

3).And what happened to the text?This text.

Consequentlyonly a few of

mainstarting from the 5th century AD

2. During the middle ages, the main 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.

The aim of painters was to represent religious themes.

New ideas and values took the place of those.

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".

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.

The impressionists' paintings were controversial,they are accepted as ''modern art".

Don’t Don’t forget forget your your

homeworhomework:k:

1.Preview Language study2. Learn the new words by heart3.find the useful expressions

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