Unit 1 Art Using Language

THE BEST OF MANHATTAN’S

ART GALLERIES

Task 1

Warming ups

The Frick Collection

弗里克收藏馆

Henry Clay Frick

Home of Frick

Guggenheim Museum

古根海姆博物馆

Metropolitan Museum Of Art

大都会博物馆

Museum of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆

Whitney Museum of American Art

惠特尼美国艺术博物馆

Whitney Museum of American Art

惠特尼美国艺术博物馆

Task 2

Scanning

Scan the text and locate them out on the map Match the number on the map with the names of the museums.

Number

on mapMuseum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

The Frick Collection

Museum of Modern Art

Guggenheim Museum

2

3

4

5

1

Comprehension 1

Task 3

Scanning

Make an information card

about the 5 museums.

Use 2 to 3 sentences to describe

each museum.

Task 3

Name AddressType of Art

Which centuries? What countries?

Museum of Modern Art

From Ancient to modern times

Guggenheim western Museum countries

The Frick western Collection countries

AmericaWhitney museum of American Art

945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.)

Contemporary (mainly art by living artists)

53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenue)

Late 19th century to the 21st century

Western countries

Metropolitan Museum of Art

5th Avenue and 82ndStreet

All over the world

5th Avenue and 88th Street

Modern (from late 19th century onwards)

5th and Madison Avenue

Before the 20th century

Comprehension

Task 4: Listening• Number the galleries in the order that you hear

about them.

The First Collection

Guggenhein Museum

Metropolitan Museum

Museum of Modern Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

Number the galleries in the order that you hear about them.

1 ---- Metropolitan Museum

2 ---- The First Collection

3 ---- Museum of Modern Art

4 ---- Whitney Museum of

American Art

5 ---- Guggenhein Museum

Listen again and then answer the questions:1. Who first suggested they visit art gallery?2. Who is the least interested in visiting art galleries?3. Who is Gao Yan interested in visiting the Metropolitan Museum?4. Does Susuan prefer larger or small galleries?5. Why doesn’t Susan want to go to the Mueum of Modern Art?6. What kind of art does Susan dislike?7. Which two galleries do they decide to visit on Friday and which two galleries on Saturday?

Key for Listening1. Johnson.2. Susan. 3. Gao Yan wants to see the exhibition of

Chinese art.4. Small galleries.5. It is big, crowded and too expensive.6. Modern art.7. On Friday, they decide to visit the Frick

collection and the Metropolitan Museum. On Saturday, they decide to visit the Whitney Museum and the Guggenheim Museum.

Suppose you have only one

day in New York, which museum will you choose?

Useful expressions:

I’d like….

Which would you prefer…?

I’d prefer…

Would you rather…?

I’d rather…

Would you like… or…?

Task 5 Talking about preference