Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language目标语言
a. 重点词汇及短语
realistic, landscape, watercolor, achieve, at one’s best, in the time of, be successful in doing, tend to do
b. 重点句式 (P38)
These artists painted with ... using...
Chinese landscape painting was at its best ..., in the time of...
They were very successful in...
2. Ability goals能力目标
Enable the students to write a paragraph that begins with the topic sentence.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to write a paragraph that begins with a topic sentence.
Teaching important points教学重点
Get the students to learn how to write a passage that begins with a topic sentence.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
How to write a coherent passage.
Teaching methods教学方法
Task-based activity, pair work and group work.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A multimedia computer, a projector and some slides.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Topic Sentences
Task 1
Ask the students to look through the passage in READING AND VOCABULARY and find the topic sentence in each paragraph.
T: I allow you a few minutes to read the passage in READING AND VOCABULARY again and find the topic sentence in each paragraph.
A few minutes later.
T: Have you finished? Let’s check your answers.
S1: The topic sentence in Paragraph A is: This is a painting by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.
S2: The topic sentence in Paragraph B is: This painting by a contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein is a world famous example of pop art.
S3: The topic sentence in Paragraph C is: Qi Baishi, one of China’s greatest painters, followed the traditional Chinese style of painting.
S4: The topic sentence in Paragraph D is: Xu Beihong was one of China’s best-known twentieth-century artists.
T: Excellent! The first sentence in each paragraph is usually the topic sentence. So pay more attention to the first sentence in each paragraph when you read a passage. Put the topic sentences together and you will find the general idea of the passage.
Task 2
Let the students do Activity 1 in WRITING on page 38.
T: Look at the sentences of Activity 1 in WRITING on page 38. Put them into the right order to make a paragraph. Find the topic sentences first.
After several minutes, check the answers.
Step II Writing Task
Write a paragraph that begins with the topic sentence given.
In this part, the teacher can read out the topic sentence, and then ask the students to write a paragraph individually. Then they can exchange their writings with their partners and correct the mistakes. After that ask a few students to read out their paragraphs to the whole class. At last, show them a model passage.
T: Now, let’s go on with Activity 2 on page 38. I’d like you to write a paragraph using the topic sentence given. Before you write, please read the writing tips on the slide.
Show the tips on the slide and ask the students to read them as quickly as possible.
Learning to learn
When you write a paragraph in English, remember that you can use relative pronouns to write longer and more interesting sentences.
That’s one of the differences between Chinese and English. Chinese sentences tend to be shorter.
T: OK. I allow you a few minutes to discuss the topic sentence and then you should finish your writings in about fifteen minutes.
Sample version 1:
Everyone agrees that traditional Chinese paintings are very beautiful. The paintings not only show the beautiful scenery of nature, but also reflect the feelings of the artists. Seeing the paintings, we can enjoy the beauty of nature. Besides, we can learn a lot from the paintings, which often make us love the mountains and rivers of our country. While appreciating the paintings, we can’t help admiring the creativities of the artists and making up our minds to make the greatest contributions to our country. It can also widen our horizons, and mould our characters. Sometimes the influence they leave us is beyond description. We are all proud of our Chinese traditional paintings and our country.
Sample version 2:
Everyone agrees that traditional Chinese paintings are very beautiful. This kind of painting is known for its brush drawings in black inks and natural colors. Chinese history is full of famous artists who are known for their contributions to traditional Chinese painting. From ancient China up to now, such artists as Wu Daozi who lived in the Tang Dynasty and Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty as well as Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian have left us great cultural heritages. They not only show us the beautiful nature, but also their feelings as well as their views on society and life. They have a great influence on us. Their works have long been greatly admired and highly valued.
Sample version 3:
Everyone agrees that traditional Chinese paintings are very beautiful. These artists paint in watercolors and inks, using soft brushes. They often use lines to outline the beautiful scenery or people’s activities or both from different aspects. Let’s take two famous artists in the Song Dynasty for example. Zhang Zeduan was famous for his immortal painting showing the busy market in Bianjing during the Qingming Festival. He showed the prosperous market as well as the beautiful scenery, making us know a lot about that period of time. Another artist who also lived at that time was Wang Ximeng. He was well-known for his painting named Qian Li Jiang Shan Tu. In the painting he drew the undulating mountains and the extending rivers, the villages and the actions of many people. Their works are collected and highly valued.
Step III Speaking and Writing (WORKBOOK)
This step is designed to train the students’ speaking and writing abilities. Ask them to discuss the statements and decide which they agree and disagree with and write a short passage based on the topic sentences listed in Exercise 17.
Task 1 Speaking
T: Now turn to page 90. Let’s come to Exercise 17. I’d like you to decide which of the opinions you agree or disagree with.
After a few minutes.
T: Are you ready? Please tell me your opinions.
S1: Yes. I agree with c. Landscape paintings show us the beautiful landscapes as well as human activities sometimes. But portraits only show us people’s images.
S2: I agree with f. Traditional art styles are more realistic, while most modern art is abstract and it’s difficult to understand its deeper meanings.
S3: I agree with j. Art is very important. We should pay more attention to it at school.
S4: I disagree with b. Paintings should be part of our life. Buying them is not a waste of money.
S5: I can’t agree with d. Science is important, but art is equally important.
S6: I don’t think i is right. Not everybody can enjoy paintings and drawings.
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Then deal with Exx. 18 ＆ 19.
Task 2 Writing
T: Now I’d like you to choose one of the topic sentences in Activity 17 and write a paragraph.
Sample version 1:
Everyone thinks life without art would be awful. I can’t agree more. Art can widen our horizons, make us enjoy the beauty of our life, and enrich our life. It arouses us to love nature and our life. It is art that makes us learn about history and today, mak us value history and look forward to the future. Also art has a great influence on the shaping of our character. Humans can’t improve the spiritual life without art. Art will develop with life and society for ever.
Sample version 2:
Art should be a lot more important at school. As we all know, art was originated from people’s needs and it is an important part of our life. Art has a great influence on the shaping of character.
Life without art is unimaginable. To help us students develop fully and healthily, schools should provide enough art lessons for us. Unfortunately, we have only one art lesson a week, which is far from enough. I hope that our school will offer us enough art lessons.
Sample version 3:
Some people think art isn’t so important as science. Is it really so? Of course science has greatly changed people’s life and their thoughts. With the development of science, our life is changing day by day. People enjoy all the benefits brought by science. But can we live without art? Art widens our horizons, makes us love nature and makes our spiritual life colorful. Without art, our horizons would be limited and our spirit would be barren. It is art that makes our life becomes beautiful and colorful. Depending on science and neglecting art will be dangerous for the development of character. Science and art are both important for our whole society, and they can’t be separated from each other.
Step IV Homework
Go over and summarize what you have learned in this module.
附 件
I. 课文注释与疑难解析
1. Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person showing at the same time. 立体派艺术家的作品中可以同时从多个角度表现人物形象。
with different aspects of the object or person showing...称为“with 复合结构“，在句中做方式状语。此结构主要表状态或说明背景情况，常作伴随、方式、原因、条件等状语。具体结构如下：
with +名词+介词短语
He was asleep with his head on his arm.
The man came in with a book in his hand.
= The man came in, book in hand.
with +名词+形容词
With the weather so close and stuffy, it is going to rain presently. 天气这么闷热，可能要下雨。
He used to sleep with the windows open.
with +名词+副词
The square looks more beautiful than ever with all the light on.
with + 名词 + -ed 分词 （强调名词是 -ed分词动作的承受者或动作已经发生）
With this problem solved, they went home happily.
All the afternoon he worked with the door locked.
with + 名词 + -ing分词（强调名词是 -ing分词动作的发出者或某动作、状态正在进行）
I won’t be able to go on holiday with my mother being ill.
He felt more uneasy with the whole class staring at him.
with + 名词 + to do （不定式动作尚未发生）
So in the afternoon, with nothing to do, I went on a round of the bookshops. 由于下午无事可做，我就去书店转了转。
I can’t go out with all these dishes to wash.
2. I can tell by the style.
我能从他的风格上辨别得出。
（can / could / be able to tell）表示“辨别……；识别……；看出”。如：
Can you tell the difference between the two?
I can’t tell which book is Tom’s.
No one can tell what will happen in the future.
II. 本模块语法巩固练习
1. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ______ in the kitchen. (03 全国)
A. smoke B. smoking
C. to smoke D. smoked
2. Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to _______ before the party. (04全
国)
A. get changed B. get change
C. get changing D. get to change
3. I’m going to the supermarket this afternoon. Do you have anything ______? (04上
海春招)
A. to be buying B. to buy
C. for buying D. bought
4. Victor apologized for______ to inform me of the change in the plan.（04上海春招）
A. his being not able B. him not to be able C. his not being able
D. him to be not able
5. After his journey from abroad, Richard Jones returned home, ______.（04 上海春
招）
A. exhausting B. exhausted
C. being exhausted D. having exhausted
6. Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden carriage ______ the girl and took her away,
______ into the woods. （04 上海春招）
A. seizing; disappeared
B. seized; disappeared
C. seizing; disappearing
D. seized; disappearing
7. ______ in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his
wallet at home.(04 北京)
A. To wait B. Have waited
C. Having waited D. To have waited
8. Don’t leave the water ______ while you brush your teeth.（04天津）
A. run B. running
C. being run D. to run
9. The flu is to be believed ______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside
the human nose and throat.（04 上海）
A. causing B. being caused
C. to be caused D. to have caused
10. The flowers ______ sweet in the botanic garden attract the victors to the beauty of
nature.（04 上海）
A. to smell B. smelling
C. smelt D. to be smelt
11. The disc, digitally ______ in the studio, sounded fantastic at the party that night.
（04 上海）
A. recorded B. recording
C. to be recorded D. having recorded
12. ______ the programme, they have to stay there for another two weeks.（04 广东）
A. Not completing
B. Not completed
C. Not having completed
D. Having not completed
13. According to a recent US survey, children spend up to 25 hours a week ______
TV.
（04 上海）
A. to watch B. to watching
C. watching D. watch
14. Having been attacked by the terrorists, _______ . （04 上海）
A. doctors came to their rescue
B. the tall building collapsed
C. an emergency was taken
D. warnings were given to tourists
15. When first ______ to the market, these products enjoyed great success. （04 吉
林）
A. introducing B. introduced
C. introduce D. being introduced
16. He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk ______the good
opportunity. (05 上海)
A. to lose B. losing
C. to be lost D. being lost
17. I send you 100 dollars today, the rest ______in a year. (05 湖南)
A. follows B. followed
C. to follow D. being followed
18. _______, the more expensive the camera, the better its quality. (05 全国III)
A. General speaking B. Speaking general
C. Generally speaking D. Speaking generally
19. “You can’t catch me!” Janet shouted, _______ away. (05 全国III)
A. run B. running
C. to run D. ran
20. Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, _____ a record
US857.65 a barrel on April 4. (05 山东)
A. have reached B. reaching
C. to reach D. to be reaching
Key: 1 ~ 5 BABCB 6 ~ 10 DCBCB
11 ~ 15 ACCBB 16 ~ 20 BCCBB
III. 文化背景知识
Qi Baishi （1863-1957）and His Paintings
Qi Baishi is one of the greatest Chinese painters. Chinese tradition places essences, character, and spirit above the simple faithfulness to appearances. Qi Baishi’s paintings well represent the Chinese tradition, but in an innovative form and style. Though the art of Qi Baishi was originated from nature, which one can learn from his paintings of animals, insects, and flowers, he painted them in a way nobody else had achieved before. He once said, “The excellence of a painting lies in its being alike, yet unlike. Too much likeness flatters the vulgar taste; too much unlikeness deceives the world.” Qi Baishi had developed his style over his life-long learning, studying and innovation. His paintings were not matured until his late life.
Xu Beihong（1895-1953）
Xu Beihong is a great artist in the modern history of China. He was born in the countryside of Jiangsu province in 1895.
His parents were so poor that they had no money to buy him toys. He had to play with the animals around and began to love them. He always watched them carefully and tried to draw them with fingers, pencils or writing brush. He worked very hard.
When he was already a young man, Xu Beihong went to France to learn drawing from the French artists.
He became a well-known artist both in China and in the world. In his later years he kept a good number of cats not only because he loved them, but also because he wanted to draw them. The artist was always watching the and he drew them in a lively way.
Once you have a good look at the artist’s drawing of cats, it seems that they are alive, running to you out of the picture. Some of them are playing in the tree or on a stone, others are sitting under a tree. Every cat looks lovely.
If you look carefully at the beautiful pictures of cats, you could find some of them are happy, some sorry, and others angry.
People only know Xu Beihong’s drawing of horses, but the artist himself would rather enjoy his drawing of cats.
Modern Chinese Figure Painting
Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, the painting style of the literati has constituted the mainstream of Chinese painting; and most pictures depict things of the natural world, such as landscape, flowers and birds. Figure painting developed rather slowly. As modern realist art began to influence China at the beginning of this century, the number of figure paintings increased. The introduction of Western realistic painting skills after the founding of New China, and the start of sketching classes with live models in Chinese art schools further stimulated the development of figure painting in China. Many new figure painting artists, such as Wang Menglie, Liu Wenxi, Fang Zengxian, Yang Zhiguang, Li Zhenjian and Zhou Sicong, have made their names known in the society. They comprise the new Chinese figure painting generation after Xu Beihong and Jiang Zhaohe.
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