1、Time to indulge our ears as well as eyes!The Starry Night by Vincent Van GoghStarry starry night星光星光 星光闪耀的夜晚星光闪耀的夜晚paint your palette blue and grey让调色板描绘出你深深地忧郁和晦暗让调色板描绘出你深深地忧郁和晦暗look out on a summers day让那双洞察我灵魂深处的眼睛让那双洞察我灵魂深处的眼睛with eyes that know the darkness in my soul面朝着夏日的白昼面朝着夏日的白昼Shadows on
2、the hills在这如雪般的画布上在这如雪般的画布上sketch the trees and the daffodils 勾勒出丘陵的投影勾勒出丘陵的投影catch the breeze and the winter chills描绘那树丛和水仙花描绘那树丛和水仙花in colors on the snowy linen land 捕捉微风和冬季的寒意捕捉微风和冬季的寒意And now I understand 而此刻我才懂得而此刻我才懂得what you tried to say to me 你想对我诉说的那些故事你想对我诉说的那些故事and how you suffered for yo
3、ur sanity你因深深的思索而承受着苦闷你因深深的思索而承受着苦闷and how you tried to set them free 你因赋予思想自由而所做的一切你因赋予思想自由而所做的一切They would not listen 可是,那些人不会听到可是,那些人不会听到they did not know how因为他们无法体会因为他们无法体会perhaps theyll listen now 又或许又或许 他们现在才知道他们现在才知道In the digital age,we can“travel”and see great scenery through a smartphone,
4、so why bother going out?Lead-in It is of great difference.You can learn something about a place through your smartphone,but it is impossible for you to touch it,smell it,or embrace it.So to visit and truly appreciate something on your own eyes is always a better option.Lead-inRead the blog entry on
5、page 34 and answer the following questions.1.Where did the writer go to see the paintings?2.What was the writers attitude towards the act of viewing artworks through smartphones?Exploring the rules1.Where did the writer go to see the paintings?The writer saw the paintings in the National Gallery.Exp
6、loring the rules2.What was the writers attitude towards the act of viewing artworks through smartphones?The writer felt shocked and believed it was impossible to truly appreciate the human touch of a great painting through a smartphone.Exploring the rulesGo through the blog entry again and complete
7、the table of part A.Verb-ing forms as predicativesIt was surprising then.Verb-ed forms as predicatives.,I was amazed to see all the paintings.It might sound shocking,.they seemed more interested in taking.,I was determined to keep.Exploring the rulesWhen used as the predicative,the verb-ing form is
8、connected to the subject by a _.The _ form is often used to describe a thing or a situation;the _ form is often used to describe how a person feels.linking verbv-ingWorking out the rulesv-edlin the digital agelwander-wonderlplay with light and shadelbathe my senses in.lappreciate the human touch of
9、a great paintinglbe reduced to a few million pixels lfeel the breeze against my faceUseful Expressions在数码时代在数码时代摆弄光和影摆弄光和影使感官沉浸在使感官沉浸在.之中之中人文情怀人文情怀降低到几百万像素降低到几百万像素感受到迎面而来的清风感受到迎面而来的清风Identify the function of the verb-ed forms in the following sentences.lTu Youyou has become the first female scientis
10、t of the Peoples Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize,awarded for her contribution to the fight against malaria.lShe looked tired with cooking.attributivespredicativePracticelThanks to her discovery of qinghaosu,malaria patients all over the world now have had a greatly increased chance of suv
11、ival.lBorn in 1930,in Ningbo,Zhejiang Province,Tu studied medicine at university in Beijing between 1951 and 1955.attributivesadverbialsPracticelInspired by an over 1,600-year-old text about preparing qinghao extract with cold water,Tu redesigned the experiments and tried extracting the herb at a lo
12、w temperature in order not to damage its effective part.lEven with large amounts of qinghao extract produced,however,they still faced another problem.adverbialsobject complementsPracticeIdentify the function of the v-ing forms in the following sentences.lIt was depressing to find the house empty.lLiving in the suburbs,we have few visitors.lTell the children playing outside not to make too much noise.lI felt somebody patting me on my shoulder.predicativeadverbialattributivesobject complementPractice