Unit4 Understanding ideas ppt课件-(2022）新外研版高中《英语》选择性必修第一册.pptx

1、Unit 4Meeting the museWatch the video and answer the questions1.Which artist is the video about?Which of his works are mentioned?2.What inspired the artist?1 The video is about Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.Mona Lisa and many drawings and notes of his ideas for his inventions including a parachut

2、e,a form of helicopter and a strange flying machine with flapping wings.2 The natural world,such as birds and their mysterious power of flight.Look at the pictures and read the quotes.What do you know about these people?Richard Wagner was a world-famous German composer;Mo Yan is the first Chinese wr

3、iter to win the Nobel Prize in Literature;Auguste Rodin was a world-famous French sculptor;Pablo Picasso was a world-famous Spanish painter.Richard Wagner(18131883)was a German composer best known for his operas.Wagner began learning the piano when he was very young,and was soon able to write musica

4、l compositions.Wagners music is renowned for its complex nature,its harmonies and the way in which individual characters,places,ideas or plot elements in his operas are associated with musical themes.Imagination creates reality.Richard Wagner Mo Yan was born in Gaomi,Shandong Province.He is a noveli

5、st and short story writer.He is well known for his imaginative and humanistic fiction.In 2011,Mo Yan received the Mao Dun Literature Prize.In 2012,Mo Yan became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.His writing often uses older Chinese Literature and popular oral tradi

6、tions as a starting point,combining these with contemporary social issues.If we want to be struck by inspiration,we must go deep into our lives.Mo Yan Auguste Rodin,(1840,-1917),was a French artist,whose work had a great influence on modern art.His most original sculptures are of the human body.They

7、 show realism and celebrate characteristics of the individual.Rodins first original human sculpture was inspired by a visit to Italy in 1875.Later he explored his personal style and gained his reputation as a sculptor at the age of 40.Today,Rodin remains one of the few sculptors widely known worldwi

8、de.I invent nothing,I rediscover.Auguste Rodin Pablo Picasso(18811973)was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.Born in Spain,Picassos artistic talent was evident from a very early age.His works are often categorised into periods,for example the Blue Period and the Rose Period.Amon

9、g his most famous paintings are the cubist,Les Demoiselles d Avignon,and Guernica.Picasos later works often combined elements of his earlier styles.Inspiration exists,but it has to find you working.Pablo PicassoDiscuss and share What is your understanding of the words“imagination”,“inspiration”and“r

10、ediscover”?How do they help your understanding of the quotes?Their inspiration and imagination all come from their lives and experiences.Our life is the source of art.When you discover something,its life.While you rediscover something,its art!Pre-readingTick what you think are the most important sou

11、rces of inspiration for artists.childhood family and friends books and films other artists history travel nature social issues private feelings culture and traditions imaginationFast readingWhat inspires him?Tan Dun gets inspiration from Chinese musical traditions and Western influences.Yang Liping

12、gets inspiration from her life in Xishuangbanna,the peacock,and the dance style of the Dai people.Hofman gets inspiration from his childrens toys,Chinese folk tales,Wuzhen and the way people lived there.Choose where you would most likely find the passage and give your reasons.1)An art magazine.2)An

13、artist biography.3)An online art forum.4)A poster for an art festival.Intensive readingA magazine is a large thin book with a paper cover that contains news stories,articles,photographs,etc,and is sold weekly or monthly.A biography is a book concerning someones life,written by someone else.A forum i

14、s focused on many peoples discussion ordebate on a certain issue.A poster is a large printed notice,picture,or photograph,used to advertise something or as a decoration.Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.Intensive readingArtists and their inspirationFlorentijn HofmanWell-

15、known works:Rubber Duck 1._Sources of inspiration:his childrens toys 2._ 3._Wuzhen and the way people lived thereChinese folk talesFloating FishArtists and their inspirationTan DunWell-known works:4._ _ 5._Sources of inspiration:6._ Western influencescomposing music for the film Crouching Tiger,Hidd

16、en Dragon and the 2008 Beijing OlympicsNine SongsChinese musical traditionsArtists and their inspirationYang LipingWell-known work:7._Sources of inspiration:her life in Xishuangbanna 8._ 9._Spirit of the Peacock the peacockthe dance style of the Dai people“During the walk and my stay here in the tow

17、n,I saw the fish being fed by people.”“There is no territory in the world of music.”“I feel very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna,”Now work in pairs.Read the quotes from the passage and answer the questions.1.Can you use reported speech to rewrite the quotes?During the walk and his stay there

18、 in the town,he had seen the fish being fed by people.There was no territory in the world of music in Tan Duns eyes.She felt very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna,.2.Why do you think the author chose to use quotes instead of reported speech in the passage?The author chose to use quotes in the

19、 passage to tell readers how the three artists get their inspiration or muses for their artworks,and by adding these quotes,the passage appears more believable and more convincing.Think and share1.What does the three artists inspiration have in common?2.What do you think is the“universal expression”

20、of the human spirit?3.What might inspire you to create an artwork?4.What difficulties have you encountered in understanding this passage?1.For the three artists,their inspiration all comes from their lives and experiences.2.By saying“universal expression”,Tan Dun means Chinese music should carry not

21、 only the Chinese human spirit but also that of the whole world.In that way,Chinese music can have international recognition.3&4.Various answers are possible.Language points1.agree with2.be struck by3.go deep into4.find out more about5.behind the successes of6.visual artist7.on display8.turn to9.pas

22、s down10.setin motion1.同意某的观点或者某人所说的2.被袭击3.深入4.进一步了解5.成功背后的6.视觉艺术家7.在展出,在展览8.相力于;转向9.传承,传递10.使开始11.There is no territory in the world most 12.be most widely known for13.so as to 14.be recognized by15.be known as16.feel grateful for17.represent the beauty of nature18.give sb inspiration19.aim to do20

23、.bring out11.的世界没有边界。12.因而最广为人知13.以便；以致（表目的）14.得到的认可15.作为而出名，被誉为16.因感激17.展现自然之美18.给某人灵感19.旨在做某事20.使显现,使表现出Important sentences1.Hofmans inspiration for Floating Fish came from Chinese folk tales passed down through the generations.霍夫曼表示，霍夫曼表示，“浮鱼浮鱼”的灵感源自世代相传的中国民的灵感源自世代相传的中国民间故事。间故事。2.During the walk

24、and my stay here in the town,I saw the fish being fed by people.“我住在镇上期间，当我散步的时候，看到人们我住在镇上期间，当我散步的时候，看到人们在喂鱼。在喂鱼。see sb/sth doing sth“看见正在做某事（或某事正在被做）”3.Since his first opera,Nine Songs,Tan Dun has been using a combination of Chinese music and sounds from all over the world to tell stories.从他的第一部歌剧九

25、歌开始，谭盾一直在用中国音乐和从他的第一部歌剧九歌开始，谭盾一直在用中国音乐和来自世界各地的乐音讲述故事。来自世界各地的乐音讲述故事。现在完成进行时4.As Tan once said,Chinese music should carry“universal expression”of the human spirit so as to be recognised by the whole world.so as to 通常不用于句首，意思相当于 in order to 或to，构成不定式结构表示目的。他曾说过，中国音乐要承载人文精神的“共同理念”，才能被世界认可。5.I feel very

26、grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna.我很感激在西双版纳的那些年我很感激在西双版纳的那些年feel/be grateful(to sb)for sth，意为“因感激（某人）6.My dance comes from their traditional belief and aims to bring out the Dai womens beauty.我的舞蹈源自他们的传统信仰，同时也致力于展现傣族女性的美。What might inspire you to create an artwork?Write your inspiration and share it with your classmates.Homework