Using Language

Unit1 Art

Revision

1. Check the answers of the exercises and explain the difficult ones.

2.Ask a few students to read aloud their passages “If I were a millionaire, I would…”

Beijing Arts and Crafts Gallery

Imagine your class are going to Beijing Arts and Crafts Gallery, and you are the guide, tell them what they will see in the museum.

1.Do you know any western art galleries?

2.Have you ever been to any western galleries before? If so, describe your visit.

Pre reading

The Best of Manhattan’s Art Galleries

Fast reading1.Skim the text, and answer the 1.Skim the text, and answer the following questions.following questions.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?

2.Where might you see such a passage?

3. Who do you think the text was written for?

The passage introduces some The passage introduces some best art galleries of Manhattan.best art galleries of Manhattan.

Possibly in a guide book.

Tourists and art gallery visitors.

Listen to the tape, and match Listen to the tape, and match the numbers on the map with the numbers on the map with the museums. the museums.

Guggenheim Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

The Frick Collection

Museum of Modern Art

avenue

street

①

②

④

③

⑤

Careful reading

Read the passage more carefully and complete the chart below.name address Which

centuries?What countries?

America

Museum of Modern Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

945 Madison Avenue

(near 75th St.)

53th St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

Contemporary(mainly art by living artists)

late 19th century to the 21st century

Western countries

From ancient to modern times

Guggenheim Museum

Western countries

The Frick Collection

Western countries

Modern (from late 19th century onwards)

pre-twentieth century

5th and Madison Avenues

5th Avenue & 88th Street

5th Avenue & 82nd Street

Metropolitan Museum of Art

all over the world

Discussion

Enjoy the following pictures and discuss.

Which of the five galleries would you choose to visit? Why?

Guggenheim Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

The Frick Collection

Museum of Modern Art

Language points1.Many art lovers consider this to be the best small art gallery in New York.

consider 大致有两种含义。含义不同，用法有别。知识拓展①consider 作“考虑”解，常用于以下句型：consider+ 名词 / 代词 / 动名词consider+ 从句或“疑问词 + 不定式”。You’d better__________________________. 你最好考虑我的建议。I’m _________________abroad some day.我一直考虑有一天出国。Have you considered_________________?你们考虑他的建议了吗？We must consider________________.我们必须考虑下一步要做什么。

consider my suggestion

considering going

what to do next

what he suggested

②consider 作“认为”解时，常用于以下句型：consider sb./sth+ (as)+ 形容词 / 名词 其中， as 可以省略。consider +sb./sth.+ 不定式 其中，不定式通常是 to be( 可以省略 ) 或其他动词的完成式。consider +it+ 形容词 / 名词 + 不定式短语consider+ 宾语从句At first they considered me___________________.起初他们认为我是医生。We consider this matter________________________________.我们认为这件事很重要。We all consider him _______________the bike. 我们都认为他偷了自行车。We________________________________________.我们认为学好英语很难。I consider____________________________________________. 我认为帮助你学习英语是我的职责。 We________________________________________________. 我们这首音乐很值得一听。

it my duty to help you with your studies

consider that the music is well worth listening to

consider it hard to learn English well

to have stolen

(to be) very important

(as ) a doctor

2.Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919,leaving his house, furniture and art collection to the American People.动词 -ing 形式作状语时，可表示时间、原因、结果、条件、让步、行为方式、伴随状况等，通常情况下句子的主语与该动词之间是逻辑上的主动关系，表示时间关系的分词短语有时可由 when 及while 引出。如：

Both of his parents died in the war, leaving him alone. To buy some salt, the careless housewife went downstairs, _____ the fish ____over the gas.A left; cooked B leaving; being cookedC leaving; cooking D left; being cooked

He is a student at Oxford University, ____for a degree in computer science.(07 北京 )A studied B studyingC to have studied D to be studying

B

B

3.The best way to see the paintings is to start from the top floor and walk down to the bottom.不定式作表语常表示将来的动作，主语常常是表示意向、打算、计划的词，如 wish, idea, task, purpose, duty, job 等。The most important thing for one's health is to have plenty of exercise.My chief purpose has been to point out the difficulties of the matter. The purpose of the organization is to greet all new comers to the city and to provide them with any necessary information.What I wanted was to get the work done as quickly as possible.

4.It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late-19th century to the 21st century could be contained in the same museum ．这是一个由形式主语 it 引导的句子，其句型结构为： It is +adj. +that clause. 真正的主语是后面的 that 从句。例如：It is possible that it will rain tomorrow.明天可能会下雨。It was clear that they hadn’t made a decision.很明显，他们还没作出决定。知识拓展 It is + noun + 从句 It's a pity/shame that… （ should ）…  ……竟然…… It's important that you should apologize to her for your rudeness.（ =It‘s of much importance that you should apologize to her for your rudeness. ）

1. Retell the text.2. Master the language points in the text.

Homework

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