【创新方案】高中英语Module4Section Ⅰ Introduction Reading Pre-reading课件 外研版必修2.pptVIP

Why do people like art? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 参考答案：①Art makes people’s life rich and colorful. ②Learning art can improve people’s sense of beauty. ③In my opinion, learning art can raise our IQ and develop good observing ability and rich imagination. 返回 返回 Module 4 Section Ⅰ Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 1．Are you fond of Mona Lisa？ 2．Do you know Da Vinci is not only an artist but a Universal Man? Although known throughout the world for his masterpieces Mona Lisa and The Last Supper， Leonardo Da Vinci (1452－1519) cannot simply be known as an artist. The Italian genius (天才) showed, throughout his life, what the word “versatile (多才多艺的)” can really mean. To display this versatility, an exhibition in Paris, from May 9 to July 14, is showing his drawings, diagrams, notebooks and studies in both arts and the other fields that Da Vinci was interested in. Da Vinci began his career in the workshop of famous painter Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence, Italy at just 15. Although suffering from a paralysis (麻痹) of his right hand, he did so much better than his master that it is said Verrocchio decided never to paint again. But Da Vinci did not contain himself to the world of drawing and painting. He had endless interests in science, architecture (建筑学) and mathematics. His scientific studies covered many of the later developments of modern science. In anatomy (解剖学) he studied the circulation of the blood and the action of the eye. He made discoveries in geology (地质学) and learned the effect of the moon on the tides. His ideas to turn rivers into canals still has practical value today. And he invented a large number of useful machines including an underwater diving suit. “Leonardo Da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others were all still asleep，” Austrian psy