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Suppose you have a chance to interview one of the artists, who would you prefer to interview and what questions would you prepare? * (Reading) How many different types of painting do you know? Brainstorming A mural is a very large piece of artwork, such as a painting, which is done on the wall. Pictures of objects, like fruit and flowers, are called still life pictures Paintings of nature have always been popular, both in China and in the west. Abstract art is about shapes, colors and textures (艺术作品的神韵） rather than objects. Many artists earn money by painting portraits of rich and famous people. …… Fast-reading Which countries has Li Ming visited on his trip? How many masters are mentioned in the email ? Spain , France, Netherlands. Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Van Gogh, Rembrandt. Reading strategy Read a travelogue What is a travelogue? A travelogue is a record that someone makes of his or her trip. The purpose of the trip, where the author went, how long the author stayed in each place, what the author saw and did, and what the author thought about the places he or she visited. When reading, what should we pay attention to? Detailed-reading Get to know more about the five masters 1. Where was he born? 2. What did Picasso act as besides a painter? 3. What is cubism? The guitar Saudi Arabian What did da Vinci do besides painting? Leonardo da Vincis drawing of a helicopter New crane(起重机） Da Vinci was one of the great creative minds of the Italian Renaissance文艺复兴. He ‘invented’ the bicycle, airplane, helicopter, and parachute降落伞 some 500 years ahead of their time. His true genius was not as a scientist or an artist, but as a combination of the two: an ‘artist-engineer’. 1452-1519 Claude Monet(1840-1926) Monet is regarded as the archetypal（典型的） Impressionist , one of his pictures---Impression: Sunrise (Paris; 1872)--gave the group his name.  In which museum can you see Monet’s works? “If the