人教版英语选修6 Unit1 Art.doc

Unit1 Art Teaching aims: Topic A brief history of Western painting and Chinese art; famous artists and works of art Useful words and expressions: Words: abstract, sculpture, gallery, consequently, belief, consequent, aim, symbol, value, focus, religion, possession, convince, shadow, ridiculous, controversial, nowadays, attempt, predict, aggressive, scholar, flesh, geometry, bunch, avenue, exhibition, civilization, contemporary, permanent, district, tip Expressions: focus on, a great deal of, scores of, in the flesh Functional items: Talk about likes and preferences: I’d prefer… I’d rather…. I’d like… Which would you prefer…? I really prefer…. Would you rather…? Would you like…or…? Grammar The subjunctive mood (1) If I were you… I wish I could/did/ would… If I did…. I would do…. Teaching procedures Period 1 Reading Step 1. Warming up Task 1. Ask the Ss to match some new words with the correct English meanings. A B a. realistic 1. accurate, minute b. abstract 2. state or fact of existing c. existence 3. being in thought but having a physical or practical existence d. detailed 4. lifelike, true to life e. religious 5. classical, of old beliefs f. traditional 6. sincere to believe in a god or gods Key: a- 4 ; b-3; c-2; d-1; e-6; f-5 Task 2: Ss look at the paintings in this unit and discuss the questions in Warming Up in groups of 4. Step 2. Pre-reading Task 3. Ss discuss and answer the following questions. Do you ever visit art galleries? What kind of paintings have you seen in galleries or in books? What are the names of some famous Western artists? Do you know in which century they lived? Step 3. Reading Task 4: Scanning : Ss read the passage quickly and find out the answers to the following questions. What were the artists intere