北师版英语必修2 Unit 6 lesson 2 Great Buildings PPT3.ppt

A free tour around the world… Location: centre of town, near park, big garden in front Style/ materials: modern skyscraper, concrete, glass and metal Features: very tall, green glass walls, flag on top, statues Inside: very modern offices, lift, cafe on top floor Homework Suppose you have an pen friend in America and he/she wants to know something about the Forbidden Palace. Please describe the it in your letter. * * * * * Eiffel Tower The Triumphal Arch France Big Ben England America Washington--- White House Colosseum 罗马圆形大剧场 Leaning Tower of Pisa Italy The Great Wall Architecture is frozen music. -------- Johann Wolfgang Goethe German poet (1749-1832) Lesson 2 Unit 6 Great Buildings Lesson 2 Great Buildings 2 3 1 4 a) Palace of the Doges (Venice) c) Eilean Donna Castle (Scotland) d) Chrysler Building (New York) b) Post Office Savings Bank (Budapest) The Palace of the Doges, in Venice, is one of the finest Gothic buildings(哥特式的尖拱式建筑) anywhere in Europe. It was finally finished in 1498 and was the residence(居住处)of the Doges(共和国总督)or Dukes(公爵)of Venice. The Castle of Eilean Donan, on a loch(湖)in Scotland, was built in the thirteenth century but was destroyed by the English in 1719. The Castle was in ruins(废墟)for 200 years until it was restored(修复重建)in 1932. The Chrysler Building in New York was built in 1930 .It is a masterpiece of ‘art deco’(装饰派艺术的杰作). It is not the highest, but it is one of the most beautiful skyscraper. The Post Office Savings Bank building in Budapest 布达佩斯(匈牙利首都)was designed by Hungarian (匈牙利的) architect in the late nineteenth century. There are fantastic ornaments of things like waves, flowers and angels. Medieval中世纪的 modern early twentieth century period Ex2 key words materials marble 大理石 glass 玻璃 stone 石料 metal 金属 concrete 混凝土 features roof 屋顶 statue 雕像 tower 塔 balcony 阳台 Kinds of buildings Palace bank castle skyscraper The Palace of the Doges,