高二英语外研版选修8课件：Module2CultrualCornerTask.ppt

Activity 2 Write a description of the painting for visitors. Use some of the vocabulary you have learnt in this module. Activity 3 Show your work to other students and vote for the best piece. Homework Revise what you have learnt during this period of class. 2. Get ready for the next period. Module 2 The Renaissance Cultural Corner Task Cultural Corner - 1 Look at the following Pictures and say what you know about printing and Johann Gutenberg. 印刷术是我国古代的四大发明之一。它和 指南针、火药、造纸共称为中国古代的四 大发明。印刷术的发明，是我国古代劳动 人民智慧的代表，它对人类文明的贡献是 不可估量的。因此，有人把印刷术称为 “文明之母”，这是再恰当不过了。 公元1041~1048年，为了克服雕版印刷的 不足，平民出身的毕升用胶泥制字。一个字为一个印，用火烧硬，使之成为陶质。 一个字排版时先预备一块铁板，铁板上放松香、蜡、纸灰等的混合物，铁板四周围着一个铁框，在铁框内摆满要印的字印，摆满就是一版。然后用火烘烤，将混合物熔化，活字块结为一体，趁热用平板在活字上压一下，使字面平整。便可进行印刷。用这种方法，印二、三本谈不上什么效率，如果印数多了，几十本以至上千本，效率就很高了。为了提高效率常用两块铁板，一块印刷，一块排字。印完一块，另一块又排好了，这样交替使用，效率很高。 “也”等字，每字制成20多个字，以备一版内有重复时使用。没有准备的生僻字，则临时刻出，用草木火马上烧成。从印板上拆下来的字，都放入同一字的小木格内，外面贴上按韵分类的标签，以备检索。毕升起初用木料作活字，实验发现木纹疏密不一，遇水后易膨涨变形，与粘药固结后不易去下，才改用胶泥。 Johann Gutenberg 约翰·古登堡（Johann Gutenberg）生于1400年，逝于1467或1468年，是一名 德国酒类鉴赏家和冶金学家，他的印刷机 的设计借用一个制酒业中使用的类似机械。古登堡通常被认为是第一个发明了金属活字印刷机的人，1453年他印刷出了著名的《圣经》，并且他的印刷方法很快传遍了欧洲。 1. Where did printing begin in Europe? Germany. Cultural Corner—2 Read the passage and answer questions. (2) Why was printing so important for the Renaissance? Because people were hungry for knowledge, and it lead to the spread of a passion for artistic expression. Printing answered people’s need. 1. In China, Printing was known as early as in the 7th century during the tang Dynasty Cultural Corner—3 Do True or false questions T 2. Printing made it possible to produce more copies in a few weeks than could have been produced in a lifetime written out by hand. 3. By the 12th century AD, paper was being produced in Baghdad. T F 4. The first book that Gutenberg produced were Greek and Latin classics 5. In 1476 William Caxton set up his own press in London, and England became one of the most important centers of pr