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* * Take art slow, steady Issue.1082 Dec 3, 2014 Certificates’ value gets re-examined Pair Work Detailed Study Take art slow, steady General Questions Read the passage and then summarize the main idea of it. Try to retell the gist to your partner. You can use the following points as clues. How do typical museum goers appreciate pieces of art? What are the better way to appreciate artworks? What are the merits if we slow down? Pair Work Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1.What would a typical museumgoer do in a musuem? 2. What does the recent New York Times article suggest? A recent New York Times article suggest we slow down and truly spend time appreciating artwork that draws us in, not analyzing so-called masterpieces just for the sake of appearances. General Questions The typical museumgoer grabs a map and spends the next two or three hours tracking down each exhibit’s highlights. They dart from one masterpiece to the next, battling the crowd for a better view, maybe taking a selfie or two, and then checking the item off their bucket list. 3.What is the metaphor Pawelski used to describe typical musuemgoers? 4.What would we experience if we slow down according to Pawelski? When you go to the library, you don’t walk along the shelves looking at the spines of the books and on your way out tweet to your friends, ‘I read 100 books today!’,” Pawelski said. Yet that’s exactly how many of us experience museums. General Questions Pawelski said that if you do choose to slow down — to find a piece of art that speaks to you and observe it for minutes rather than seconds — you are more likely to connect with the art, and maybe even with yourself. 5.What is Sandra’s suggestions for museumgoers? 6. What does Jackson find out? Sandra suggests people find their interests. Find which works might speak to you, research the museum’s collection online in advance of your visit. Or s