牛津深圳版英语八年级上Unit 1《Encyclopaedias》（Period 2）课件.pptVIP

Period 2 Reading (I) Speak up Module 1 Amazing things Oxford English Unit 1 Encyclopaedias Complete the table below. 1 Background knowledge Subject More information on ?????????????? Read the title and the introduction on page 3. Then answer the questions. You are going to read a short article about Leonardo da Vinci from an encyclopaedia. Before you start, try the quiz below. Circle the correct answers. There can be more than one answer. What do you know about …? Look at the pictures and the title of the first article on page 3. Then answer the questions below. Before you read 2 Da Vinci’s achievements ?????????/ About Da Vinci achievements year of birth year of death childhood painter inventor musician engineer scientist contributions 1519 1452 birthplace countryside, Italy showed great intelligence and artistic ability adulthood learnt to do many different things many inventions famous paintings Leonardo da Vinci 3 Read the first article and complete the spidergram. C1 The words in italics are from the first article on page 3. Circle the correct answers to complete these sentences. Vocabulary D1 Below are some notes about the first encyclopaedia article on page 3, but some of the facts are wrong. Read the article and correct the notes if necessary. Comprehension Look it up! Da Vinci, Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci (1452—1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines. (See Art) * * * * *