Unit 2 Developing ideas Reading高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册.pptx

Developing ideas—reading Unit 2 A life’s work 目录 contents Pre-reading Language points Fast reading Homework Intensive reading Post-reading I Pre-reading Pre-reading 1. Who was the Forbidden City built for? 2. When did it become home to the Palace Museum? 3. How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum? 4. What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world? Watch the video and answer the questions. Pre-reading 1. Who was the Forbidden City built for? Watch the video and answer the questions. 2. When did it become home to the Palace Museum? The Forbidden City was built for emperors, their families and servants in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It became home to the Palace Museum in 1925. Pre-reading 3. How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum? Watch the video and answer the questions. 4. What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world? There are around 1.8 million works of art. Show your own answers. Look at the title and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. Pre-reading Show your own answers. Pre-reading The Forbidden City is located in the heart of Beijing. Built during the early Ming Dynasty, it is one of the largest imperial palaces in the world. The magnificent halls and walls proudly display the essence and culmination of Background Information Pre-reading traditional Chinese architecture. The Palace Museum was built in it in 1925 and in 1987 the former imperial residence was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Background Information II Fast reading a. Why is Wang Jin optimistic about the future of the timepieces in the Palace Museum? b. Why is it painstaking for Wang Jin and his students to repair the collection of timepieces in the Palace Museum? Fast reading Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. c. What has been done to the clocks that date back to the time of Emperor Qianlong? d. Who is Wang Jin and where does he work? e. What qualities do Wang Jin and his