1、Unit 1 Art 教材分析 I教学内容分析 本单元的中心话题是西方绘画艺术的历史、中西方各种艺术形式与风格，各时代的 著名画家以及他们的作品。听说读写等语言知识和语言技能主要围绕“绘画艺术”这一 主题设计的。本单元引导学生讨论这些问题，目的在于让他们了解绘画艺术及其各个历 史发展时期的不同风格，培养他们对艺术的兴趣。 Warming up 部分共有四个问题，引导学生讨论本单元出现的所有绘画，包括宗教绘 画、文艺复兴时期的绘画、印象派风景画和抽象画等。通过为教室选张贴画、为家居选 布置画、谈个人对绘画等艺术的喜好等活动，让学生交流对绘画等艺术形式的认识，并 在此过程中学习本单元即将出现的生词
2、。 Pre-reading 部分有三个问题，引导学生回顾在画廊或书本上见过的绘画。尤其要学 生回顾所见的西洋绘画和著名的画家，这和“热身”部分的讨论有机地联系起来，帮助 学生认识国画和西洋画的不同特征、代表性作品及画家。 Reading 部分主要介绍西方绘画史。文章开头阐述导致艺术发展的因素：生活方式和 人们的信仰，并由此得出结论：西方艺术不断变化发展，而中国艺术相对保持稳定。随 后文章从四个方面介绍了主要的西方艺术绘画流派。中世纪的绘画主题主要与宗教有关， 这个时期的作品充满了宗教符号，表达作者对上帝的崇敬和热爱。直到 13 世纪，意大利 画家乔托（Giotto）才开始描绘现实的宗教活动。文
3、艺复兴时，人们的思想和价值观发生 了根本性的变化，绘画主题从宗教转向人与自然，绘画手法更为现实。意大利画家马萨 乔（Masaccio）采用透视法绘画，开创了现实主义绘画的新纪元。19 世纪晚期，欧洲的 工业化导致了巨大的社会变革，也使绘画风格产生了变化。在法国的巴黎出现了印象派 艺术画家，他们走出家门，捕捉瞬间作用于物体的光线。印象派绘画一段时间引起了争 议，但如今被公认为现代艺术的开端。无论是抽象画还是现实画，都得益于印象派艺术 的启发。阅读文章中有四幅图，分别为：1.亚博拉罕接待天使（大圣母教堂侧壁）432 440 中世纪 2.巴 卡斯蒂利昂伯爵像（拉斐尔）1515 文艺复兴 3. 日出（
4、莫奈） 1872-1873印象主义 4.海边人物形象（斯塔尔） 1952现代艺术 Comprehending 部分设置了四个练习。练习 1 为填表活动，考查学生对四种西方绘 画艺术流派所处历史时期及其基本特征的了解。练习 2 是写的活动，要求学生写出从课 文了解到的有关西方艺术的三项新知识。练习 3 为检测性练习，通过判断正误，检查学 生对阅读内容的理解和掌握情况。练习 4 是包含两个议题的讨论题，鼓励学生就自己喜 好的艺术风格进行口头交流。 Learning about language 的词汇部分，通过三个练习帮助学生理解并运用课文中的 生词。练习 1 为词语释义练习。练习 2 要求学生用
5、课文中出现的词填空。练习 3 是词汇 分类练习，并要求学生在完成“思维图”后写句子或短文。语法部分学习虚拟语气。练 习 1 通过“热身”中的两个问句，让学生认识虚拟语气，要求学生从阅读课文中找出含 有虚拟语气的句子。 练习 2 要求学生区分虚拟条件句与表示真实情况的条件句。练习 3 让学生用所给动词的正确形式填空，进一步理解和巩固虚拟语气的用法。练习 4 要求学 生用虚拟语气做游戏。 Using language 部分综合训练听说读写能力。阅读部分综合介绍了曼哈顿的主要艺术 画廊。纽约富翁弗里克（Henry Clay Frick）去世后，给美国人留下了房屋、家具以及艺 术收藏品，许多艺术爱好者
6、把弗里克收藏馆（The Frick Collecting）视为最好的小型艺术 画廊；古根海姆博物馆（Guggenheim Museum）珍藏着 5000 件现代油画、雕塑和素描作 品。博物馆本身也是世界著名的建筑，走进博物馆，就好像置身于巨大的贝壳之中。 （纽 约）大都会博物馆（Metropolitan Museum of Art）珍藏着美国最好的艺术品，它展现给人 们的是世界各地 5000 多年的历史。现代艺术博物馆（Museum of Modern Art）收藏着 19 世纪晚期到 21 世纪的伟大的艺术作品。惠特尼美国艺术博物馆（Whitney Museum of American Ar
7、t）与时代同步，展现当代美国绘画和雕塑作品。阅读材料后设置了两个练习： 一是在地图上找出各个展览馆的位置；二是根据阅读内容填表格。听说部分与阅读部分 密切相关，谈论参观曼哈顿的主要艺术画廊，学习和运用表达“偏爱”的交际用语。写 的部分要求学生写封信，就开办艺术画廊谈谈自己的想法。 Summing up 部分要求学生就西方艺术、艺术画廊、词语和结构等方面进行自我评 价，判定是否需要进一步巩固练习。 Learning tip 部分就如何把握文章的主题思想提出建议： 1 阅读标题和副标题； 2 阅读图片和图表； 3 阅读第一段或各段的第一句； 4 阅读结论； 5 思考写作意图。 II本单元涉及的要点
8、是： 简要了解西方和中国绘画艺术的历史和风格，各时代的著名画家以及他们的作品。 学习有关绘画艺术的词汇。 学会表达喜好和偏爱的日常交际用语。 学习虚拟语气（和现在、将来事实相反）的用法。 学习写提出建议的信。 III教学计划 本单元分六课时： 第一课时: Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading, Comprehending 第二、三课时：Language points in Warming up, Pre-reading 对准 The hunter took aim at the lion. (2)C 目标; 目的 Whats your aim in working
9、so hard? He has achieved his aim. (3) v. 瞄准；对准 He aimed his gun at the enemy. 2. symbol The dove is the symbol of peace. Part 3 1. value n 用途；价值 You will find the dictionary of great value when you learn English. 2. concentrateon 聚焦于，把 聚集于 Ill concentrate on the main group of people over there. 3. p
10、ossession n (pl) 财产 He was found in possession of dangerous drugs. The house is in my possession. They have taken possession of the city. 常见词组：in possession of 拥有 in the possession of sb. 为所占有；掌握在手中 take possession of 占有，占领 4. convince v 使相信 We couldnt convince him of his mistakes. We couldnt convin
11、ce him to correct his mistakes. I am convinced that they can do it. 5. If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, no one would have been able to paint such realistic pictures.如果没有发现透视法，人们就不可能画出如此逼真的画。 该句使用了虚拟语气, 这是本单元的语法项目。与过去事实相反的假设, 主句中用 would have done, if 从句中用 had done。如： If I had help
12、ed him, he would have finished the work. 如果我帮了他, 他就完成工作了。(事实是没帮他) Part 4 1. a great deal 作状语 In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal. 拓展： a great deal of +不可数名词，表示 “许多” 。 英语中表示“许多、大量” 的词(组)： 修饰可数名词的：many, a large number of, a great many, quite a few, scores of 等 修饰不可数名词的：much, a great
13、deal of, a large amount of 等 既可修饰可数名词, 又可修饰不可数名词的：a lot of , lots of, plenty of, a quantity of, quantities of 等 2. Among the painters who broke away from the traditional style of painting were the impressionists who lived and worked in Paris.打破传统绘画风格的画家中就有生活工作在 巴黎的印象派画家。 该句采用了倒装语序，主语是 impressionists
14、。表示地点的介词短语放在句首，常引 起完全倒装。如： Among the survivors was a British woman.幸存者中有一位英国妇女。 Inside the pyramids are the burial rooms for the kings and queens and long passages to these rooms. 金字塔内是国王和王后的墓穴以及通向这些墓穴的通道。 3. the first/second/last +n.+ to do sth. 第一/二/ 最后做某事的 The impressionists were the first artist
15、s to paint outdoors. Part 5 1.scores of 许多 Scores of people are waiting to buy tickets over there. 2.attempt v so much/little +不可数名词 There are so few people in the street. There is still so much milk in the bottle. 3. works of art 艺术品 There are so many works of art in the museum. 4.admission price 门
16、票价格 Though the admission price is relatively high, we decided to visit the museum. Part 5. Whitney Museum of American Art 1.contemporary adj 当代的，同时代的 I like contemporary literature very much. This book is contemporary with that one. 2.permanent adj. 永久的；长久的 She is looking for a permanent job. The ac
17、cident has not done any permanent damage. 3.all the time 一直，始终 拓展：at the same time 同时；可是 at all times 总是；随时 at times 有时 at one time 一度；曾经 ahead of time 提前 from time to time 有时，偶尔 in time 及时；迟早 on time 准时 in no time 立刻，马上 4.every two years 每两年 拓展：every other day 每隔一天 every few days 每隔几天（不可用 every a f
18、ew days） every third day 每隔两天 Step 6. Homework Surf on the Internet to find more information about famous art galleries in the world. Period 6 Listening, Discussing, Writing (Using Language) Teaching Goals: To get Ss to talk about the galleries in their own words. To train Ss listening, speaking and
19、 writing ability. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Free talk Purpose：To get Ss to talk about the galleries in their own words and get them to predict what the three people in the listening text might see. Group work: 1. Can you say something about the five galleries in Ex2 (P7)? What kind of art does ea
20、ch gallery contain and from what countries and period? 2. Do you think they will agree at the beginning of the tape which galleries they will visit? What kind of different opinions might they have? Step 2. First listening Listen carefully and number the galleries in the order that you hear about the
21、m. Pair work Discuss the answers with your partner. Suggested Answers: 1 Metropolitan Museum of Art 2 The Frick Collection 3 Museum of Modern Art 4 Whitney Museum of American Art 5 Guggenheim Museum Step 3. Second listening Purpose：To help Ss to focus on the information they must listen for. Pair wo
22、rk Ask Ss to read the following questions Ask them to work with a partner to see how many of the questions they can already answer. 1. Who first suggested they visit art galleries? 2. Who does not like large museums? 3. Why is Gao Yan interested in visiting the Metropolitan Museum? 4. What is their
23、plan for the first day? 5. What do they do to make Susan happy? 6. Why doesnt Susan want to go to the Museum of Modern Art? 7. Which two galleries do they decide to visit on Saturday? Suggested Answers: 1 John. 2. Susan. 3. He wants to see art from all over the world, including some from China. 4. V
24、isit the Frick Collection in the morning and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the afternoon. 5. They suggest that Susan go back in the afternoon from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the hotel if she has had enough. John and Gao Yan stay at the museum till it closes. 6. She thinks a monkey could p
25、aint better pictures than modern artists. 7. The Whitney first and then the Guggenheim. Step 4. Role play Group work Ss are divided into three groups to act as Gao Yan, John, and Susan. Each group is supposed to read each part. Step 5. Discussing Group work Work in a small group. You have only one d
26、ay to visit art galleries in New York. Read the tourist guide book again and tell your group which galleries you prefer and why. Decide together how you will spend the day. Use expressions like: Id prefer Id rather Id like Which would you prefer? Would you rather? Would you like or? Step 7. Writing
27、Purpose: To learn to write letters for making suggestions. Group work Write a letter according to the following requirements. Then one student reads his composition and the other three find out the excellent expressions and some mistakes in it. Imagine that you live in the center of a city. Near the
28、 center, there is a very old museum, which shows many works by local artists. Some people living downtown want to build a supermarket where the museum now stands, but some people dont agree with it. They want to protect the museum. Please write a letter to the local newspaper to give it your opinion
29、s. 英文建议信的写法： 建议信中应该包括建议的原因、理由和提出合理的建议。建议信要求写得简明扼 要，目的明确。 建议信的开头常用句式： I am writing to express my view concerning You have asked me for my advice with regard to and I will try to make some conductive suggestions. 表达建议常用句式： I feel that it would be beneficial if I would like to suggest that I would reco
30、mmend that If I were you, I would You may consider doing It would seem to me that you could As you may agree that 建议信的结尾常用句式： I would be ready to discuss this matter in further detail. One possible version: Dear editor, I am writing to express my view concerning whether we should protect the old mus
31、eum or build a supermarket. I feel that it would be beneficial if we built a supermarket there. It would be convenient for people to buy things. Although the old museum can tell us about how local people lived in the past, we must consider the development of our city and we must pay more attention t
32、o improving the life conditions of the living people now. So I would recommend that we should build a supermarket here. As for the old museum, we could move it to another place. Best wishes to you. Yours, Susan Step 8. Homework 1. Review all the words and expressions in this unit. 2. Try to appreciate some famous western and Chinese arts. Suggested websites. http/ http/www.guggenheim.org http/ http/ http/www.china- http/ http/www.xmhj- http/www.favorite- http/
