7高等学校研究生英语系列教材_综合教程(下)主编熊海虹_教学第单元资料.ppt

Content Starting out Reading Focus Reading More Practical Translation Focused Writing Final Project Task 1 Read the following paragraph, and discuss with your partner what art there is in architecture. (Page 193) Architecture is both the process and the product of designing and constructing spaces that reflect functional, aesthetic and environmental considerations. Architecture requires the use of materials, technology, textures, light, and shadow. As a process, architecture also includes the pragmatic elements of design, such as planning, cost and construction. Task 2 The following are some quotes or sayings about beauty. Do you agree with them? Explain your reasons with examples.(P.193) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. Beauty and folly are generally companions. The Glass Pyramid in Louvre: The Egyptian pyramid is enormous, number one, secondly it’s solid, it’s ________. It’s a place for the dead. This pyramid at the Louvre is just the opposite it’s glass, it’s ____________. The transparency is very important here, not only for the functional reason of _____________ into the reception at the hall, but also to be able to ____________, so that you can see the _______________ of the Louvre. What people see in Louvre: What are these people doing here, what are they looking for? A ______________________ by Michelangelo, or an occasion for courtship? Are they _____________ the Venus de Milo as an example of late Hellenistic Greek art, or as ________ of feminine beauty recognisable from twentieth century _______________? Are they here just to say they’ve seen the Mona Lisa, or to ___________ as an example of an early Renaissance portrait? What People Can Get in Louvre: Well part of the deal one gets from going to a museum is to ge