READINGVOCABULARY(1)Module2TheRenaissance

Whatyoushouldlearninthisperiod:1.Tolearnsomeusefulwordsexpressions2.ToknowmoreabouttheRenaissanceandtolearnhowtointroduce“MonaLisa”inEnglish.3.Toimproveyourreadingabilitybyanalyzingthetext4.Tolearntorespectculturearoundtheworld.

MonaLisa

Nowpleasereadwhatpeoplesayaboutthepaintingonpage15anddecidewhichopinionsarepositive，andwhy？

LeonardodaVinciTheLastSupper

Activity31.architecture2.philosophy3.contribution4.employ5.trade6.art7.literature8.talent

Fastreadingtogetthegeneralideas

Readthepassagefastandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph:Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para6Para7Theoriginoftheword--RenaissanceThetimeandthebirthplaceoftheRenaissanceAnewtypeofphilosophyAtimeofscientificinventionTrademadetheRenaissancepossibleThediscoveryofthenewideasAgeniusLeonardo

Activity4：answers1.mysterious2.perspective3.Cathedral4.motivate5.gohandinhand

Carefulreadingtogetdetailedinformation

1.WhatdopeoplethinkoftheMonaLisa?2.Whichsentenceinpara.1issimilarinmeaningtothefollowingone?DrawnbyLeonardointheearly16thcentury,theMonaLisaisagreatwork.Para.1

Findoutthesentencewith“morethan”inparagraph2.ButtheRenaissanceis，ofcourse，morethanjustMonaLisa.morethan非常，不仅仅1TheMonaLisawasmorethanapainting;Leonardoloveditsomuchandhecarrieditwithhimuntil1519.2Iwasmorethancuriousaboutsomethingabout“MonaLisa.”3Wearemorethangladtointroducethepaintingtoyou.

Readpara.3andfillintheblanks:_________withotherpartsoftheworldmeantthatEuropewas______________,too.Thismeantthatpeoplehadmoney__________thearts;anditbecameeasierforartiststofindpeopleWhocould__________tobuytheir________oremploythem.Leonardoworkedforimportantpeoplesuchasthe_________ofMilan,