Unit1ArtReadingandThinkingLearnaboutdifferentpaintingstylesinWesternart

LearningobjectiveIntoday’sclass,wewill:learnaboutthedevelopementofWesternpainting.analyzedthemainidea,structureandcharactericsofeachperiod.

ASHORTHISTORYOFWESTERNPAINTING1.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A.Howreligiouspaintingsdeveloped.B.HowWesternpaintingdeveloped.C.Howoilpaintingsdeveloped.D.HowImpressionistpaintingsdeveloped.Fastreading

ASHORTHISTORYOFWESTERNPAINTING2.Theauthor’smainpurposeinwritingthispassageis_____.A.toadvertisethecourseofpaintingB.tomakeyouamusedC.totellyouhowtopaintpicturesD.tointroduceyousomeinformationaboutwesternpainting3.Whatstheorderofthisarticle?A.timeorderB.spatial(空间)orderC.logicalorderFastreading

Task1ReadthetitleandsubtitlesformainideaPart1(Para.1) A．TheRenaissancePart2(Para.2) B．TheMiddleAgesPart3(Paras.3～5) C．IntroductionPart4(Paras.6～7) D．ModernArtPart5(Para.8) E．ImpressionismThetextmainlytellsus_____majorstylesofwesternpaintings,showingthe__________________ofit.fourdevelopment

Para.1ItistolookatthedevelopmentofWesternpaintingoverthecenturies.Task2Readfordetailedinformation(1)Whatiswesternart?(2)Whatisthebestwaytounderstandit?It’shardtogiveaprecisedefinition.Therearemanydifferentstylesofwesternart.

WhatisWesternart?Itishardtogiveaprecisedefinition.AstherehavebeensomanydifferentstylesofWesternart,itisimpossibletodescribethemallinashorttext.PerhapsthebestwaytounderstandWesternartistolookatthedevelopmentofWesternpaintingoverthecenturies.什么是西方艺术？很难给出准确的定义。由于西方艺术有很多不同的风格，不可能用一篇短文来描述它们。也许了解西方艺术的最好方法是看看西方绘画几个世纪以来的发展。Itis+adj+todosth做某事是....的，it为形式主语，todo为真正的主语as引导原因状语从句不定式短语做表语在过去的几个世纪中的做......的最好方法tod