最新北师大高一必修2Unit 6精品教案《2 Great Buildings》教学指导

最新北师大高一必修2Unit 6精品教案《2 Great Buildings》教学指导
最新北师大高一必修2Unit 6精品教案《2 Great Buildings》教学指导

《2 Great Buildings》教学指导

Objectives

■To give opinions about buildings.

■To listen and make notes.

■To self-assess the difficulty of a listening text and exercise.

■To listen and identify stressed words that give new information.

■To practise describing places.

■To practise using vocabulary of buildings.

Resources used

Cassette, pictures of buildings.

Possible problems

Students may find the verb look followed by as if, like or an adjective a bit confusing.

Background

The Palace of the Doges, in Venice, is one of the finest Gothic buildings anywhere in Europe. It was finally finished in 1498 and was the residence of the Doges or Dukes of Venice.

The Post Office Savings Bank building in Budapest was designed by Hungarian architect Odon Lechner in the late nineteenth century. He incorporated Hungarian folk art into his buildings. He was influenced by art nouveau and the Post Office Savings Bank has an element of surreality comparable to the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi.

The Castle of Eilean Donan, on Loch Alsh in Scotland, was built in the thirteenth century but was destroyed by the English in 1719. The castle was in ruins for 200 years until it was restored in 1932.

The Chrysler Building in New York was built in 1930 by the architect William van Alen. It is a masterpiece of “art deco”, a movement that grew up in the 1920s and 1930s, first in Paris and then in the USA. Art deco developed from art nouveau

with cleaner, simpler lines. Hyde Park is one of London’s most beautiful landscapes and covers 350 acres of land. Hyde Park provides facilities for many different activities and sports such as rowing, horse riding, rollerblading and even wildlife watching. It is also often the focal point of many public events. King Henry the 8th used to hunt in the park in the 1500s.

The quote is by Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, novelist and dramatist. His most famous work is Faust.

Routes through the material

■ If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework and shorten Exercises 7 and 8. ■ If you have time, do the Option Activity.

■ If you have two periods for the lesson, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 5.

Language Power: pages 78-79.

Before you start

Exercise 1

■ In groups, students match the buildings with the photographs and discuss which one of them they like best.

■ The groups can then report back to the class.

Answers

1 a

2 c

3 d

4 b

Exercise 2

Key Words

period: ancient, modern, early twentieth century

materials: stone, marble, glass, tiles, metal, concrete

features: balcony, tower, roof, statue

kinds of buildings: palace, bank, castle, skyscraper

■ Students check the meaning of the Key Words in a dictionary. ■ In groups, they then discuss what kinds of buildings they can see in the pictures and guess the materials used, and the period. They can see if their guesses are correct in the next exercise.

Exercise 3

■ Students look at the table and the entries made for the first building.

■ Play the cassette two or three times for them to complete the table.

Answers

2 Post Office Savings Bank/early 20th century/(not mentioned)/ fantastic decorations on the roof

3 castle/ancient (13th century)/stone/tower and thick walls

4 skyscraper/1930s/metal, concrete and glass/metal roof

Tapescript

Female: Good evening and welcome to “Building Sights”. Today Ben Smith will describe four of his favourite buildings from around the world.

1 The Palace of the Doges, in Venice, is one of the best ancient buildings anywhere in Europe. It was finished in 1498. It has beautiful pink and white marble walls. From St Mark’s Square you can see the balcony with statues on either side.

2 The Post Office Savings Bank building in Budapest was built in the early twentieth century. The most beautiful part of the building is the roof ?C which is green, blue, yellow and brown. On the roof, there are fantastic decorations representing waves, flowers, and angels. Someone asked the architect who designed the building why there are so many interesting things where people could not see them. He replied, “But the birds will.”

3 The ancient castle of Eilean Donan in Scotland is probably one of the most fantastic buildings in the world. It was built in the thirteenth century but was destroyed by the English in 1719.

The castle was in ruins for 200 years until it was rebuilt in 1932. It has a large, stone tower and thick stone walls.

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