高中英语选修六 Unit1 using language--reading

Please find proper sites for these tourists:
1. Smith is an art student. He is extremely interested in ancient Chinese culture. Metropolitan Museum
2. Anna studies art in college. She wants to learn about pre-twentieth century western paintings and also enjoys beautiful sceneries. The Frick Collection
Who do you think the passage was written for? Tourists, art gallery visitors or art lovers. Where might you find such a passage?
A.Possibly in a guide book. B.Possibly in a scientific book C.Possibly in a newspaper
Museum of Modern Art.
True or false T 1. Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces you
to ancient ways of living. 2.Because the admission price of Museum of F Modern Art is very _____ low, it is often crowded. high /not low 3. Metropolitan Museum of Art covers more T than 5000 years of civilization from many parts of the world including China. 4. The reputation of the Museum of Modern Art T lies in housing the art works from the late 19th century to the 21st century in the same museum.
3. Wang Lin admires Van Gogh very much. He is looking forward to a chance to see his Museum of paintings. Modern Art
4. Bob is an art-dealer, so he wants to know about the latest artworks by the living Whitney artists. Museum
3.She was chosen in preference to __________________her sister.
as if you were inside a fragile, white seashell; no stairs, just a circular path.
1. In which museum can we find Chinese art? 涵盖
Metropolitan Museum of Art covers more than 5000 years of civilization from many parts of the world including China.
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The Frick Collection
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avenue
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Museum of Modern Art
Para1 Read aloud
The Frick Collection 1. How did the Frick Collection come into being? 2.What can you do in this art gallery?
see… explore…
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2.What can you do in this art gallery?
How did the Frick Collection come into being? left Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, _______ (left/leaving) his house, furniture and art collection to the American people. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in leaving his house…to the American 1919, _______ people. see… pre-twentieth century western paintings explore… Frick’s beautiful home and garden Frick’s beautiful home and garden a visit/visiting are well worth ______________.
Guggenheim Museum
superb modern Guggenheim Museum owns 5,000 _____ sculptures and drawings. The exhibition paintings,________ changing It wialways _______.
Para3,4,5 Read by yourselves
2.Where can we find the works of Van Gogh, Picasso or Matisse? 3. In which museum can we appreciate the latest works of art? Every two years 每两年), the Whitney _____________( holds a special exhibition of new art by living 活着的) artists . ______(
1. preference n. 偏爱; 优先; 喜爱物
对……有偏爱 have a preference for give (a) preference to sb./sth. 给……以优惠 in preference to 优先于
preferences 1.I don’t know your___________, so please help yourself. a preference for 2.I have ___________________tea rather than coffee.
5. Lisa is also an art student. She wants to learn something about Impressionism. Guggenheim Museum
Summary
There are many art g______ galleries in New York. The best one should be the Frick Collection though it is small. There, you will see many pre-twentieth century Western W_____ paintings. Besides, its house and worth a visit. Perhaps, the biggest garden are well w____ museum is Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose collection c____ covers more than 5000 years of c_________ from many parts of the world. civilization Guggenheim Museum owns 5000 modern paintings, sculptures s________ and drawings. The exhibition is always changing appeal to _______.It will _________those who love Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.
Para5 Reading together
Whitney Museum of American Art
What is the purpose of writing this passage?
A.to introduce the art galleries to people
B.to advertise the art galleries
What i________ visitors most is its worldimpresses famous building. When you walk into the as if gallery, you feel ___ ___you were inside a seashell fragile, white s______. Museum of Modern Art h______ many houses great works of art from the late ____ 19th 21st century to the ____century. Interestingly, when you stand in front of it, you usually see warning the admission price a few words of w_____: is not cheap and the museum is often very crowded c______. Another famous museum is Whitney Museum of American Art, which collection holds an excellent c ________ of contemporary c__________ American painting and sculpture.