Period 5: Cultural Corner

学习目标：

1. 通过阅读该文章，增加对西方国家新闻业的了解

2. 掌握短文内部分重点单词和短语

3. 了解西方文化，树立跨文化交际意识

学习重点：

通过阅读该文章，增加对西方国家新闻业的了解

学习难点：

了解西方文化，树立跨文化交际意识

课前预习

使用说明与学法指导：

1. 了解西方文化，树立跨文化交际意识

2. 15分钟之内完成

教材助读：

Cubism

　　English art historian Douglas Cooper describes three phases of Cubism in his seminal book "The Cubist Epoch". According to Cooper there was "Early Cubism", (from 1906 to 1908) when the movement was initially developed in the studios of Picasso and Braque; the second phase being called "High Cubism", (from 1909 to 1914) during which time Juan Gris emerged as an important exponent; and finally Cooper referred to "Late Cubism" (from 1914 to 1921) as the last phase of Cubism as a radical avant-garde movement.

In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form-instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. Often the surfaces intersect at seemingly random angles, removing a coherent sense of depth. The background and object planes interpenetrate one another to create the shallow ambiguous space, one of cubism's distinct characteristics.

预习自测：

Pead the passage and answer the following questions:

①How many kinds of newspaper were mentioned in the passage?

A. 2. B.5. C.6. D.3.

②What do quality newspapers have except home news and sports events?

A. International news and cultural events.

B. international news.

C. Large headlines and news about the British royal family.