Step 1 Leading-in

Show the picture, Mona Lisa smile. Ask Ss three questions. And see how much they know about the famous picture.

1.Who is the woman in the picture?

Mona Lisa.

2.Who painted the picture?

Leonardo da Vinci (1452～1519).

3.How long did it take him to paint it? Four years (1503～1506).

通过图片的直观展示让学生清楚本节课的主要话题内容。主要目的是为了活跃课堂气氛，激发学生积极主动地谈论关于艺术的话题 Step 2. Pre-reading

1. Pair work

Do you know the names of the following western artists and their famous works? What do you know about them? Discuss with your partner.

Giotto 乔托(1267-1337)

Raphael拉斐尔(1483-1520)

Van Gogh凡高(1853-1890)

Claude Monet克劳德·莫奈(1840-1926)

Pablo Picasso毕加索(1881-1973)

2. Group work

Ask Ss to discuss in groups how to use the following words.

realistic abstract sculpture

gallery belief consequence

symbol renaissance focus

religion possession perspective

convince impressionism shadow ridiculous controversial attempt

predict aggressive scholar flesh

geometry bunch

活动设计目的:

1. To introduce to Ss some famous western artists of each period and their famous works.

2. Get Ss to talk about the famous western artists and their famous works.

Step3. Skimming

Group work

Ask Ss to discuss the title of the text and the headings within it with their partners in groups of four and answer the following two questions.

1. What is the topic of the text and how is the information organized?

It is about Western painting and the information is organized in time periods, from earliest to present time.

2. Skim the first paragraph to find the topic sentence that tells the reader what the text is going to be about.

　The last sentence.

通过小组活动的形式主要目的是让同学之间互相学习，帮助掌握一些英语阅读的技巧