and at last, let's check the answers together.

After several minutes.

T: I'd like you to answer the three questions.

S1: For Question a: Picasso's blue period was from 1902 to 1904, when he painted a series of pictures where the main colour was blue. These pictures mainly showed poor, unhappy people.

S2: For Question b: From 1904 to 1906 Picasso painted much happier pictures in pink. This period was known as Picasso's "pink period."

S3: For Question c: Picasso with another Spanish artist George Braque started an art movement called Cubism. The picture Guernica is of this kind.

Language points

T: Look at the screen. Let's deal with the language points in the reading.

Show the following on the screen.

▲in his twenties: When he was at the age of 20 to 30

e.g. Karl Marks started to learn Russian in his fifties.

▲ a series of: 一连串，一系列

Pay attention to the verb form following it.

e.g. A series of accidents has happened at the crossroads.

A Korean TV series has been on for a week.

Such words as means, crossroads, species, series etc. can be used both as the single form and the plural form.

Listening

T: Now listen to the tape carefully and pay attention to the pronunciation. After listening, do the exercise on the screen.

Show the exercise on the screen. Play the tape.

It is widely accepted that Pablo Picasso is the twentieth-greatest western artist. He moved to France in his early ______. The years between 1902 and 1906 are divided into two important periods. One is the ______ period and the other is the ______ period. With another Spanish artist George Braque he started an art movement known as ______. One famous picture of this kind is Guernica. In the picture Picasso