一、 What impresses you most in the museum?
Encourage students to express themselves freely about their past experiences.
Step 2 Reading
1. Scanning and skimming
Ask students to go over Reading and answer these questions:
* Which countries has Li Ming visited on his trip?
* How many days did they spend in Paris?
* Where are they going next?
Answers:
* Spain, France, Netherlands
* Four days
* They are going to another museum in Amsterdam.
2. Listening and careful reading
(1) Ask students to listen and read the text carefully and try to answer the following questions:
* What did Li Ming think about Malaga?
* What is cubism? Who developed it?
* What can be seen in the Louvre Museum?
* What did Da Vinci do besides painting?
* In which museum can you see Monet's works?
* Where is the Van Gogh Museum?
* In which city did Li Ming see Rembrandt's paintings?
Answers:
* He thinks Malaga is a lovely city and that the architecture there is beautiful.
* Cubism is a type of art developed by Pablo Picasso that represents things as geometric shapes.
Mona Lisa.