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.

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