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T: Good! Now you have known the ways to give opinions. I'd like you to turn to page 32. Work in pairs. Choose the painting you like best. Describe the painting and say what you know about it and why you like it. At last I'd like you to act out your dialogues.

Sample dialogue 1:

A: Which picture do you prefer?

B: I like the picture with some shrimps.

A: Who painted it? What does it tell us?

B: Qi Baishi painted it. In the picture there are some shrimps that are lively and interesting.

A: Why do you like it?

B: The great painter painted them vividly. It shows the spirit of them and also gives you a comfortable feeling. The beautiful picture also reminds you of the beautiful nature.

Sample dialogue 2:

A: Which picture do you like?

B: I like the one with a girl sitting there.

A: Who painted it? And what does it tell us?

B: Picsso painted it. It tells us a lot. It makes us think of many images.

A: Why do you like it?

B: Because Picasso painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person shown at the same time.

Sample dialogue 3:

A: Which picture do you think is your favorite?

B: I think it is the one with a girl wearing the beautiful golden hair.

A: Whom was it painted by?

B: It was painted by the contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein.

A: Why do you like it?

B: Because it is abstract, and it shows the ordinary twentieth-century city life. It makes you think a lot about life.

T: Well done!