(2)Ask Ss to look at the two pictures below and answer the following question：

These two paintings bellow are about--(风景)．

(图2-4-12) (图2-4-13)

Suggested Answers：

The two paintings above are about scene．

※[比较]scene与scenery

scene指风景，所见之物，包括户内或户外的、城市或乡村的、活动或静态的景物；scenery指自然景色。

Step 2．Function

Purpose：To enable Ss to know how to give opinions．

1．Individual work

Ask Ss to read the sentences in Activity 1 on P34 and underline the phrases for giving opinions．

Suggested Answers：

I think／I like／I really like／I can't stand／I'm interested in／1 want

2．Pair work

(1)Let Ss think more expressions about giving opinions．

For your reference：

I believe．．．／In my opinion．...

I like／love／enjoy．．．

I really like／appreciate...

1 want／would like／prefer．．．

...is great／wonderful／colourful／delightful／amazing／amusing!

...is awful／dreadful／terrible／ugly!

(2)Ask Ss to look at the pictures on the screen，and try to use the expressions they just learnt to express their opinions．Say which one they prefer and what they think of the pictures．

(图2-4-14) (图2-4-15) (图2-4-16)

Step 3．Cultural Corner

Purpose：To enable Ss to know something about Pablo Picasso．

1．Pair work

Show Ss Picture 2--4--17 and ask them some questions in order to arouse their

interest．

Q1．What do you think of this picture?

Q2．Do you know who painted it?(Pablo Picasso)

2．Individual work

Ask Ss to read the passage on P39 and decide whether the following statements ale

true(T)or false(F)．

(1)Picasso was born in Germany．

(2)From 1902 to 1904 he painted a series of pictures in pink，SO this period was known as Picasso's "pink period"．

(3)With another artist called George Braque，he started a new important art movement called Cubism．

(4)Picasso's greatest Cubist painting is about a city called Guernica．

(5)Picasso didn't show his feelings about what had happened in his pictures．