T: Please work in groups of four, take turns to ask and answer your questions. Then I'll ask some groups to act out your dialogues.

After 3 minutes.

T: Have you finished? Now I'd like you to act out your dialogues.

Sample version 1:

A: Which works by Xu Beihong do you like best?

B: I like the picture with 6 horses running towards you.

A: Do you know any works of the Impressionist school?

B: Yes! One of the works named the Dancing Lesson by Edgar Decar.

Sample version 2:

A: Who do you think started Cubism?

B: It was Picasso.

A: Do you know any famous artist living in the Tang Dynasty?

B: Yes. Wu Daozi was a famous painter living at that time.

Sample version 3:

A: Which do you like better, the landscapes or the oil paintings?

B:I like the landscapes better, for it is more traditional.

A: Do you like the works by Qi Baishi?

B: Yes. I even attended one of his art shows.

T: Good. Please make some notes for a short talk on a painter or a painting you really like. Bring a copy of the painting here and show it to your classmates.

Step IV Everyday English

This part is designed to help the students improve their pronunciation and get them to realize the function words are weak sound when they are read in sentences.

T: Turn to page 38. Look at the sentences. I'd like you to work in pair, and choose the correct answers.

Allow them enough time and then check the answers.

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T: Now listen and repeat phrases in Activity 1. Notice the weak sound.