2019-2020学年译林版高中英语选修8优化教案:Unit 3 Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading — Pre reading
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  我奶奶非常喜欢毕加索的作品,认为他是有史以来最伟大的艺术家,所以我们从西班牙出发,去了毕加索的出生地马拉加市。在毕加索出生的房子附近有一座博物馆,里面都是他的艺术作品。马拉加是一座迷人的城市,建筑很美。我惊讶地得知,毕加索一生创作了两万多件艺术作品。他不仅绘画,还创作雕塑,利用各种材料创作作品。他尝试过多种不同的绘画风格,但尤以立体派作品著称。立体派常常运用锐角,在立体派画作中世界被呈现为由立方体和矩形构成。 

   Of course, even though Picasso was Spanish, he left Spain while he was still a young and struggling artist, and settled in Paris, France. So, after visiting Spain, we went to Paris. During our four days in Paris we spent one whole day at the Louvre Museum, where we saw the Mona Lisa, painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. He created this work between 1503 and 1506. I was really impressed by this picture of a lady with a mysterious smile. By popular consensus⑬, this is the most valuable painting in the world - it is impossible to calculate⑭ what price it would fetch if it ever came on the market⑮. Besides⑯ being a painter, da Vinci was also an architect, scientist and engineer. He designed many new inventions, including a primitive form of a helicopter⑰ and a tank⑱.

  Besides the works of da Vinci, the Louvre Museum has more than 6,000 other European paintings, ranging from the 13th century to the 19th century⑲. It doesn't have any modern paintings in it, however. Modern paintings are all kept at the Muse d'Orsay. We went there on our second day in Paris because my aunt was eager to see⑳ the works of Claude Monet.,⑬consensus/kən'sensəs/n.共识,一致的意见

  ⑭calculate/'kælkjʊleIt/vt. & vi.计算,推测

  calculator n.计算器

  ⑮come on the market上市,出售

  on the open market自由买卖

  what引导宾语从句作calculate的宾语;if引导条件状语从句。

  ⑯besides prep.除......之外(还),相当于in addition to或apart from,后面接名词、代词或动名词作宾语。

  ⑰helicopter/'helIkɒptə(r)/n.直升机

  ⑱tank/tæŋk/n.坦克;(储存液体或气体的)箱,槽,罐

  ⑲现在分词短语ranging from ... to ...作后置定语,修饰前面的paintings;range from ... to ...是固定结构,意思是"从......到......不等"。

  ⑳be eager to do sth.迫不及待地做某事

can't wait to do sth.迫不及待地做某事