1、Unit 1 Art Using Language,The Best of Manhattans Art Galleries,1.Learn something about Manhattans art galleries； 2.Learn reading skills :scanning a text for specific information； 3.Learn to mark a map. 4.Grasp the important phrases and sentence patterns:more than It is amazing that- be worth-,Learni

2、ng aims,1. Do you know any western art galleries? 2. Have you ever been to any western galleries before? If so, describe your visit.,Fast reading,1.Skim the text, and answer the following questions.,(1)Whats the main idea of this passage? The passage introduces some best art galleries of Manhattan.

3、(2)Where might you see such a passage? Possibly in a guide book. (3) Who do you think the text was written for? Tourists and art gallery visitors.,2.Read the text and then answer the questions.,How many art galleries are introduced in the passage? Five. What and where are they? The Frick Collection:

4、 5th Avenue & E.70th Street Guggenheim Museum: 5th Avenue & 88th Street Metropolitan Museum of Art: 5th Avenue & 82nd Street Museum of Modern Art: 53rd Street Whitney Museum of American Art: 945 Madison Avenue,1,2,3,4,5,The Frick Collection,Guggenheim Museum,Metropolitan Museum of Art,Museum of Mode

5、rn Art,Whitney Museum of American Art,street,avenue,Careful reading,1.Match the numbers on the map with the museums.,Henry Clay Frick,The Frick Collection 弗里克收藏館,What can you do in this art gallery?,see explore visit,pre-twentieth century western paintings,Fricks beautiful house,the garden,Guggenhei

6、m Museum,Fill in the blanks.,Guggenheim Museum owns _ superb modern paintings, sculptures and drawings. The exhibition in it is always_. The_ and _ section appeals to lots of visitors. The best way to see the paintings is to start from the _ floor and walk down to the _. The museum also has an excel

7、lent _.,5, 000,changing,impressionist,post-impressionist,top,bottom,restaurant,Metropolitan Museum of Art,Museum of Modern Art 現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)博物館,1. In which museum can we find Chinese art? Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2. Where can we find the works of Van Gogh, Picasso or Matisse? In Museum of Modern Art.,Whit

8、ney Museum of American Art,2.Complete the chart with the information from the reading passage.,Whitney Museum of American Art,Metropolitan Museum of Art,945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.),53rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues,5th Avenue and 82nd Street,20th-21st centuries,19th -21st century,20th-2

9、1st centuries,pre-21th century,Western countries,All over the world,Many art lovers would rather visit this small art gallery than any other in New York. 在紐約許多藝術(shù)愛好者寧愿參觀這家小的藝術(shù)館而不去參觀其他的藝術(shù)館。,would ratherthan =prefer to .rather than . 寧愿而不,I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 我寧可在家看電視而

10、不愿去看電影。 He would rather drink wine than beer. 他喜歡喝葡萄酒而不喜歡喝啤酒。,Language Points,2. You can also explore Fricks beautiful home and garden which are well worth a visit. 你還可以好好參觀一下弗里克美麗的故居和花園，它們是很值得一看的。 n. / pron. be (well) worth+ doing,(很)值得,The 2012 London Olympic Games _. 2012年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)很值得一看。,was well wor

11、th watching,3. This covers more than 5000 years of civilization from many parts of the world,including American. The museum displays more than just the visual delights of art. Jason is more than a lecturer；he is a writer，too. 賈森不僅僅是個(gè)演說家，還是個(gè)作家。 Peace is more than the absence of war. 和平不只是意味著沒有戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。,mor

12、e than用法盤點(diǎn) more than數(shù)詞，表示“多于”，相當(dāng)于over。 more than動(dòng)詞，表示“十分；不僅僅”。 more than形容詞或副詞，表示“很；非?！薄?一個(gè)人或物的兩種性質(zhì)的比較，用more.than.結(jié)構(gòu)意為“與其說倒不如說”。 More than one man was killed in the accident. They have to do more than just learn the lines of the play. They were more than willing to help you. The child was more frigh

13、tened than hurt.,4. It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st century are housed in the same museum. 令人吃驚的是，從19世紀(jì)后期到21世紀(jì)的如此眾多的藝術(shù)名品竟都被同一家博物館收藏。 It is amazing that 令人吃驚的是 It is amazing that so little a child can carry two score kilogrammes of rice. 令人吃驚的是，這么小

14、的孩子可以背起40公斤 的大米。,漢譯英 1.令人吃驚的是，這樣小的孩子能畫出如此漂亮的畫。 It is amazing that so little a child can draw such a beautiful picture. 2. 他們?cè)馐艿牟恢皇峭纯唷?They suffered more than just pain. What they suffered is more than pain. 3. 廣州非常值得一游。 Guangzhou is well worth a visit.,當(dāng)堂訓(xùn)練 1 在他很小的時(shí)候父母就死了，他成了孤兒。 When he was a little

15、 boy, his parents died, leaving him an orphan. 2 中國(guó)了日?qǐng)?bào)不僅僅是一份報(bào)紙，他還有助于提高我的英語(yǔ)水平。 China Daily is more than a newspaper and it can also help us to improve our English. 3 他偏愛咖啡而不是茶。 He has a preference for coffee rather than tea. 4 令人吃驚的是，他精通二十多門外語(yǔ)。 It is amazing that he has a good knowledge of more than twenty foreign languages. 5 這部電影對(duì)年輕人很有吸引