1、Reading and listeningDo you know about the world famous painting“Mona Lisa?Do you know who painted the great picture?Leading inDo you think Leonardo daVinci is really a good painter?What else do you know he is famous for?最后的晚餐圣安娜与圣母子圣母与圣婴Was Leonardo da Vinci just a painter?ReadingRead the passage a
2、nd answer these questions:1.Why did Leonardo need to design things for his employer when he was such a great painter?2.Why were Leonardos designs different?3.How did painting help him invent things?4.Which skill do you think was more important:his drawing for the inventions or his understanding of m
3、achines for his painting?Give a reason.1.The rulers of the small Italian states needed military inventions to help in their wars with each other.They only needed paintings in times of peace.Leonardo lived at a time of great instability,so military inventions were his best way of earning money.2.His
4、designs were different because he took things apart and then improved them.So his designs were accurate and could be built and used.3.While he was studying under Verrochio,Leonardo observed and used a variety of machines,by studying and drawing the machines,Leonardo gained knowledge about their desi
5、gn and structure.His drawing skill enable him to produce clear drawings of his mechanicalideas easily,many of which can still be used to create perfect working machines.the use of mechanical gears was his most interesting part and he came up with numerous inventions based on the gear.4.His understan
6、ding of machines for his painting was more important because by understanding how each separate machine part worked,he could improve them and combine them in different ways to improve existing machines,which lead to a lot of inventions.One of the remarkable things about One of the remarkable things
7、about Leonardo Leonardo dada Vinci was his natural Vinci was his natural ability in so many subjects.Are you as ability in so many subjects.Are you as clever as Leonardo?Find out by clever as Leonardo?Find out by filling in this chart:filling in this chart:Possible skillsEvidence from Leonardo Evide
8、nce from you artist famous paintings such as Mona Lisa.I could draw nice pictures when very young.engineera.Some of his early drawings showed clearly how various machine parts worked.b.In this way he began to design machines no one had ever seen before.I sometimes look at books about different machi
9、nes and try to design perfect working machines.architectHe learnt to design whatever his employer wanted:cities,canals,bridges or weapons.I am interested in modern architecture.teacherhad his own school with apprentices of his own as an established artist did.I love children and enjoy making friends
10、 with them.doctorlearned about the anatomy of the human body by cutting it up I feel merciful for those sick people who suffer great pain.inventordesigned many new things such as the bicycle,a helicopter and an“automobile”,etcNo time spent on making inventionsscientistTook things apart and found out
11、 how they worked in order to design a better one.Maybe there will be some evidence after I graduate and major in certain subject in the university.Discuss these questions in pairs.1.How many ways was Leonardo able to earn his living?2.How many areas are you familiar with?3.Which areas of knowledge a
12、re you least happy with?Does this worry you?How might you put this right?Listening on Page 67 Listen to the tape and decide if you agree with the people on the tape.What do you think it was?Fill in the chart below with the ideas of the two girls and then make your own suggestions.The girls suggestio
13、ns Reasons for Reasons against 1.a roundabout has four wheels and a floorwheels go forwards and backwards,not round and roundThe girls suggestions Reasons for Reasons against 2.3.can move,big enough to carry a family no room to sleep in it,not easy to park at nightthe appearance made of metal and no
14、t clotha caravan a tentI think Leonardo designed an _ because _early car the picture seems to show a vehicle that can move backwards and forwards,has four wheels and can take people for a ride.It does not have beds or room for beds,so it cannot be a caravan.It is made of metal so it cannot be a tent
15、.It does not go round and round so it cannot be a roundabout.WHAT CAN IT BE?Ellie smith is discussing with one of her friends Tang Ling,what this invention by Leonardo might be.Listening text ES:Look at this drawings!What do you think this is supposed to be?TL:I dont know!It doesnt say,but lets see
16、if we can work out what it is.ES:OK.Now lets see.It looks a bit like a tent but has four wheels underneath.TL:Youre right but when you look at the second picture with the wheels you can see that it had a floor to stand on and wheels below that.Do you think it was a roundabout for children?ES:Good th
17、inking.But the way that he placed the wheels shows that it must have been for going forwards and backwards,not round and round.No,I dont think it was a roundabout.TL:Lets look at it again.Do you think its made of metal?The wheels seem to have handles to move them.ES:In that case it must have been la
18、rge enough for more than one person.You would have needed four peopleone to move each wheel.So it cannot be a tent as that is made of cloth.TL:Yes,I think youre right.ES:It also seems to have something like sticks coming out of the body Do you think they are for decoration?TL:Perhaps.That is possibl
19、e as we know Leonardo was an artist.ES:Yes and if that were the case,perhaps it was for fun for the family.It could carry four people to move the wheels and then another one or two children to help.Maybe six altogether.TL:Wow!So it must have been made of metal.Nothing else could carry all that weigh
20、t.ES:True!The wheels must be made of wood or metal.TL:Do you think its a caravan?ES:Yes,that makes sense.It would be big enough but there doesnt seem to be any room to sleep in it.And it wouldnt be very easy to park for the night.So perhaps it was an early car?TL:Well,lets look in the guidebook.Oh noit seems youre not correct.ES:Gracious.So what on earth can it be?TL:Think again about Leonardos life.Cant you guess?
