1、返回返回Unit 3 The world of colours and lightSection Welcome to the unit&ReadingPrereadingStep 4Step 3Step 2Step 1Step 5返回返回返回返回返回返回1List the function of paper cuts according to the passage.2Do you think it is necessary to master the skill with the development of society?返回返回 Paper cut is a very special
2、 visual(视觉的)art of Chinese handicrafts.It originated from the 6th century.The ancient people cut papers into animals or people for religious purposes.Later,paper cuts were used during festivals to decorate(装饰)gates and windows.After hundreds of years development,now they have become a very popular m
3、eans of decoration among country folk,especially women.返回返回 It is easy to learn cutting a piece of paper but very difficult to master it to perfection.Knives and gravers(刻刀)of various types are needed to make complicated(复杂的)patterns.Firstly,one must draw the pattern on the paper and then used vario
4、us kinds of knives to make it.No mistake can be made during the process,otherwise the work would fail.返回返回 People express their wishes through paper cuts.For example,on the wedding ceremony,red paper cuts are traditional and required decoration on the tea set,on the dressing table glass and on other
5、 furniture.Paper cuts cover nearly all topics.They can be flowers,birds,animals,legendary(传奇的)people,figures in classical novels,types of facial painting in Peking Opera and so on.返回返回 As society is developing,fewer and fewer people master this skill.But there are some who still regard it as a profe
6、ssion.At present,there are factories and associations for paper cuts in China.Exhibitions and exchanges are held regularly and books related to these are published.Paper cuts have changed from decoration into a kind of art.返回返回.Do you know these pictures?AMona LisaBSunflowersCThe Starry Night答案：1.C2
7、.A3.B返回返回APablo PicassoBLeonardo da VinciCVincent Van Gogh答案：1.A2.C3.B.Do you know these men?返回返回Scan the text and choose the best answers.1According to Li Mings grandmother,the greatest artist ever is _AVan GoghBLeonardo da VinciCPablo Picasso DClaude Monet2Which of the following is one of the pain
8、tings the author likes best?AStarry NightBThe Night WatchCMona LisaDThe Potato Eaters返回返回3How many art museums has the author visited so far on his trip to Europe?AFour.BFive.CSix.DSeven.4Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?AMonet and Van Gogh belong to the impressionism arts of
9、 the same time.BThe impressionism paintings show movement and the feeling of the moment.CMonet mainly painted the water lilies at his old age.DVan Goghs paintings were not sold out before his death.答案：1.C2.A3.A4.D 返回返回.True(T)or False(F)1Pablo Picasso was born in England.()2The painting of Mona Lisa
10、 is in the Louvre Museum.()3Leonardo da Vinci is an Italian.()4Monet was an American painter.()答案：1.F2.T3.T4.F返回返回.Read the text again and fill in the form below.Title：Visiting the masterscountryVisited places and their charactersartistsAchievements or masterpiecesSpain,the 1of Picasso,where the 2.i
11、s beautiful.PicassoHe had an 3.of more than 20，000 pieces of art;but was most famous for his work in 4.birthplacearchitectureoutputCubism返回返回Title：Visiting the mastersFranceParis,where we spent one whole day at the LouvreMuseum,in which there are many paintings 5.from the 13th century to the 19th ce
12、ntury.Leonardo daVinciMona Lisa,whose value cant be 6.by popular 7.Claude MonetHis paintings were 8.of a style called Impressionism and he most often painted the water 9.rangingcalculatedconsensustypicallilies返回返回Title：Visiting the mastersDutchVan Gogh MuseumVan Goghalso a member of 10.;his most fam
13、ous painting is The Potato Eaters.Rembrandt MuseumRembrandtThe Night Watch.Impressionism返回返回Fill in the blanks according to the text.We started our trip in Spain and went to Mlaga,where Picasso was Picasso produced more than 20，000 pieces of art,and he did not just paint,but made sculptures and work
14、ed with all kinds of After visiting Spain,we went to Paris.In the Louvre Museum is the famous MonaLisa painting by the artist Leonardo da Vinci,who was also an architect,scientist and .Later we wentbornmediaItalianengineer返回返回to the Muse dOrsay to see the works of Claude Monet.His paintings were typ
15、ical of a style called,with which the painter the idea of showing real things.Yesterday we went to Van Gogh Museum.Van Gogh painted about 800 paintings,did 1，600 drawings.But the sad thing is that he only sold painting when he was alive.Today,his paintings are worth of millions of dollars each.Tomor
16、row we are off to another museum in Amsterdam.modernImpressionismabandonsoiloneupwards返回返回Do you think art is important？Why or why not?_参考答案：Of course it is very important.Art can help us enjoy beauty and the peace of the soul.Meanwhile,it can keep a record of the society and events so that we can lead a life of harmony.
