2019-2020年高中英语 Unit 3Art and Architecture说课稿Reading prehension: Modern Architecture About the material The reading part tells us the history, features of modern architecture as well as the sharp contrast between modern architecture and traditional architecture. It also gives us the examples of the architects and their designs, especially architects who found inspiration from nature and expressed the natural beauty in their designs.Teaching Goals:1 Learn something about the history and features of modern architecture and the difference from the traditional architecture.2 Get to know some famous modern architects and appreciate the beauty expressed in their works.3 Appreciate and practice some fine sentence structures.Key points: Analysis of the material to help students understand the passage thoroughly and cultivate their abilities in reading and analyzing. Difficult points: The ”Reflecting and discussion” is the difficult point in this period because all the questions are open-ended and require students to think independently and represents the answers in their own words.Time: one periodMeans and methods:Picture display, slides, reading and discussion.Teaching process:Background information as Lead-inPresent the four pictures in the pre-reading part. Ask students what they look like. Then summarize that they all look like structures we can find in the natural world, shapes of animals or plants and all are examples from modern architecture.Picture 1 is a bridge that looks like a bow or a moon. Picture 2 is a building that looks like a hamburger or an egg.Picture3 is the Opera House in Sydney that looks like ship sails. Picture 4 is a pedestrian overpass that looks like a dragon (or the inside of snails house) Passage Analysis by task reading.Part one: paragraph oneRead the first paragraph and summarize the main idea.Answers : Every culture had expressed its idea of beauty in art and architecture.Part two: paragraph 2-5Read the four paragraphs and finish the tasks:1 The main idea of the part?2 How and when modernism came into being?3 what does the word in bold “them” refer to? Answers to1 The history, features of and materials used in modern architecture and the difference from classical architecture.2 Modernism was invented in the 1920s by a group of architects who wanted to change society with buildings that went against peoples feeling of beauty. They wanted their buildings constructed in a way to look unnatural.3 It refers to the buildings that look like the boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and the glass walls.Part three: paragraph 6-8Read the last 3 paragraphs and finish the tasks:1 The main idea?2 Who are the two mentioned famous architects and what inspired them?3 What do the words in bold refer to respectively?Answers to 1 Examples of famous architects and the buildings that take examples from nature.2 They are Antonio Gaudi and Frank Wright and they were inspired by nature, or to be more exact, Antonio Gaudi was inspired by fish, dragons and Frank Wright was inspired by Japanese seashell.3 that: the idea that nature doesnt have any straight lines. His: Antonio Gaudi It: the xx Olympic Stadium Reflection and discussion:Allow students a few minutes to discuss in groups and fill in the blanks to pare the differences between modern architecture and classical architecture.ShapeMaterialFeelingExampleAncient architectureLike things we find in natureEarth, stone, bricks, wood and bambooWarm and friendlyThe Temple of HeavenModern architectureHuge, like boxes with flat roofs , sharp corners and glass walls.Steel, glass, concrete and plasticHard and unfriendlyThe xx Olympic stadium of Birds Nest Structure AppreciationExplain each structure and practice them orally.1.They wanted their buildings constructed in a way to look unnatural.want something (to be) done(xx.上海春招) She wanted her paintings _ in the gallery, but we dont think they would be very popular.A display B to display C displaying D displayed2.seen from the top, it looks like a birds nest made of tree branches. seen from the top= when it is seen from the top