选修6Unit1reading_2.ppt

In which museum can we find Chinese art? Discussion Which of the five galleries would you choose to visit? Why? If I had a chance, I’d prefer to go to... Homework Review and finish corresponding exercise in Changjiangxuedian (p9-11) Reading The Best Of Manhattan’s Art Galleries Da Vinci Mona Lisa Louvre museum (卢浮宫)in France Where is it now? a room or a series of rooms where works of art are exhibited Louvre museum (卢浮宫)in France The Best of Manhattan’s Art Galleries Fast reading: skimming 1.What’s the main idea of this passage? 2. Who do you think the text was written for? The passage introduces some best art galleries of Manhattan. Tourists and art gallery visitors. 1 2 3 4 5 The Frick Collection Guggenheim Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art street avenue match the numbers on the map with the museums. Careful reading Read the passage more carefully and complete the chart below. Name Address Which centuries? What countries? America Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.) 53rd St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Contemporary(mainly art by living artists) late 19th -- 21st century Western countries (20th-21st century) From ancient to modern times Guggenheim Museum Western countries The Frick Collection Western countries Modern (from late 19th century onwards) pre-twentieth century 5th Avenue and E. 70 Street 5th Avenue 88th Street 5th Avenue 82nd Street Metropolitan Museum of Art many parts of the world Listen and learn The Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆 Henry Clay Frick Home of Frick Many art lovers would rather visit this small art gallery than any other in New York. (宁可…而不愿…) 2.Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919,leaving his house, ……to…… (现在分词短语做结果状语) 3. Frick had a preference for pre-twentieth century Western paintings… (偏爱) 4. You can also….which are well