Unit 3 Art and architecture教案

    →  huge factory halls of bricks
    →  small round windows that remind you of ships
    →  bent roofs
    →  20-foot high walls of glass
<show the ss some related pictures on the screen to get a better understanding>
more questions on the screen to guide the reading:
1. when was factory 798 built?  who designed it? who built it?
2.  why is it very different from chinese architecture?
--- we’ve known that factory 798 was built in 1950s. as time went by and things developed, what happened to it then?
     →  no longer used/ needed
     →  stood empty
--- what has happened to it now?
      →  turned into an arts center
<show the ss more related pictures on the screen.>
more questions:
3. how did factory 798 turn into an arts center?
4. why was factory 798 welcomed by painters, music bands, artists and musicians?
<check the answers with ss one by one, explain the language points meanwhile.>
<explain some difficult sentences in the text at the same time.>
step 5.  listening and reading
--- now, let’s listen to the tape and get a better understanding of the text. please follow the tape in a low voice and pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words and phrases which you’re not sure of. at the same time, please try to find out the following new language points in the text and see how much you can understand them in english.
< show the language points on the screen. >
1. pull down
2. stand
3. with… aid
4. remind … of
5. set aside
step 6.  retelling
--- now it’s time for you to read the text by yourselves and try to summarize the text. that is to say, suppose you are a journalist from cctv 9 and you’ve just paid a visit to the famous factory 798. please make a tv program to introduce factory 798 to our citizens in your own words. i’ll give you three minutes to read through the text by yourselves and get prepared for the retelling, ok?
step 7.  discussion
--- in almost every city around the world, there are old buildings which are no longer used, such as schools, hospitals, factories or even churches. what do you think people should do with them? why?
→to pull down the old buildings and set up new modern ones to keep up with the pace of the society.
→new uses should be given to old special buildings. it’s a great way to save the architecture from the past.