Unit 12 Art and literature

sa: no.1 is vincent van gogh.
sb: no.2 is leonardo da vinci.
sc: no.3 is pablo picasso.
sd: no.4 is qi baishi.
t: now, discuss the three questions below the pictures.
   (after a discussion) who want to tell us your favorite paintings?
sa: i like leonardo da vinci’s mona lisa
sb: the paintings about nature like mountains, rivers, flowers and birds are my favorite, so i enjoy qi baishi’s.
sc: i’m fond of xu beihong’s horses.
t: who want to give us a description of your favorite paintings?
sd: i prefer mona lisa very much. her smile seems to be changeable. sometimes she is happy and gentle; sometimes she is serious and a little bit sad; sometimes she     mocks and sneers. there is a veil over her eyes and lips. her smile is difficult to ascertain and forget.
se: i like qi baishi’s shrimps. look at the picture. the shrimps are of different forms and vivid. their bodies seem transparent and they seem to be swimming or jumping. they are really true to life. the picture is of great sense of beauty.
sf: my favorite is zhen bangqiao’s black bamboos. in the picture the bamboos erect tall and straight. the branches reach out of the picture. a poem is written vertically downward. it’s mainly made up of vertical lines. it’s of fine lines and gigantic stature.
t: who volunteer to give us your answer to the last question？
sh: in the picture a boy is almost buried by piles of books. in front of him are chinese, math and english books; on his right are physics, chemistry and biology books;  on his left are history, geography and politics books. the boy is me.
si: it’s an early spring. all the flowers are booming. a girl with a colorful flower ringing on her head smells the fresh air in the sea of flowers jumping and laughing. the girl is me.
step ⅲ   speaking
do some preparations guided by the teacher and then get the ss to ask each other questions in pairs using the given role cards and information. finally ask some of them to act out.
t: talking about art, we often think of paintings. can you name any other kinds of arts？
ss: music, drama, comedy, sculpture. architecture, writing, tv play, film, peking opera...
t: good! they are all arts. and i know most of you have your favorite film stars and you won’t miss any films performed by them. but what’s on in the cinema this
weekend?
ss: i’m sorry i don’t know.
t: maybe we can call someone else to ask about it. but if you are calling to see whether your friend wants to go to see a film, what would you say?