高二英语 下学期unit3reading

D.balconies , windows
3.Which of the following belongs to modern architecture ?
A.Taihe Dian
B.the Temple of Heaven .
√C.The Opera House in Sydney
D. The great European Cathedrals
ancient
shape
close to nature ; has less/no straight lines.
material
earth, stone, brick, wood
feeling example Taihe Dian
beautiful the Temple natural of heaven
√D.the writer prefers buildings which look natural to ones that look unnatural.
Which do you prefer, modern architecture or ancient architecture? Why?
Beginning Who a group of architects who wanted to change society
Why go against people’s feeling of beauty; look unnatural
Compare ancient architecture with modern architecture
2. roof 3. balcony 4. construct
B. strange or wild in shape , meaning etc.
C. a shelter made by a bird to hold its eggs and young
5. fantastic 6. architect
3.What do the modern buildings look like?
4.Who are the two architects mentioned in the text whose work was inspired by nature?
5.What does the 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing look like?
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Scan the text and find two architects whose work was inspired by nature. What inspired them?
Antonio Gaudi
( Spain )
Frank Lloyd Wright ( America )
D. the structure that covers or forms the top of a building
E. a person who designs buildings
F. to build
Cathedral
modern.. Huge, like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and glass walls
steel, glass,
Most of hard and modern unfriendly buildings
concrete,
look the same
Seen from the top ,it looks as if the stadium is covered by a grey net of steel ,and it looks just like a bird’s nest made of tree branches.
The 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing
4.Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage ?
A . Ancient architecture is popular. B. Modern architecture is popular. C. Ancient buildings look more beautiful than
a bird’s nest made of tree branches
T
1.To many progress.
people
modern
architecture
equals
T 2.Many people find modern buildings unfriendly and
F ugly.
3.Modern architecture stands closer to nature than
modern ones .
√D. Different times , different styles of architecture.
5 5. From this passage we can infer that ______. A. the writer prefers ancient buildings to modern ones . B. the writer prefers traditional materials to modern ones. C. the writer doesn't like modern architects at all .
Find the following new words and try to match them
with the correct meaning on the right.
1. nest
A. an area with a wall or bars around it, against the outside wall of a building
that the idea that nature doesn’t have any straight lines
his Antonio Gaudi’s it the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing
1.What’s modernism?
2.What are the materials of modern architecture?
glass and concrete .
2. In what ways is ancient architecture different
from modern architecture ?
√A. materials , shapes B. roofs , corners
C. size , height
√B.They wanted to change people's feelings of beauty .
C.They didn't like building materials such as
earth , stone , brick and wood .
D.They like buildings materials such as steel ,
C. Examples of famous modern architects and great buildings that look like things we find in nature.
History of modernism
Items
Modern architecture
When
In the 1920s
Post-reading What do the words in bold refer to ?
them: the buildings that look like boxes with flat roofs,sharp corner and glass wall that act as mirrors
T brick and wood.
F 7.Opera House in Sydney makes many people think
of seashells.
1.Why did architects in the 1920's want their
buildings unnatural?
A. They didn't like traditional architecture style .
Frank Lloyd Wright’s work
an art museum in New York
Guggenheim Museum 古根海姆博物馆
a Japanese seashell.
What does the 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing look like?
F ancient architecture.
F 4.Gaudi was a Spanish ancient architect.
5.There are a few sharp corners and straight lines in
T Gaudi’s designs.
6.Gaudi only used natural materials, such as stone,
Part 3(3-5
para.)
Part 4(6-8 para.)
A. The differences between traditional.. and modern..,and the feature of ancient architecture .
B. Every great culture in the past had its own ideas expressed in art and architecture