1、 Do you know about the world famous painting“Mona Lisa?Do you know who painted the great picture?Do you think Leonardo da Vinci is really a good painter?What else do you know he is famous for?最后的晚餐最后的晚餐圣安娜与圣母子圣安娜与圣母子圣母与圣婴圣母与圣婴Was Leonardo da Vinci just a painter?Read through the passage and answer t
2、he question.1.Why did Leonardo need to design things for his employer when he was such a great painter?Read the passage again and answer the questions.Leonardo lived at a time of great instability,when paintings did not always provide a steady income.2.Why were Leonardos designs different?His design
3、s were different because he took things apart and then improved them.So his designs were accurate and could be built and used.Painting helped him with his inventions because while painting he had learned to observe things closely and draw accurately.3.How did painting help him invent things?4.Which
4、skill do you think was more important:his drawing for the inventions or his understanding of machines for his painting?Give a reason.One of the remarkable things about Leonardo da Vinci was his natural ability in so many subjects.What natural abilities do you have?Find out by filling in this chart:P
5、ossible skillsEvidence from Leonardo artist engineerarchitectteacherfamous paintings such as Mona Lisadesigned canals and bridgesdesigned citiesnot mentionedPossible skillsEvidence from Leonardodoctorinventorscientistnot mentioneddesigned many new things such as the bicycle,a helicopter and an“autom
6、obile”,etc took things apart and found out how they worked in order to design a better one Discuss these questions in pairs.1.How many ways was Leonardo able to earn his living?2.How many areas are you familiar with?3.Which areas of knowledge are you least happy with?Does this worry you?How might you put this right?Read the passage again and try to find some useful phrases and make some sentences with them.allow sb.to do sth.,become interested in,a variety of,set out to do sth.,be used to do sth.,based on,including sth.,think of sb.as,appreciate sb.as
