1、Unit 4 Meeting the muse Period 3 Developing ideas Step 1: Lead in Activity 1: Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 How many artworks did you see? 2 What methods did they use to create the artworks? People create paintings with pencils, paper and paint, and create photographic artworks with ca
2、remas. 3 Do you think technology can be considered a form of art? Activity 3: Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram. Step 2: Reading 1. have led to a combination of art and technology 2. Millions more people have been able to experience a digital version of Along the River D
3、uring the Qingming Festival. 3.its creation 4.Digital paintings and videos 5.its overall qulity 6.A video of someone slicing a tomato played in slow motion 7.making the line between art and technology less distinct. 8.A new “Rembrandt painting” printed in 3D 9.where technology will take art next 10.
4、 definitely expect the unexpected Read the passage again and finish a summary: Once art and technology have been seen two separate things. (要点1) But now art is more accessible than before thanks to technology. (要 点2)The art-tech combination has advantages and quality questions. (要点3)We can expect th
5、e unexpected with artists exploring new possibilities.(要点4) Step 3: Post-reading 1.Visitors to one of her artworks in Vancouver could not only enjoy looking at it, they could also interact with it literally. Paraphrase: Visitors not only liked to look at one of her artworks in Vancouver but also wer
6、e able to connect themselves with it. not only.but also是并列连词，既可以连接两个并列句，也可以连接两个同 等词性的单词或词语。在连接两个并列句时，若not only置于句首，则其引 导的前半句要部分倒装，(but) also引导的后半句不倒装。如: Not only can we interact with art, but also take part in its creation. 2.Whatever your opinion, people have been expressing their thoughts and idea
7、s through art for thousands of years. Paraphrase: No matter what you believe, the fact is that people have been using art to express their thoughts and ideas for thousands of years. whatever 在句中作限定词，后接名词短语 your opinion,引导让步状语从句， 可以用no matter what来替换。 Step 4:Paraphrase sentences 3. With new technolog
8、ical tools at our fingertips, more and more people are exploring their creative sides. Paraphrase: We have new technological tools at hand, which enable people to explore their creative sides. with+介词短语在句中作状语，这个复合结构相当于 as new technological tools are available to us. at ones fingertips 表示“手头有.随时可用”，例
9、如：Now he has all the information he needs at his fingertips. 4.However, the increase in the amount and variety of art produced has also raised questions over its overall quality. Paraphrase: Although the amount and variety of art produced is increasing, its overall quality seems to be reduced. the i
10、ncrease in the amount and variety of art在句中作主语，produced 过去分 词作后置定语，修饰art, 表被动。 Step 4:Paraphrase sentences 5. A recent project used technology and data in the same way that Rembrandt used his paints and brushes. Paraphrase: A recent project used technology and data just like Rembrandt used his paint
11、s and brushes. that在句中引导定语从句，修饰先行词way, that 在从句中作方式状语，可以 用in which替换。 paint的复数形式paints 表示“(一套)颜料”。 6.The end result, printed in 3D, was a new “Rembrandt painting” created 347 years after the artists death. Paraphrase: The result was that a new “Rembrandt painting” was created by using 3D printing te
12、chnology 347 years after the artists death. end是名词作定语修饰result, end result 合起来表示“最终结果”；printed 和 created都是过去分词作后置定语，分别修饰result 和Rembrandt painting； 347 years after the artists death是时间状语。 Step 4:Paraphrase sentences 课文语法填空 People 1._( express ) their thoughts and ides through art for thousands of yea
13、rs.2._ (do) this, they have used a3._(vary) of tools and technologies. Art and technology have always been seen 4._ two very separate things. Today, however, technological 5._ ( advance) have led to a combination of art and technology. As 6._ result, the art world is changing greatly. Now art is mor
14、e 7._ ( access) to us than ever before. The art- tech combination is also changing our concepts of“art and the“artist. Not only can we interact with art, but also take part in 8._ ( it) creation. However, the increase in the amount and variety of art produced has also raised questions over its overall quality. 9._ ( similar), such developments are making the line between art and technology less distinct. Although we are not sure 10._ the tchnology will take art next, we can definitely expect the unexpected. have been expressing To do variety advances as a accessible its Similarly where
