一．导读：

1．look forward to 盼望，期待                 2．prepare for 为……准备，使有准备

3．lay eyes on见到                           4．along with 沿(顺)着；与……一道

5．show the effect of 显示……的效果           6．at that moment在那时刻，就在那时

7．such as 比如；诸如                        8．be worthy of值得；配得上的

9．have an influence on对……有影响           10．look at看；着眼于

1．As a huge art fan, I knew exactly what I was looking forward to most about my trip to Paris.

2．As I wandered through the Impressionist gallery, I appreciated masterpieces like The Ballet Class and The Card 

3．While it was hard to pick a favourite painting out of so many amazing works, the artists who made the deepest impression on me were two of the greatest Impressionist painters, Claude Monet and Pierre­Auguste Renoir.

4．Monet and Renoir, along with other like­minded artists, sought liberation from the rules of the old style.

5．...the movement has had a lasting influence on modern art, encouraging artists to look at the world from an entirely new point of view.……

二、导思：

What do think the travel journal talks about according to the title and the pictures?

Why do people visit art museums?

三、导学：

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Pre-reading

Have students scan the travel journal and answer the following questions:

(1) What museum did the writer visit?

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(2) How many painters are mentioned in the journal? Who are they?

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(3) How many paintings are mentioned in the journal? What are they?

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Step 2 While-reading

1. Have students read the travel journal again and finish A1 on page 32.

Para.1       Seeing the Musée d’Orsay was what I was looking forward to most about my

trip to Paris.

Paras.2-4    I was impressed by two of the greatest Impressionist painters Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir the most.

Paras.5-6    Impressionist painters shared some similarities in terms of their subject matter and painting techniques, and influenced future painters and modern art.

Have students read paragraphs 2 to 4 and fill in the following table.

2. Have students read paragraph 5 and paragraph 6, and then complete the following tasks.

(1) Have students read paragraph 5 and make a comparison between the Impressionists paintings and the works that came before by filling in the following table.

(2) What influence did the Impressionists have on other painters?

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Step 3 Critical-reading

l  The teacher has students read the travel journal carefully and work in pairs to answer the following questions.

According to the text, what kinds of paintings are kept in the Musée d’Orsay?

As to Monet, what impressed the author most?

As to Renoir, what impressed the author most?

What painting features did the Impressionists have?

What influence did the Impressionists have on other painters?

Step 4 Creative-reading

l1. The teacher has students look at A3 on Page 32 and discuss in groups to answer the following questions.

Which of the following do you think is most likely to be an impressionist painting? Give your reasons.

If you were a tour guide of the Musée d’Orsay, how would you introduce the museum to the visitors?

l2. The teacher has students discuss in groups and share their answers to the following question in class.

What do you think of the title of this travel journal? Why?

_____________________________________________________________________________

Step 5 Post-reading

I visited the Musée d’ Orsay, which is a world-famous art museum (1)_____________ (house) in an old railway building in Paris. (2)__________ (wander) through the Impressionist gallery, I appreciated masterpieces. Two of the greatest Impressionist painters that (3)_____________(make) the deepest impression on me were Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.Monet was(4)____________ (great) inspired by nature.It’s said that about 250 paintings by Monet including the famous piece Blue Water Lilies feature (5)_________________ same water lily pond, but all are in different colours and styles.Renoir preferred to paint (6)______________ (scene)of everyday life. I (7) _____________(strike) by the small areas of light across his1876 masterpiece Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette. It was the (8)__________ (similar) of the paintings (9)______________ impressed me deeply. 

     The Impressionists’ vision has inspired and influenced a lot of (10) _____________ (paint).

Keys: housed  Wandering  made  greatly  the  scenes  was struck  similarities  that  painters

四、达标导练：（10分钟）

I. 选词填空

look forward to，prepare for，lay eyes on，along with，show the effect of，at that moment，such as，be worthy of，have an influence on，look at

1．Learning CSS can _______________________ your rankings.

2．__________________________the time—it's much later than I thought.

3．The boss stood up to ___________________________ the following speech.

4．__________________________ a very good thing was happening to her.

5．The exhibition contains nothing that ___________________________ remark.

6．He was ______________________ working with the new manager.

7．She lost her job when the factory closed, ___________________________ hundreds of others.

8．You are now ready to run a test to ___________________________ the changes you made.

9．She was involved in many New Age activities _________________________ yoga and healing.

10．In fact, it wasn't until the day of the wedding that the two would likely first ___________________ each other.

II. 根据括号内的汉语提示填空

1. 作为一名艺术的狂热爱好者,我非常清楚在巴黎之旅中我最期待的是什么:参观奥赛博物馆。

As a huge art fan. I knew exactly __________ _________ __________ ___________ ___________ most about my trip to Paris: visiting the Musee d'Orsay.

2. 这座举世闻名的艺术博物馆设于一座古老的铁路建筑里,重点展出十九世纪印象派运动中最著名的一些画作。_________ __________ ___________ ____________ _______________ ______________, this world-famous art museum features some of the best- known paintings from the Impressionist movement of the 19th century.

3. 令人惊奇的是,每次莫奈研究这个简单的场景时,他都以一种独特的方式把池塘的美带到了画布上。

___________ __________ ____________ _____________ every time Monet studied this simple scene, he brought the pond's beauty to the canvas in a unique way.

4. 尽管这些画有非常不同的背景,但在我离开奥赛博物馆很久之后,正是它们的相似之处留在我的脑海中—这些相似之处在印象派画家的画作中随处可见。(强调句型)

Although the paintings had very different settings, _________ _______their similarities __________stayed with me long after I left the Musee d'Orsay-similarities which can be seen throughout the Impressionists' paintings.

5. 如果你是一名奥赛博物馆的导游,你会如何向游客介绍这个博物馆?(虚拟语气)

If ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ______________of the Musee d'Orsay, how______________ you introduce the museum to the visitors?

6. 我认为,通过智能手机看艺术品,就像在无法听到鸟儿歌唱、感受微风拂过脸庞或闻闻花(香)的情况下试图欣赏乡村美景。

____________ _____________ ____________ through smartphones, I thought, was like trying to appreciate the countryside without being able to hear the birds sing, feel the breeze against my face or smell the flowers.

7. 已经出现了一些改善的迹象,这非常令人鼓舞,但仍有很长的路要走。( which引导非限制性定语从句)

There have already been some signs of improvement, __________ __________ __________ _________ but

there's still a long way to go.

五、课后巩固训练：（40分钟）

限时练习

六、反思感悟：

1. 文章主旨大意了解了吗？结构清楚吗？

2. 提高理解语篇意义的能力了吗？