Lesson 1 A Matter of Taste

Teaching aims：

To read the text

To practise using prepositions of time, place and movement

To describe a simple scene

Teaching difficulties:

To practise using prepositions of time, place and movement

To describe a simple scene

Teaching Aids: computer and cassette

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warming up

T: Today we read an article named a matter of taste, guess what it is about?

S:

T: The article is about art. Show these pictures: Cabbage, Racing Horse and Poppy

Who drew these pictures?

When students give their answers the teacher show the pictures of painters, Qi Beishi, Xu Beihong and Chen Yifei.

T: Which one do you like best? Why?

About these painters how much you know about them?

Ⅱ Reading

Read the text, please

Task 1

Then answer the questions

1. Who is famous for drawing pretty women?

2. Who is more good at drawing simple pictures we often see in our life.

3. Why did Chen Yifei use black as the background of Poppy.

4. Who held exhibitions abroad to advance Chinese art?

5. What is Xu Beihong's masterpiece?

Task 2 Talking