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1、Reading and listening Unit 3 Do you know about the world famous painting Mona Lisa Do you know who painted the great picture Leading in 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 圣安娜与圣母子 圣母与圣婴 Was Leonardo da Vinci just a painter Reading Read
2、 the passage and answer these questions 1 Why did Leonardo need to design things for his employer when he was such a great painter 2 Why were Leonardo s designs different 3 How did painting help him invent things 4 Which skill do you think was more important his drawing for the inventions or his und
3、erstanding of machines for his painting Give a reason 1 The rulers of the small Italian states needed military inventions to help in their wars with each other They only needed paintings in times of peace Leonardo lived at a time of great instability so military inventions were his best way of earni
4、ng money 2 His designs were different because he took things apart and then improved them So his designs were accurate and could be built and used 3 While he was studying under Verrochio Leonardo observed and used a variety of machines by studying and drawing the machines Leonardo gained knowledge a
5、bout their design and structure His drawing skill enable him to produce clear drawings of his mechanical ideas easily many of which can still be used to create perfect working machines the use of mechanical gears was his most interesting part and he came up with numerous inventions based on the gear
6、 4 His understanding of machines for his painting was more important because by understanding how each separate machine part worked he could improve them and combine them in different ways to improve existing machines which lead to a lot of inventions One of the remarkable things about Leonardo da V
7、inci was his natural ability in so many subjects Are you as clever as Leonardo Find out by filling in this chart Possible skills Evidence from Leonardo Evidence from you artist famous paintings such as Mona Lisa I could draw nice pictures when very young engineer a Some of his early drawings showed
8、clearly how various machine parts worked b In this way he began to design machines no one had ever seen before I sometimes look at books about different machines and try to design perfect working machines architect He learnt to design whatever his employer wanted cities canals bridges or weapons I a
9、m interested in modern architecture teacher had his own school with apprentices of his own as an established artist did I love children and enjoy making friends with them doctor learned about the anatomy of the human body by cutting it up I feel merciful for those sick people who suffer great pain i
10、nventor designed many new things such as the bicycle a helicopter and an automobile etc No time spent on making inventions scientist Took things apart and found out how they worked in order to design a better one Maybe there will be some evidence after I graduate and major in certain subject in the
11、university 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
12、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 Listening on Page 67 Listen to the tape and decide if you agree with the people on the tape What do you think it was Fill in t
13、he chart below with the ideas of the two girls and then make your own suggestions The girls suggestions Reasons for Reasons against 1 a roundabout has four wheels and a floor wheels go forwards and backwards not round and round The girls suggestions Reasons for Reasons against 2 3 can move big enoug
14、h to carry a family no room to sleep in it not easy to park at night the appearance made of metal and not cloth a caravan a tent I think Leonardo designed an because early car the picture seems to show a vehicle that can move backwards and forwards has four wheels and can take people for a ride It d
15、oes not have beds or room for beds so it cannot be a caravan It is made of metal so it cannot be a tent It does not go round and round so it cannot be a roundabout WHAT CAN IT BE Ellie smith is discussing with one of her friends Tang Ling what this invention by Leonardo might be Listening text ES Lo
16、ok at this drawings What do you think this is supposed to be TL I don t know It doesn t say but let s see if we can work out what it is ES OK Now let s see It looks a bit like a tent but has four wheels underneath TL You re right but when you look at the second picture with the wheels you can see that it had a floor to stand on and wheels below that Do you think it was a roundabout for children ES Good thinking But the way that he placed the wheels shows that it must have been for going forwards
