Unit 6 Warm-up
In this unit you will…
Read a museum guide, a magazine article and an extract from a short story.
Listen to descriptions of buildings and paintings and a song.
Talk about paintings, paper art and buildings.
Write notes and a description of a house.
Learn how to use prepositions and relative clauses.
Warm-up
1 Do you know these paintings and their painters? Do you know any other works by these painters?(Introduce these painters and their paintings.)
2 Match some of the Key Words with the paintings.
Example A modern, war, dark colours
Key Words
Style: realistic, abstract, pop, modern
Subject: scenery, people, war
Colours: light/dark, bright, soft
Shapes: round, square, clear
Lines: straight/wavy, hard
3 Listen and identify the paintings.
Tapescript
(1) Well, I really like this picture-it’s easy to see what’s happening.
Like the bright colours-of the girl’s blue dress and her blonde hair.
I also like the round shapes in the picture. I think the topic is interesting too-the girl looks worried and she’s thinking about her boyfriend.
(2) Personally, I think this one is good. It’s got very strong lines and you can almost feel the music. And the colours-they’re great-they’re really bright. Ilike abstract paintings because you have to use your own imagination to understand what the painter is trying to do. I think…
(3) This one’s my favourite. It shows the horrors of war really well with the dark, dark colours and the terrible images. The lines and shapes are square and geometrical. They show violence and pain. Look at the house and the mother with her dead child. It’s a very frightening painting because…
(4) Well, I think this one’s the best. I really like the bright colours and the clear lines. I love the colour of the water in the swimming pool. The style’s strange-it’s realistic, but very simple at the same time.
4 Work in pairs. Talk about the paintings.
Which of them do you like most?
Example
A: I think C is nice. I like the bright colours and clear lines.
B: Yes, it’s OK. But I prefer…
Show some Chinese painters and their paintings.
Writing
Describe a painter you like most and introduce his paintings.
Homework
Review the new words.
Prepare for next lesson.



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