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
What characters do these pictures have?
Racing horse: The moving hair on the horse’s mane and tail shows a horse running at high speed. Using different shades of grey shows the sweat along the horse’s body. The painting of dark and light colors is a favorite of many art lovers.
Poppy: To emphasis the woman even more, Chen adds lots of detail to her dress and fan, and choose to paint the background black.
Morning glory : Leaves the audience guessing and makes them use their imagination.
Ⅲ Correct errors
1. Chen Yifei’s works is very valuable, and one of his paintings sold at US$ 503,000.
2. The end of the novel leaves readers guess and imagination.
3. Her hand hold the fan is elegantly positioned above her knees.
4. He traveled cross the country and painted many pictures.
5. It’s back eyes, that are fixed on the cabbage, show the creature’s interest in the cabbage.
6. The painting of dark and light color is favorite of many art lovers.
Answers: 1. at 改為for 2.guess 改為guessing 3.hold 改為holding 4. cross 改為across 5.that 改為which 6. favorite前加 a
Ⅳ Language points
1. be fixed on用（眼睛等） 盯住，凝視；吸引（注意）
He was fixed on the moving snake, full of fear.
他盯著這條蠕動的蛇， 充滿了恐懼。
Tom fixed his attention on the picture that he was drawing.
湯姆的注意力都集中在他正在畫的圖上。
2. leave表示“使/讓（某人/某物）處于某狀態。后面接現在分詞， 形容詞， 過去分詞做賓語補足語。
Don’t leave her waiting outside in the rain.
別讓她在雨中等著。
Leave the door open, please.
讓門開著吧。
Little Tom ran out of the door, leaving the homework undone.
小湯姆跑了出去， 留下了沒寫完的作業。
3. be deep /lost in thought陷入沉思
Dick was staring out of the window, lost in thought.
迪克盯著窗外，陷入了沉思。
4. add …to增添， 添加
Do you want to add your name to the list?
你想把自己的名字加到名單里嗎？
add up to合計，總共
His whole school education added up to no more than one year.
他的整個學校教育加起來總共不到一年。
5. show /take interest in對…表現出興趣
David show interest in biology and want to do research in it in the future.
大衛對生物感興趣，將來想從事這方面的研究。
Ⅴ Taste works
Show the three painters’ works according to the character described in the text.
Guess who drew it? Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi or Chen Yifei?
Then show students more their works to improve art taste
Ⅵ Read to learn and vocabulary
Do the exercise 2and 3
Ⅶ Grammar
Do the exercise 4 and 5 to learn the use of prepositions of time, place and movement
Do the exercise 6 to consolidate grammar
Ⅷ Language in Use
Show a picture “Qingming Shang He Tu” ask student to describe it using proper prepositions.