Unit2Alife'sWorkDevelopingideas课件高二下学期英语选择性

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workHaveyouevervisitedthefollowingfamousplacesinBeijingtheGreatHallofthePeopletheSummerPalaceTempleofHeaventheForbiddenCityTian'an

men(square)theMingTombsWatchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1WhowastheForbiddenCitybuiltfor2WhendiditbecomehometothePalaceMuseum3HowmanyworksofartarethereinthePalaceMuseum4WhatdoyouthinkmakesthePalaceMuseumuniqueintheworld1WhowastheForbiddenCitybuiltfor2WhendiditbecomehometothePalaceMuseum3HowmanyworksofartarethereinthePalaceMuseum4WhatdoyouthinkmakesthePalaceMuseumuniqueintheworldTheForbiddenCitywasbuiltforemperors,theirfamiliesandservantsintheMingandQingdynasties.ItbecamehometothePalaceMuseumin1925.Therearearound1.8millionworksofart.Itshistoryandworksofart. BackgroundInformationTheForbiddenCityislocatedintheheartofBeijing.BuiltduringtheearlyMing

Dynasty,itisoneofthelargestimperialpalacesintheworld.Themagnificent

hallsandwallsproudlydisplaytheessenceandculminationoftraditionalChinesearchitecture.ThePalaceMuseumwasbuiltinitin1925andin1987theformerimperialresidencewaslistedasaUNESCOWorldHeritageSite.Lookatthetitleandthepictures.Predictwhatthepassageisabout.Matchthequestionstotheparagraphsandfindouttheanswers.Readformainideaofeachpart.Para.1:1.______________toWangjin.Para.2-4:WangJing’sjob—2.

__________clocksinthePalaceMuseum.Para.5:Thesuccessionofrestorationof3.

___________.Para.6:The4.___________oftheworkofWangJinandhiscolleagues.IntroductionrestoringclockssignificanceReadfordetails.WhoisWangJinandwheredoesheworkHeisaclockrestorationmaster,workinginXiSanSuointheForbiddenCity.WhatwasspecialaboutWangJinandhisstudentsQiHaonanTheyusedtobetheonlytwotimepiecerestorersinthePalaceMuseum.Chooseonethingforlife.Readfordetails.WhythePalaceMuseumhasoneofthemostsignificantcollectionsoftimepiecesintheworldBecauseQingemperorswereveryfondofclocks.Therefore,

inordertopleasethem,foreignenvoyspresentedtheseemperorswiththemostintricateandsplendidtimepieces.Readfordetails.WhyisitpainstakingforWangJinandhisstudentstorepairthecollectionoftimepiecesinthePalaceMuseumBecauserepairingsuchalargeandimportantcollectionoftimepiecesinvolvescomplexwork,uniquemethodsofrestorationandsourcingdifficult-to-findmaterials,whichtakealotoftime,careandattentiontodetail.Readfordetails.WhatisthemostbeautifulmusicintheworldtoWangJinToWangJinthechimingmelodyoftherepairedandpolishedclockisthemostbeautifulmusicintheworld.Readfordetails.WhathasbeendonetotheclocksthatdatebacktothetimeofEmperorQianlongWangJinhasspenteightmonthsadjustingthegiganticclock,whichisabouttobewoundupandbroughtbacktolife.Readfordetails.WhyisWangJinoptimisticaboutthefutureofthetimepiecesinthePalaceMuseumBecausehehaspassedonhisskillstoanewgenerationofartisans,whowillnotonlyhelppreservetraditionalskillsbutalsobringinnovationtotheartofclockrepairingsothatitstandsthetestoftime.MrWanghasnowpassedonhisskillstothenewmembers,whowilltakeonmanyofthefuturerepairs.What`smore,inspiredtofollowinhisfather`sfootsteps,MrWang`ssonnowhasalsotakenuprepairingantiqueclocks.Readfordetails.WhatqualitiesdoWangJinandhiscolleaguesdisplayintheirworkTheydisplayqualitiesofskill,patience,modestyanddevotionintheirwork.InsidethehiddencourtyardsofXiSanSuo,thereissomethingtimelessaboutthewayMrWangandhiscolleaguessedatelypiecetogetherthepastwithskillfulhandsandmodesthearts.Itisasiftheyhavebecomeonewiththeircraftandwiththehistoryofthecountry.Timewaitsfornoman!Readfordetails.Neverletitrest,

tillgoodisbetter,

andbetterbest.择一事

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不为繁华易匠心WhatdoBillCunninghamandWangJininthetworeadingpassagesinthisunithaveincommonTheyarebothdevoted,motivated,passionateandskilledmastersintheirfieldsofwork.Think&ShareWorkingroups.GiveaspeechaboutthespiritofcraftsmanshipinthePalaceMuseum. ThinkaboutothermastersinthePalaceMuseum.Thendiscussthequestionswithinyourgrouptoprepareforyourspeech.Dofurtherresearchifnecessary.·Whoarethemasters·Whatfieldsdotheyworkin·Whatspecificexamplescanyougiveoftheirwork·Whataspectsofthespiritofcraftsmanshiparedemonstratedthroughtheirwork