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Unit three Art and architecture Reading: Modern Architecture Pictures on Page 19 Prereading: text is about classical Chinese architecture. 2. Some modern architecture takes examples from nature. 3. The text is about parks and gardens. Scanning while Listening ? 1. Who invented modernism? Why did they invent it? ? different materials are used in traditional architecture and modern architecture? ? 3. Why do many people dislike modern buildings? Answers: was invented in the 1920s by a group of architects who wanted to change society with buildings that went against people’s feeling of beauty. 2. While in traditional architecture materials such as earth, stone, brick, and wood are used, the materials of modern architecture are steel, glass, and concrete. 3. Because modern buildings go against people’s feeling of beauty. They are constructed in a way to look unnatural The buildings look like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and glass walls that act as mirrors. You do not feel invited to enter them. Everything about these buildings seem hard and unfriendly. 4. In what way