【正文】 riticism (批評 ) over the building39。 Unit 3 Art and architecture I. Speaking Task 1 What is modern architecture? Directions: Have a look at the modern buildings in your city and find out what they have in mon. Then give at least 3 characteristics of modern architecture. Task 2 Disadvantages of modern buildings Directions: Read the report in the form and discuss the following questions in groups. 1. If you were a designer, what could be done to prevent birds from being killed by collisions? 2. What harm do modern buildings do to people in and outside them? Task 3 Imagine future Architecture! Directions: Our lives may be very different in the future. Architecture must change as we change. Work in groups and try to imagine what your future house could be! Complete the task according to the suggested steps. Step 1 Discussions (1) What will houses of the future look like? (2) Will people live on other plas? Or underground or under the sea? (3) What new building materials will we use? (4) Where will your house be built? (5) What will your building site be like? (6) Will you use recycled materials or invent new ones? (7) Will there be new ways to power your house? (8) Will there be new ways your house functions? (9) Will there be new rooms and spaces we don39。s design. It was not pleted until seven years later and Utzon has (5) returned to Australia to see the result of his work. Utzon made a building well ahead of its time, and he persevered (堅持 ) through criticism to build a building that changed the image of an entire country, said Frank Gehry, a Pritzker Architecture Prize judge. (6) the Sydney Opera House was Utzon39。 regret。 creator。s Queen Elizabeth opened the Opera House in 1973, and it now holds around 3,000 events every year. It is (10) as one of the great symbolic buildings of the 20th century. 1 symbol。 5 never。 9 love。 our ________ and interests are so different. A. styles B. taste C. quality D. appearance (4) Wherever you go, you can see the product ____________. A. advertise B. advertised far from。 belong to。 go against。t seem to get free. To let your wings spread. Just let them feel the breeze. All you have is earned, But yet your told you are spoiled And give in everything. I don39。 So I ask one thing of you. Let my wings spread and let me fly. Task 2 A promising poet? Directions: First, use the words in the form to plete the passage and then work in groups to discuss the following questions 1. What made Wu Bin full marks in his Chinese writing in the NCEE? 2. Do a survey to see how many of your classmates are crazy about poems. If any, which do you they prefer, ancient or modern poems? Chinese or foreign poems? 3. Some people think teenagers should be encouraged to learn more about Chinese ancient famous poems. Do you agree? Few students get full marks in their Chinese writing in the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE。s (6) for students to write a good argumentative (議論的 ) or narrative (記敘的 ) story. Wu started working on his piece in the last 50 minutes of the test. Since he spent almost half that time (7) his ideas, Wu decided to save time by writing a poem that needed fewer words than other types of writing. In the exam, he was asked to (8) why it39。 expect 。 anize。 C. William Wordsworth → Gee Gordon Byron → John Milton D. John Milton → Robert Frost → Ge Gordon Byron 2. When did modern English e into being? A. Towards the end of 16th century B. In the 18th century C. Towards the end of 19th century D. Between 1910 and the late 1930s 3. Whose poems do NOT have rhyme at the end of each line? A. Wang Wei’s B. Shakespeare’s C. Su Dongpo’s D. John Milton’s 4. Which group of poets did NOT e from the same country? A. Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Su Dongpo B. William Wordsworth, Robert Frost and Shakespeare C. John Keats, John Donne, and John Milton D. Gee Gordon Byron, Shakespeare and John Keats 5. The introduction of English poetry to China began ___________. A. at the start of the 20th century B. in the late 1930s C. at the end of the 19th century D. between 1910 and the 1930s 6. How is an English poem different from its Chinese version（譯文） ? A. It will bee more difficult to understand B. Some of the information in the original poem is missing C. Chinese version will offer readers much less choice. D. Something of the spirit of the original poem will be lost III. Language focus 1. Usage of words (1) I live near an airport。 Grandpa is coughing a lot. (2) They say they would like to _______ more _______ charity（慈善） , but money is tight this year. (3) John’s eyes __________ when his dad promised him a sports car as his birthday gift. light up stand out get through call up play with send for contribute to fall into e into being put together (4) The road sign is easy to read。 / C. / 。 bored C. tired。ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “ not want to be a writer.” The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poorpaying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded (報答 ). When I left a 20year job in the U. S. Coast Guard to bee a writer, I had no hopes at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn39。s unrealistic for writers to seek wealth and fame H. encourage young people to seek good jobs can be concluded from the passage? A. Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding. B. A writer39。t able to have a rest for a whole year. D. He found his dream would never e true. 4.“ Shadow land” in the last sentence refers to ________. A. the wonderland one often dreams about B. the bright future that one