2014九年级英语unit5 What are the shirts made of Section B

Section B Period 2 ( 2a—3b )

Do you know about any folk or traditional arts in your hometown?

shadow figures Beijing Opera

Face-Changing in Sichuan Opera

sky lantern

Chinese martial arts Clay Figurines Zhang

paper cutting

new year paintings embroidery

Dunhuang Murals lion dance

Read the passage and answer the question.

What is the main idea of the passage? It introduces some special forms of Chinese traditional art.

Read the passage and complete the chart.

Traditional art form

Materials used

1. Sky lanterns 2. 3.

bamboo, paper

Paper cutting Clay art

Paper (red)

clay

2c Read the passage again and answer the questions.

1.What do traditional Chinese art forms try to show? It introduces some special forms of Chinese traditional art. 2. What were sky lanterns used for before and what are they used for now?

They were used by Zhuge Kongming to ask for hel when in trouble. They are used at festival and other celebrations

3. What kinds of pictures are usually found on paper cuttings? Flowers, animals and things about Chinese history. 4. How do people use paper cuttings during the Spring Festivals? They put them on the windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year.

5. What are the steps for making clay art pieces? They are first shaped by hand and then allowed to air-dry, then they are fired at a very high heat. They are polished and painted. 6. Which art form do you think is the most interesting? Why?

2d Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the phrases in the box.

The keys send out turns such as into rise into put on

covered with

Which art form do you think is the easiest? Which is the most difficult? Why?