modern

traditional

Pre-reading
Picture 1 is a
bridge that looks
like a bow or a
moon. I saw some
statues on the
bridge.

Picture 2 is
a building
that looks
like a
hamburger.

seashells

Ship sails

Picture 4 is a
pedestrian
overpass that
looks like a
dragon (Or like
a ribbon.)

Art can also

be used in
buildings .
That is
architecture.

Listening
Which of the following topics will the text
be about?
1.How did modern architecture come about?(

2.The differences between traditional architecture and

modern architecture . ( )
3.Examples of modern architecture and architect.( )
4.The text is about parks and gardens . (

5. The text is about classical Chinese architecture.

( )

Scanning
1. When was Modernism invented?
2. Who invented Modernism?
3. Why did they invent Modernism?

Answer
Modernism was invented in the 1920s
by a group of architects who wanted to
change society with buildings that went
against peoples feeling of beauty. They
wanted their buildings constructed in a
way to look natural.

Skimming
Part 1 Para. 1
Every great culture in the past had its
own ideas expressed in art and
architecture.
Part 2 (Para. 2)
How and when modernism came into
being?

Part 3 (Para. 3-5)

The differences between traditional
architecture and modern
architecture
and why ancient architecture had many
beautiful buildings.

Part 4 (Para.6-8)
Examples of famous architects and
great buildings that take examples
from nature.

Post-reading
1. them modern buildings
that Nature doesnt have any
straight lines
his

Antonio Gaudis

it

the 2008 Olympic Stadium in

Beijing

Who are the two architects mentioned in the

text whose work was inspired by nature?
Gaudi
Wright

seashells

2. Antonio Gaudi was inspired by eyes,

bones, fish and a dragon. Frank Lloyd
Wright was inspired by Japanese
seashells.

3. Because when viewed from the top, it

looks as if the stadium is covered by a
gray net of steel, and it looks just like a
birds nest made of tree branches. The flowing
lines and round shapes make the building look
warm and friendly. It looks like a stage and the
players wont have pressure under such natural
environment.

What are the differences between traditional

architecture and modern architecture?

shape
ancient
architecture

Like things we find in

nature. Nature does not
have any straight lines.

Huge, like boxes with flat

modern
roofs, sharp corners and
architecture glass walls.

material
ancient
architecture

earth, stone, brick

wood and bamboo

modern
architecture

steel, glass, concrete,

alnico and plastic

feeling
ancient
Natural
and
beautiful
architecture
modern
Hard and unfriendly
architecture

Example
Taihe Dian
the Temple of Heaven
ancient
architecture the great European
Cathedral
Most of modern
modern
buildings look the
architecture
same.

Homework:
Go over the text.
1. Sum up the differences between traditional
architecture and modern architecture.
2. What does great architecture have in
common?
3. Pick out all the sentences that contain
past participles used as object
complements in the text.
4. Write Exercise 5 on Page 97.