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Artforart’ssakeUnitoverviewUnitkeyfeaturesOrganizingsuggestionsPassage1HowwelistenPassage2ThemysteryofGirlwithaPearlEarringPassage1isananalyticalessay,reasoningaboutandexplainingthreedifferentlevelsoflisteningtomusic.Passage2isanexpositoryandnarrativepieceofwritingaboutafamousDutchpaintingofGirlwithaPearlEarring.•UsePassage1forunderstandinghowananalyticalessayisorganizedandhowthewriterdevelopshisexplanationsandpresentshisreasons.•UsePassage2forlearninghownarrativesareusedinanexpositorywritingtodescribeanddiscussthethemeofthepassage.•GivebackgroundinformationofthepassagestoaidSs’understanding.Readingskills(a)Evaluatingthetext(b)Predicting(c)Linkingideas(d)Readingaloud,andpayingattentiontothepronunciationofthenamesoftheartists,musicandpaintings•UsePassage1forskills(a)and(b).•UsePassage2forskill(c).•Forbothpassages,usetheapproachofreadingaloudtohighlighttheimportanceofpronunciationskills.Speakingskills•PerformingdebatesinTalkingpointactivities•UsingquestionstodeveloporaldiscussionUsespeakingactivitiesfor:•presentingargumentsinTalkingpointactivities•organizingandpresentingthoughtsandviewsWritingskillsandtasks•Guidedwriting:Listingitems• Unit task: Producing a leaflet on places ofartisticinterest•Learningtowriteasuccessionofideasbyusingsequentialdiscoursemarkers,especiallystructuringadverbsEncourageSstousestructuringadverbsintheiressaywritingwhichwillhelptoorganizetheirthoughtsandsignaltothereaderstheirkeypointsofview.CognitiveskillsLearningtogivedifferentviewsbypresentingreasonswithevidenceorexamplesEncourageSstolearntothinkindifferentwaysandtoidentifyissuesthroughquestioning.ReadingacrossculturesThe top five paintingsinWesternartThepassageisadescriptiveaccountoffive famous Western paintings. HelpSsgettoknowsomeWesternpaintingsandappreciatebothWesternandChineseartsthroughtheactivitiesinthissection.Unit3Unit3 Art for art’s sake 78TeachingsuggestionsandanswerkeysStartingpoint1Workinpairs.Readthequotationsanddiscussthequestions.TeachingtipsEncourageSstoelaborateonthemeaningsandmaketheirowncomments,especiallyiftheyknowsomethingaboutthepeoplewhogavethequotations.Pleaserefertothefollowingexamples.1Canyouexplaininyourownwordswhateachartististryingtosay?Nogreatartisteverseesthingsastheyreallyare.Ifhedid,hewouldceasetobeanartist.OscarWilde,Irishpoet/playwrightThisquotationmeansthatgreatartistsseerealityinadifferentwaytomostpeopleandthatthisisthekeytogreatart.Inotherwords,artistsshowusalternativeperspectivesontheworld.Iftheysimplyshoweduswhatwealreadysee,theywouldn’tbeartists.OscarWilde(1854–1900)wasanIrishplaywrightandpoetwhowasfamousforhiswittyremarksandsocialobservationswhichwerehumorousandcritical.HewrotetheplayTheImportanceofBeingErnest.Idon’tpaintthings.Ionlypaintthedifferencebetweenthings.HenriMatisse,FrenchpainterIthinkthisprobablymeansthatHenriMatisse(1869–1954)didnotpaintthingstolookrealistic.Hedidn’tjusttrytorepresentthingsinartinthewaythatwenormallyseethem.Rather,hewantedtoshowhowonethingdifferedfromanother.Sohewascomparingthingsthroughart.Matisseusedstrong,expressivecolours,andhispaintingshaveadecorativeeffectofcolour,lineandform.Hissculpturesareunconventionaltoo.Withoutmusiclifewouldbeamistake.FriedrichNietzsche,GermanphilosopherObviously,thismeansthatmusicisveryimportantforlife.FriedrichNietzsche(1844–1900)isknownforthewayherejectedabsolutemoralvalues,ashearguedthatpeoplewerefreetocreatetheirownvalues.Ofcourse,peoplearefreetocreatetheirownworldwithoutmusic,butthatwouldbeamistake!Poetryiswhatgetslostintranslation.RobertFrost,AmericanpoetThismustsimplymeanthatyoucan’treallytranslatepoetry.Youcantranslatethewords,maybe,butthequalitiesofpoetrythatreallymakeitpoetrygetlostwhenthewordsaretranslated.RobertFrost(1874–1963)isknownforhisaccessibleandreadablepoetry,soyoumightexpecttobeabletotranslatehispoemseasily.Butthequotationtellsustothinkaboutpoetrythoroughlyandfeelitasmorethancombinationsofwords.Artisakindofillness.GiacomoPuccini,ItaliancomposerLiterally,itmeansthatartisabadthing,orisunhealthy.ButIthinkitmeansthatartiscontagious;itgoesfromtheartisttoaudienceandfrompersontopersonlikeanillness,andyoucan’tresistitbecauseitmaytakeoveryourlife.GiacomoPuccini(1858–1924)composedoperaswithastronggiftformelodyanddramaticeffectsinexoticplots.Hisoperasarevery“catching”likeanillness,soyourememberthemelodieseasily.Art for art’s sake Unit3792Whichquotationdoyouagreewithmost?IagreethatPoetryiswhatgetslostintranslationbecauseitreallymakesmethinkaboutlanguage.Thereareobviouslymanytranslationsofpoetry,fromonelanguagetoanother.Peoplenotonlytranslatepoems,butthepoeticlanguageofprose.Asstudents,wetranslatenotonlywhendoingtranslationexercises,butalsowhenwetrytospeakandwriteinEnglish.Wemaylosesomething,butmainlygainsomethinginanotherlanguage.2Workinpairsanddiscussthequestions.1Whendidyoulastgotoanartgallery?IsawanexhibitionofceramicsonavisittoShanghailastyear.2Whatdoyourememberaboutit?IrememberthetraditionalChineseporcelainwarelikedishes,platesandvasesfortheircoloursanddesigns.Ialsoremembersomemodernceramicswhichwerequitestartling.T