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Module 2
Reading & vocabulary
Read the passage and answer the question:
What does the Renaissance mean?
Read the passage again and match the mainings of
each paragraph.
Paras 1-2 a. Art developments of the renaissance
Para.3
b. Financial background of the Renaissance
Para.4
c. Philosophical trend of the Renaissance
Para.5
d. Scientific inventions of the Renaissance
Para.6
e. Leonardo, an extraordinary genius
f. Meaning of the Renaissance
and the most representative
work of the Renaissance
Para.7
Paras 1-2 f
Para.5 c
Para.3 b
Para.6 d
Para.4 a
Para.7 e
Read Paras 1--3 carefully and fill in the blanks with
the information in the text.
The Renaissance
Time
Birthplace
Origin of the
word
Factors that
made the
Renaissance
possible
14th to 16th century
During the 1. ____________
Italy
2.________
Renaissance is a French word which
rebirth
means 3. “_______”.
the discovery of the new world
4. __________________________
international business
__________________________
__________________________
a change in ideas about religion
Read Paras 4—5 carefully and fill in the blanks with
the information in the text.
Painters discovered how to
perspective and the
use 5. ___________
effects of light.
Composers put different
Arts
voices together and created
polyphony
6. ___________.
Achievements
Architects preferred
designing buildings with 7.
more light
_____________.
people as the center
Philosophy 8. Put________
of the universe.
Scientific
invention
a time of scientific invention
Read Para6-7 and describe Leonardo da
Vince:
Mona lisa
His masterpiece is ________Besides being a
famous__________,Leonardo
da Vince was
painter
inventor who was well-known
also a skilled________,
drawingsof aeroplanes,
for hisastonishing
________ ________
submarines
parachutes,_____and
__________
tanks
Sentences:
1. It is believed to be the best example of a new
lifelike of painting that amazed people when it
was first used.
蒙娜丽莎被认为是一种新的形象逼真型绘
画的最好代表，这种绘画风格一经使用就
使人们惊叹不已。
2. But they looked forward, too, by opening
new frontiers in the arts.
而他们也通过开辟新的艺术领域来展望未来。
3. The sense of exploration which motivated
the artists went hand in hand with a new
type of philosophy.
这种激发艺术家的探索意识与 一种新型的
人生哲学携手共进。
4. Wherever he went he carried a notebook
around with him, in which he wrote down
his ideas.
不管走到哪里他都随身携带一个笔记本,
以便随时记录下自己的想法.
5. After centuries of accepting a medieval
world view in which human life was
considered of little Value compared with
the greatness of God, philosopher began
asking questions like......
几个世纪以来，哲学家们都持有中世纪的世界观，
认为与上帝的伟大相比人的生命很渺小。现在他们提出
诸如“人为何物?” 以及“我为何存在?” 这样的问题。
6. But even if his only contribution to history
had been the Mona Lisa, it would have been
genius enough for all time.
但即使他对历史的贡献仅仅是一副《蒙娜·丽莎》,
这也已经是恒久的天才作品。
Writing:
The Renaissance
1.common knowledge of the Renaissance
2.meaning of “Renaissance” and why
3.developments in different areas
4.an example
Renaissance means 14th to 16th century and
the developments in art and architecture, music
and literature which took place at that time.
From Italy,the idea of Renaissance rapidly
spread throughout Europe.
The word Renaissance is a French word
which means “rebirth”,because at that time
artists found new ideas in classical Greece and
Rome. But they opened news frontiers, too. For
example...
An example of Renaissance man is Leonardo
da Vinci, who was interested in everything and
with many talents. His masterpiece Mona Lisa
is known to everybody.
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