Developingideas—Reading

Unit2Alife’sworkLearningobjectiveToknowtheworkofclockrestorationmastersinPalacemuseumandlearnfromtheircraftsmanship1.WhowastheForbiddenCitybuiltfor?2.WhendiditbecomehometothePalaceMuseum?3.HowmanyworksofartarethereinthePalaceMuseum?4.WhatdoyouthinkmakesthePalaceMuseumuniqueintheworld?Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.Pre-reading1.WhowastheForbiddenCitybuiltfor?2.WhendiditbecomehometothePalaceMuseum?TheForbiddenCitywasbuiltforemperors,theirfamiliesandservantsintheMingandQingdynasties.ItbecamehometothePalaceMuseumin1925.3.HowmanyworksofartarethereinthePalaceMuseum?4.WhatdoyouthinkmakesthePalaceMuseumuniqueintheworld?Therearearound1.8millionworksofart.Showyourownanswers.Lookatthetitleandthepictures.Predictwhatthepassageisabout.Showyourownanswers.

TheForbiddenCityislocatedintheheartofBeijing.BuiltduringtheearlyMing

Dynasty,itisoneofthelargestimperialpalacesintheworld.Themagnificent

hallsandwallsproudlydisplaytheessenceandculminationof

traditionalChinesearchitecture.ThePalaceMuseumwasbuiltinitin1925andin1987theformerimperialresidencewaslistedasaUNESCOWorldHeritageSite.BackgroundInformationa.WhyisWangJinoptimisticaboutthefutureofthetimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?b.WhyisitpainstakingforWangJinandhisstudentstorepairthecollectionoftimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?c.WhathasbeendonetotheclocksthatdatebacktothetimeofEmperorQianlong?d.WhoisWangJinandwheredoeshework?e.WhatqualitiesdoWangJinandhiscolleaguesdisplayintheirwork?f.WhatwasspecialaboutWangJinandhisstudentQiHaonan?Matchthequestionstotheparagraphsandfindouttheanswers.Fastreadinga.WhyisWangJinoptimisticaboutthefutureofthetimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?(Para.5)Becausehehaspassedonhisskillstoanewgenerationofartisans,whowillnotonlyhelppreservetraditionalskillsbutalsobringinnovationtotheartofclockrepairingsothatitstandsthetestoftime.b.WhyisitpainstakingforWangJinandhisstudentstorepairthecollectionoftimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?(Para.3)Becauserepairingsuchalargeandimportantcollectionoftimepiecesinvolvescomplexwork,uniquemethodsofrestorationandsourcingdifficult-to-findmaterials,whichtakealotoftime,careandattentiontodetail.c.WhathasbeendonetotheclocksthatdatebacktothetimeofEmperorOianlong?(Para.4)WangJinhasspenteightmonthsadjustingthegiganticclock,whichisabouttobewoundupandbroughtbacktolife.d.WhoisWangJinandwheredoeshework?(Para.1)Heisaclockrestorationmaster,workinginXiSanSuointheForbiddenCity.e.WhatqualitiesdoWangJinandhiscolleaguesdisplayintheirwork?(Para.6)Theydisplayqualitiesofskill,patience,modestyanddevotionintheirwork.f.WhatwasspecialaboutWangJinandhisstudentQiHaonan?(Para.2)TheyusedtobetheonlytwotimepiecerestorersinthePalaceMuseum.1.Whatisyourunderstandingofthetitle,“MastersofTime”?Whatfigureofspeechdoestheauthoruse?2.Whatisyourunderstandingofthesentence,“Thisisaraceagainsttimethatcanneverbewon”?Doyouagreewiththis?Giveyourreasons.3.WhatdoBillCunninghamandWangJininthetworeadingpassages

inthisunithaveincommon?4.Whatcanyoudotohelptopassontraditionalskillsandthespiritofcraftsmanship?Discussandanswerthequestions.Intensivereading1.Whatisyourunderstandingofthetitle,“MastersofTime”?Whatfigureofspeechdoestheauthoruse?Onepossibleanswer:Thetitleshowsusthatthosementionedinthetextareallexpertsskilledattheartofclockrepairing.Ithinktheauthorusesthefigureofspeech（修辭手法）——metaphor（比喻）.

2.Whatisyourunderstandingofthesentence,“Thisisaraceagainsttimethatcanneverbewon”?Doyouagreewiththis?Giveyourreasons.Onepossibleanswer:Thesentencemeansthattherestorationoftheclockswillbeunlikelytobeevercomplete.Answer1:Iagreewiththisbecausethereisalwayssomuchworkofclockrepairingtodo.Answer2:Idon’tagreewiththisbecausethenewgenerationshavegrownup.Maybeoneday,theworkwillbecomplete.3.WhatdoBillCunninghamandWangJininthetworeadingpassages

inthisunithaveincommon?Theyarebothdevoted,motivated,passionateandskilledmastersintheirfieldsofwork.4.Whatcanyoudotohelptopassontraditionalskillsandthespiritofcraftsmanship?Possibleanswers:Paymoreattentiontotraditionalskillsandcherishthespiritofcraftsmanship.Callonmorepeopletoprot