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Unit 4
Chinese folk art
Reading one
What is she doing?
Step 1 Lead in: Watch and guess.
She is making paper-cutting.
Do you know the steps of paper cutting?
What are the steps of making paper-cuts?
What do you know about Chinese paper-cutting?
Paper-cutting
Tools (What to use to make paper-cutting)
Shapes (What shapes to make paper-cutting)
Functions (When and why to make paper-cutting)
Meanings of making paper-cutting
Paper-cutting
1. What’s the main idea of the article?
2. What’s the type of the article?
It’s about a master of paper-cutting.
It’s a feature article(人物特写).
In a feature article, it is common to use the present tense to make the description(描写) more vivid(生动的).
Tip 1
Step 2 Pre-reading: Think and answer.
a. Zhao Yue, a great master of paper-cutting
b. An example of paper-cuts and its meaning
c. Zhao Yue’s ideas about paper-cutting
d. The use of paper-cuts
Step 3 While-reading: Read and match the main idea.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Read Para.1 and answer the questions.
1. What tools do we need to do paper-cutting?
A pair of scissors or a knife and some paper.
2.What do you think of Zhao Yue from the underlined sentence?
She is a skilful(熟练的) master of paper-cutting.
Read Para.2 and answer the questions.
1.How does Zhao Yue become a great master of paper-cutting?
Through years of practice.
patient
persistent(坚持不懈的)
“Practice makes perfect.”
“Where there is a will, there is a way.”
Read Para.2 and fill in the blanks.
Paper-?cuts are in the shapes of ___________________
________________________.
After years of practice, Zhao Yue is now a great master of paper-cuttings. Her works on the walls in her home are beautiful. They are in the shapes of flowers, birds, fish and landscapes.
flowers
birds
fish
landscapes
flowers, birds, fish
and landscapes.
flowers, birds, fish
Do you know other shapes of paper-cuts?
Chinese characters
Chinese animal signs
Read Para.3 and answer the questions.
1. When do we put up paper-cuts?
"Paper-cuts are not just beautiful. We use them to express ourwishes. At the Spring Festival, we put them up on windows and doors for good luck," says Zhao Yue."And at weddings, we put up 'double happiness' in the new couple's home for good wishes."
At the Spring Festival and weddings.
On the windows and doors, and in the new couple's home.
2. Where do we put up paper-cuts?
What other occasions(场合) do we use paper-cuts?
On the birthdays of the elderly
When moving into a new house
During the baby’s 100th-day celebration
"Paper-cuts are not just beautiful. We use them to express our wishes. At the Spring Festival, we put them up on windows and doors for good luck," says Zhao Yue."And at weddings, we put up 'double happiness' in the new couple's home for good wishes."
3.What wishes do these paper-cuts express?
A) Love for nature and animals
B) For good luck and wishes
C) Memories of historical events
Read Para.3 and choose.
Read Para.4 and answer the questions.
1.What’s the meaning of zhubaoping’an?
Zhao Yue makes the last cut. She hands me the bamboo picture smiling, " This is called zhubaoping'an. It means 'l wish you a safe and healthy life'." The bamboo seems to be alive and the leaves look like they are dancing. I feel the warmth and life of this traditional folk art.
It means ‘I wish you a safe and healthy life’.
2.What does the writer feel when she gets the bamboo picture?
She feels the warmth and life of this traditional folk art.
Wufupengshou
I wish you a long life and attract(吸引) five kinds of good fortune(运气).
May you have abundance(丰富) year after year.
I wish you a happy marriage (婚姻).
May your life be full of prosperity(繁荣) and beauty.
Match the paper-cuts with the meanings
Retell the article and fill in the blanks.
--- Mindmap of the article
Paper-cutting
Tools
Shapes
Functions
Meanings of "zhubaoping'an"
We can use___________________________________to make paper-cutting.
They are in the shapes of ____________________________.
At the Spring Festival,we put them up_________________
for_____________________.
At weddings,we put up_____________________________
___________ for_________________.
It means____________________________________.
a pair of scissors or a knife and some papers
flowers, birds, fish and landscapes
on windowsand doors
good luck
'double happiness' in the new
couple's home
good wishes
'I wish you a safe and healthy life'
Step 4 Post-reading
Can machines make paper-cuts as “alive” as human artists? Why ?
No, they can’t.
Human artists put their feelings and creativity(创造力) into paper-cuts.
The bamboo seems to be alive and the leaves look like they are dancing.
Step 5 Further thinking.
What qualities of Chinese people does paper-cutting show?
It shows the creativity(创造力) and wisdom(智慧) of Chinese people.
What can we do to keep paper-cutting alive?
Inherit(继承)
Learn from masters;
Practice regularly
Spread(传播)
Share on social media;
Teach others
Innovate(创新)
Mix old and new
Homework
Must do:
Make a paper-cutting and make a video to introduce it.
Choose to do:
Search on the internet and learn more about different styles of paper-cutting.
Thanks !

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