Unit 10
Lesson 1
Student’s Book pages 76-77
Cultural tourism
Before you begin
Look at the picture
1 Look at the pictures. How do you think they are related to cultural tourism?
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Students’ own answers
2 Read the words. Which ones refer to people? Check the meaning of any words you don’t know in the Activity Book Glossary or in a dictionary.
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artist sculptor sketch drawing painting effect portrait examine affect |
Look up the difference between ‘affect’ and ‘effect’ in a dictionary. (‘effect’ is always a noun, and ‘affect’ is almost always a verb).
For example: The sad film affected me. It made me cry.
The sad film had an effect on me. It made me cry.
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Artist, sculptor
3 Read and listen to the text about Leonardo da Vinci. What is his most famous painting? What is his most interesting invention?
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His painting Mona Lisa is a masterpiece of light and dark, and it is probably the most famous portrait in the world today. He was an Italian inventor and artist in 1400s. Leonardo was greatly interested in science and invented many machines, including a helicopter and an aeroplane. He was considered to be a genius ahead of his time.
The power of imagination
Cultural tourism means travelling to a certain country to experience its culture, including its language, history, art and other aspects of culture. Thousands of tourists from around the world visit the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, to see the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was born in Italy in 1452 CE. He is regarded as one of the world’s greatest artists for being a talented musician, sculptor as well as being a brilliant scientist and inventor. His notebooks were filled with sketches and drawings of many things: the human body, birds in flight, and designs for the different machines that he invented.
When he was fifteen years old, Leonardo began to work for an artist. He learnt how to paint, sculpt and design jewellery. By the age of twenty, Leonardo was a great painter and sculptor. Leonardo began work on many large paintings, but very few of them were finished. He did, however, discover how to use light and dark to create effects. His painting Mona Lisa is a masterpiece of light and dark, and it is probably the most famous portrait in the world today.
Leonardo was greatly interested in science and nature, so he examined plants and trees to discover how they grow. He also studied rocks to see how they were formed, and he carried out tests to show what things can affect the wind and the oceans.
Leonardo was also very interested in machines and sketched many inventions. He studied how birds use their wings to fly, and invented some ‘flying machines’: a type of parachute, an early helicopter, and an aeroplane.
During his lifetime, Leonardo was admired and greatly respected. However, when he died in 1519 CE, his works were not really understood because he was a true genius, far ahead of his time.
Comprehension
4 Read and listen to the text again. In which paragraph can you read about...?
1 Leonardo the Scientist
2 The talented child
3 A masterpiece of light and dark
4 Leonardo’s death
5 Inventions by Leonardo Da Vinci
6 Leonardo Da Vinci’s birth and his different talents
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1 paragraph 4
2 paragraph 2
3 paragraph 3
4 paragraph 6
5 paragraph 5
6 paragraph 1
QUOTATION
Read the quotation. Do you agree with it? Why/Why not? Translate the quotation into Arabic.
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci, painter and inventor (1452 CE–1519 CE)
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Unit 10
Lesson 1
Activity Book page 53
Vocabulary
1 Complete the table with the words for people.
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Sculpture |
Sculptor |
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Painting |
painter |
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Engineering |
Engineer |
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Art |
Artist |
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Invention |
Inventor |
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Music |
Musician |
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science |
Scientist |