2021-2022学年度第3期总第841期
Building history by hand(P4-5)
吉林毓文中学    赵传彦

Title prediction 
What will the text talk about, according to the title?
 
Fast-reading
Go through the text and choose the right answers.
Q1: What type of text is it? 
A. A news event.    B. A biography.     C. A science report.
Q2: What is the text mainly about?
A. His childhood.   B. His family.       C. His life.          
Read for structure  
 
While-reading 
Read the text and answer the questions.
1. Why did Tsinghua University Art Museum hold the exhibition - Liang: the Overreaching?
In order to commemorate his 120th birthday and indirectly reflect his great influence and achievements
2. Why was Liang considered to be the “father of modern Chinese architecture”? What did he do for Chinese architecture?
 
3. According to what Liang said, what is his attitude towards old buildings?
 
4. Write down Liang’s good qualities as many as possible.
 
Responsible, determined, patriotic, caring, foresighted, outstanding, intelligent, loyal…

Read for thinking 
What are the functions of the description of details?
make the story vivid; make the work authentic; make the readers attracted
language study 
1. make a name                            成名 
2. be considered to be                      被视为
3. father of modern Chinese architecture   中国现代建筑之父
4. receive his master’s degree              获得硕士学位
5. devote himself to                        献身于...；致力于...
6. paid off                                 回报

Liang advised that a new administrative (行政的) center for government buildings should be built west of the Forbidden City, far away from the Inner City. 
•表示“建议”后的宾语从句
•主要是指advise, suggest, propose, recommend等的宾语从句，从句谓语由“should+动词原形”构成，其中的should在美国英语中通常可以省略。如：
•They recommend that this tax be abolished. 他们建议取消这种税。
•I suggest that we (should) have lunch right now. 我建议我们现在就吃午饭。