Book 6 Unit 5 Learning from nature Starting out Read the quotes and answer the question. The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration. Claude Monet A painter should regard nature as their teacher, and never stick with just one style of painting. Zhang Daqian Let nature be your teacher. William Wordsworth Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson Activity 1 Lead-in What is the common message conveyed in these quotes? They have a close relation with nature and they respect nature and get inspirations from nature. The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration. Claude Monet Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting. Monet’s method involved painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons. A painter should regard nature as their teacher, and never stick with just one style of painting. Zhang Daqian Zhang Daqian(1899-1983) was a Chinese painter, and he is regarded as one of the most gifted masters of the 20th century. Originally a guohua painter, he also became renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter by the 1960s. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson Let nature be your teacher. William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was an English Romantic poet who, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American essayist, lecturer and poet, and one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 19th century in the United States, who, in the mid-19th century, led New England Transcendentalism (新英格兰超验主义或称“美国文艺复兴”，是美国的一种文学和哲学运动。它宣称存在一种理想的精神实体，超越于经验和科学之处，通过直觉得以把握。) Have you ever learnt anything from nature? Can you give examples? Activity 1 Lead-in Watching birds build nests has taught me to work hard on school projects and make them as good as I can. Planting seeds and watching them grow has taught me that everything needs care and patience to reach its potential. Seeing the seasons change has taught me that change is normal and leads to new beginnings. This helps me be positive about transitions. What lessons from nature are mentioned in the video? Activity 2 Watch and answer Trees give us lessons about _____. Succulents in deserts give us lessons about _____ _____. From birds, we learn to _____ _____. From salmon, we learn the importance of _____ in order to achieve our goals. Ants teach us to _____. What lessons from nature are mentioned in the video? Activity 2 Watch and answer strength in the face of hard times adapt to the environment learning to spread our wings and fly to reach our full potential perseverance embrace responsibility and always do our best Which one inspires you the most? Activity 2 Watch ... ...
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