Spend several minutes drawing any famous picture you remember. Show your masterpiece to somebody if he/she guesses.
2.Pre-listening task
https://www.louvre.fr/en/online-tours#virtual-tours
The KWL chart. Fill in the table by pooling your knowledge of the tour.
1. The Louvre attracted more than 9 million visitors |
T/F |
2. Newsletter conducts survey of galleries every year |
T/F |
3. London museums are in top five in the survey |
T/F |
4. The most popular exhibition of the year was the Dutch Old Masters |
T/F |
5. Traditional art is popular in Europe |
T/F |
6. Japanese exhibition drew over 14,000 visitors a day |
T/F |
7. The Louvre opened its new wing dedicated to Islamic art. |
T/F |
Source: http://www.globalpost.com
1. to top |
a. to devote |
2.annual |
b. place |
3. venue |
c. up to date |
4. to boost |
d. to control |
5. to dedicate |
e. to lead |
6.contemporary |
f. yearly |
7.to dominate |
g. to revere |
8.up-and-coming |
h. to increase |
9. ambitious |
i. making good progress |
10. to venerate |
j. aspiring |
Meaning and use
In English, we can express sentences in two different ways: active voice and passive voice.
The active voice is used when the focus is on the subject (or agent) of the main verb. This is the person or thing doing the verb.
Millions of people use the Internet every day.
Only six students passed the test.
The passive voice is used when the person or the thing affected by the main verb becomes the focus.
The internet is used by millions of people every day.
The test was passed by only six students.
The passive is often used when the person or thing doing the verb is not important, unknown, or obvious. In this case, we may leave them out completely.
The solution was heated to 100 degrees. (agent is unimportant)
My bike was stolen last Thursday. (identity of agent is unknown)
Form
The active voice is made with subject + main verb + object.
Bees make honey.
James Cameron directed Titanic.
The passive voice is made with subject + to be + past participle + by + object.
Positive
Honey is made by bees.
Titanic was directed by James Cameron.
Negative
We make the negative passive with subject + negative of to be + past participle + by + object.
Honey is not made by wasps.
Titanic wasn’t directed by George Lucas.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/learningenglish/english/intermediate-grammar-guide