Art
53rd St(bet- Late-nineteenth Western
ween 5th and century to 21st counties 6th Axenues century
Metropolitan 5th Avenue From ancient
Museum of and 82nd to modern
Fast reading
How many galleries are mentioned in this text? What are they? Five. The Frick Collection, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art.
Art
Street
times
All over the world
Guggenheim Museum
5th Avenue and 88th
Modern (from Western late 19th century
Street

onwards
counties
The Frick Collection
5th and Madison Avenues
5. Every t_h_re_e_ years, the Whitney holds a special
be the best small art gallery in New York by
many art lovers.
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2. The largest part of the collection in Guggenh-
eim Museum is the impressionist and post-
The Best of Manhattan’s Art Galleries
1.What do you think the purpose of this text is?
To give people information about various art galleries in New York and to show them where they are. 2.Who do you think the text was written for? Tourists, art gallery visitors. 3.Where might you see such a text?
Before the twentieth century
Western counties
Careful reading
1.Read the text again, then do “True or False”:
1. M_e_tr_op_o_lit_a_n _M_us_e_um of Art is considered to
Possibly in a guide book.
Imaginary lines
longitude line (经线）
the first longitude line ( or prime meridian 本初子午线) was made to pass through Greenwich
latitude line (纬线）
2. Match the number on the map with the names of the museums. Page6:Ex1.
2 3 451
plete the chart at Page7 :Ex2 .
Name
Address
Type of Art
_____________________________________________________________________
( near 75th Street ) 945 Madison Avenue and 74th Street Number 4 ---5th and Madison Avenues 5th Avenue and 70th Street Number 5 ---53rd Street ( between 5th and 6th Avenues )
How to read a grid system (地图上的坐标方格） Avenue 1 2 3 4 5 6
A B C D E F G H (street)
Tell where the places locate :
Number 1 ---5th Avenue and 88th Street Number 2 ---5th Avenue and 82nd Street Number 3 ---945 Madison Avenue
impressionist section.
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3. M_u_s_e_u_m__o_f_M__o_d_e_rn__A_r_t introduces you to
ancient ways of living.
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4. Museum of Modern Art is often very crowed
and its admission price is not cheap. T
Which centuries? What countries?
America
Whitney
945 Madison Contemporary
Museum of Avenue (near (mainly art by
American Art 75th St
living artists)
Museum of Modern
The first latitude line is the equator.（赤道） All latitude lines are parallel to each other.
When you put these two sets of lines together you get a grid system(地图上的坐标方格）, which means ships can always find their way using this system.