Стр.44-45 Модуль 3 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 6 класс

1 Label the pictures with the verbs. Listen and check, then say.

studied, designed, painted, invented, sketched

2 a) Leonardo da Vinci did all the things in Ex. 1. What do you know about him? What else would you like to know? Write four questions about what he did. Listen to and read the text to see if you can answer your questions.

b) Read again and say if the sentences are T (true), F (false), or NS (not stated).

1. Da Vinci learnt most things from others.
2. There are hundreds of da Vinci’s paintings in museums all over the world.
3. He sketched maps of Europe.
4. There is a bridge in Norway that da Vinci designed.
5. Da Vinci’s flying machine looked like a modern aeroplane.
6. His notes were easy to understand.

c) Tell the class four things you learnt from the text.

Is this the most talented person who ever lived?

Leonardo da Vinci was born in a small village in Tuscany, Italy on 15th April 1452. He was very intelligent and curious and learnt lots of things by himself. In his lifetime, he achieved incredible things! So is this man the most talented person ever? Read this, then you decide!

The Painter

As a young man, da Vinci studied painting in Florence. Two of his paintings, the Mona Lisa (or La Gioconda) and The Last Supper, are among the most famous paintings of all time! Today, only about 15 of his finished paintings survive (he often didn’t finish them because he was busy with other things), but most people consider him to be one of the greatest painters who ever lived.

The Engineer

Da Vinci designed many working machines for war, industry, and transport. He sketched very accurate maps and he also designed a brilliant canal system for Florence, and a huge bridge. In 2001, architects constructed a bridge in Norway based on da Vinci’s design. You can see it there today. Da Vinci was also a sculptor, a musician, a mathematician, a philosopher, an architect, a writer, and a geologist. Five centuries after his death, he is still one of the most fascinating people in history.

The Inventor

Da Vinci’s notebooks contain detailed sketches for a whole range of inventions which were centuries ahead of their time. These include a sort of helicopter, flying machines, a calculator, a parachute, and even robots. With today’s technology and materials many of da Vinci’s designs could work very well.

The Scientist

Da Vinci studied plants, animals and the human body, and made detailed drawings and notes about them. He used ‘mirror’ writing, probably because he didn’t want everyone to understand the notes! His sketch Vitruvian Man shows the perfect proportions of the human body. This is possibly the best-known drawing in the world.

3 Read the table. How do we form the Past Simple of regular verbs? Find examples in the text.

4 Use the Past Simple of the verbs in the list to complete the sentences.

invent, not paint, die, start, not discover

1. The artist Van Gogh ______ Wild Poppies. Claude Monet did.
2. Beethoven ______ composing music at an early age.
3. The Spanish artist Diego Velasquez ______ in 1660.
4. Alexander Graham Bell ______ the telephone in 1876.
5. Isaac Newton ______ radioactivity. Henri Becquerel did.

5 Form questions, then answer them.

1. Picasso/paint the Mona Lisa?

6 Think! At what school lessons can you learn about da Vinci’s discoveries and inventions? Remember your lessons of physics, mathematics, biology etc. In three minutes, write a few sentences. Tell the class or your partner.

6 Think! Which of da Vinci’s achievements impresses you the most? Why? In three minutes write a few sentences. Read your sentences to the class.