We have just learned about modal verbs: may, might, can, could, shall,
should, will, would and now we are going
to put that information into practice with the use of advice columns. Advice columns are a very important part of
English newspapers in both America and England.
Read the following example of an advice column
from various sources. Try and find the
nuances of an advice column, what is the structure, how is it put together,
what is its purpose etc?
Do As We
Do
I am a junior in college and have an amazing relationship with my
roommate. We hang out together all the
time, and I love him like a brother.
Trouble is, he’s really good looking, and as soon as girls see him, they
ditch me. I can be talking to a woman
all night (and getting along really well), but as soon as he appears, she loses
interest in me. I don’t think he’s doing
it intentionally, but it’s starting to get me down. What should I do?
Lost My Mojo, New Haven
Response:
Dear Lost My Mojo, transfer! Or at least start socializing on your
own. Because when folks have “Moves Like
Jagger” as Maroon 5 has been bragging from the top of the charts, there is
little mere mortals can do to interfere with their Mick-like mojo.
You are probably right about
your pal’s good intentions. Not even the
ugliest facial-hair styles that Brad Pitt adopted over the years could mar his
sexual charisma. Some guys can’t help
it. Say: “Your appeal is putting a dent
in my love life.” He’ll understand. And even if he doesn’t, act anyway. Or your disappointment will soon turn to
resentment. You can be close without
being inseparable.
Now it’s your turn, in a group write a response
to this plea for help using the modal verbs that you have learned. Your advice can be funny or serious. At the end we will share and vote on the best
advice.
Public
Speaking
I recently got great promotion at
work. That's the good news. The bad news is that I just found out that the job
requires me to deliver frequent presentations to large groups of potential
clients. The idea of speaking to a large group terrifies me. Had I known about
the requirement to speak, I might not have even tried for the job! My first
major presentation is coming up in about a month and I am already a wreck. I
know that it is common for people to have stage fright. Do you have any
suggestions on how I can overcome it?
Publically Terrified, New York
Who Owns Art?
Introduction
1.
Leonardo
Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa
2.
Jackson
Pollock, Number 8
3.
Van
Gogh, Starry Night
4.
Pablo
Picasso, The Kiss
5.
Gustav
Klimt, The Kiss
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Three
Main Questions
o
Who
decides something is art?
o
Who
decides its value?
o
Who
owns art?
1.
Marcel
Duchamp, Fountain (1917)
Art
as a Commodity
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Art
is a leading source of income and considered a luxury commodity.
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Paintings,
sculptures, and other forms of art are sold for millions of dollars.
-
Income
is also generated from the display of art at shows or in museums such as the
Louvre.
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But how much?
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The Card Players by Paul Cézanne
Sold for over $250 million in 2011.
Peers, Alexandra (January
2012). "Qatar
Purchases Cézanne’s The Card Players for More Than $250 Million, Highest Price
Ever for a Work of Art". QuatarSale.
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No° 5 by Jackson Pollock
Sold for $140 million in 2006.
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Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
Sold for $76.2 million in 2002
Art Gallery of Ontario
What
does this have to do with tourism?!
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Art
isn’t just paintings or sculptures.
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Art
is a real tourism industry.
-
Every
year an average of 8 million people visit the Louvre.
"Le Louvre a accueilli 8,8 millions de visiteurs
en 2011". Radio-Canada with
Agence France-Presse. 3 January 2012.
The average price of admission at the Louvre is
11€, therefore on admission alone the Louvre could gain €88 million in one
year!
Greece
Case Study
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The lost Parthenon treasures.
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Today,
many Greek antiquities are held in Museums outside of Greece.
§
Most
notably at the British Museum and the Louvre in Paris.
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In
the 1800 Lord Elgin, a British lord was given permission by the ruling Ottoman
Empire to take the statues for his personal use.
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At
this time Greece was in a major and violent war and Lord Elgin feared for the
safety of the treasures.
-
Lord
Elgin would give the sculptures to the British Museum where they are now on
display free of charge.
-
Now
Greece is calling for the return of the Parthenon statues and friezes.
-
The
Greek government believes that the art was not legally acquired because it was
not the Greeks who gave permission.
-
The
Greeks would like to place the art in a museum at the Acropolis.
Greece
-
The
Marbles were not acquired “legally.”
-
They
are part of Greece’s history.
-
The
will generate tourism for Greece.
-
They
have a new museum to go to.
British Museum
-
They
were acquired in agreement with the ruler at the time.
-
They
are on display for free.
-
More
people have access to them in the UK than in Greece.
-
It
would create a slippery slope of emptying museums.
Egypt Calls for a
Return of Ancient Treasures
April 8, 2010
breakingnewsenglish.com
Museum directors and
culture ministers from 16 countries are meeting in Cairo this week to try and
get back ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to recover important
parts of their heritage that are kept in museums in other countries. Officials
include representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of
their antiquities were taken centuries ago by invading armies and colonizers.
Those attending the two-day conference will draw up a list of items they want
returned. Egypt wants the return of thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts
currently being kept in Western museums. The event has been organized by
Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is calling for "the
protection and restitution of cultural heritage”.
Many world famous
and iconic items of human history will be discussed. Egypt will call for the
return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's archaeology
representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen
Nefertiti high on his list. Hawass has had a lot of success in recovering
antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items
from overseas. Greece is fighting another high-profile antiquity battle. It
wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles,
which the British removed from Athens at the beginning of the nineteenth
century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that
allow stolen antiquities to be sold and exported.
Homework Assignment #3 Due 10/12/2012
Who owns
art? Do we as a world society have an
obligation to return works of art to their original homes or is it all a part
of history? What kind of benefits can
having art from all over the world together give us? What are the drawbacks?
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