本教材共有十四个单元，每个单元有三篇课文，每篇课文的篇幅达650字左右且都围绕着一个主题。每篇课文后均配以与课文相应的练习以帮助学生巩固已学的内容。此外，为了方便教师的教学和学生的学习需要，每个单元还配以相应的教学课件和视频，为广大师生提供了一个个性化的教与学的平台，这也是本教材的一个亮点。

Unit One

Text A What Is Art?

Text B Art History

Text C Contemporary Art

Unit Two

Text A Museums

Text B The History of the British Museum

Text C The National Palace Museum

Unit Three

Text A The Plastic Art of Sculpture

Text B Michelangelo Buonarroti. Son of Florence

Text C The Statue of Liberty

Unit Four

Text A Painting

Text B Why Vincent van Gogh Painted Sunflowers

Text C Pablo Picasso. From a Child Prodigy to an Utter Genius ...

Unit Five

Text A Sydney Opera House

Text B The Paris Opera House

Text C Musikverein, Vienna

Unit Six

Text A The Waltz King - Johann Strauss II

Text B The Great Composer-Peter Tchaikovsky

Text C A Child Prodigy-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Unit Seven

Text A Baroque and Gothic Architectures

Text B The Architecture of St. Peter's Basilica

Text C Bird's Nest-An Architectural Breakthrough

Unit Eight

Text A Chinese Calligraphy

Text B Traditional Chinese Couplets and New Year Pictures

Text C Gongfu Tea in China

Unit Nine

Text A Beijing Opera

Text B Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67

Text C The History of CATS

Unit Ten

Text A Diamonds

Text B Natural Pearls vs. Cultured Pearls

Text C Agate

Unit Eleven

Text A CIoisonne

Text B The Chinese Knot

Text C Paper-Cut

Unit Twelve

Text A The Academy Awards-Oscar

Text B Celebrated Photographers Using Digital Cameras

Text C Laser harp

Unit Thirteen

Text A Sotheby's

Text B Museum Collection

Text C Caring for Collections

Unit Fourteen

Text A Curator

Text B Organizing an Art Exhibition

Text C Pricing Paintings in an Art Exhibition

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