《We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas》Great books PPT課件2
Words review
discuss v. 討論;談?wù)?/p>
thinker n. 思想家
wise adj. 有判斷力的;明智的
review n. 評(píng)論(文章)
influence v. 影響;作用于
sense n. 道理;意義;合理性
make sense 易理解;合情理;有意義
by the way 順便提一下(用于在交談中插入新話題、題外話或評(píng)論)
suppose v.猜想;猜測(cè);推測(cè);相信;認(rèn)為
well-known adj. 眾所周知的;著名的
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Objectives
1. To be able to understand the conversation about great books
2. To learn some key words and useful expressions
3. To be able to talk about your favourite books, plays, poems and writers
Focus on
Words:
discuss wise review influence sense suppose well-known
Phrases:
make sense by the way
Patterns:
Their works are still read by many people today.
But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.
I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.
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1.Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Say who the people are and why they are famous.
Confucius Shakespeare Mark Twain
thinker writer writer
thought play, poem story
Listen to the recording and check your answers.
Confucius was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China.
William Shakespeare wrote plays and poems about 400 years ago, but people still can see his plays and read his poems.
Mark Twain was an American writer and his works are studied in schools.
2.Listen again and complete the sentences.
1. Confucius is well-known in _____________.
2. Shakespeare wrote _____________.
3. Mark Twain’s stories are set _______ of the US.
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True or False
1. Both Betty and Mr Jackson think that Confucius and Shakespeare are great writers.
2. Confucius and Shakespeare lived hundreds of years ago, so people are influenced little by them now.
3. Mr Jackson thinks Mark Twain is as great as Confucius.
4. Betty wants Mr Jackson to join the Internet group to discuss great books.
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
accept discuss influence review sense thinker wise
Mr Jackson and Betty are (1) _________ great writers. Betty explains that in her Internet group, each person reads a favourite book and then writes a(n) (2) _______ of it. Mr Jackson (3) ________ that Confucius and Shakespeare are great because their works are still read by people today, but he thinks Confucius was more a teacher and (4) _________ than a writer. He says that Confucius was a very (5) ________ man. Mr Jackson thinks that we are still (6) _________ by Confucius’s ideas and that Shakespeare’s plays still make (7) _______ to people today.
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Language points
1. What’s up?
怎么了?
What’s up?= What’s happening?/ What’s the matter?
What’s up?是非正式用語(yǔ),意思是“怎么了/出了什么事?”如:
What’s up? Why is the baby crying?
怎么了?為什么嬰兒在哭?
2. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.
但是我更愿意把孔子描述成一位教育家和思想家,而非作家。
describe…as…意思是“把……描述為……”。如:
more…than…在本句中表示“與其說(shuō)是……不如說(shuō)是……”。如:
成功來(lái)自努力,而非好運(yùn)。
Success is more hard work than good luck.
3. …and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
莎士比亞的戲劇現(xiàn)在對(duì)于我們來(lái)說(shuō)也仍然很有意義。
make sense的意思是“易理解;合情理;有意義”。例如:
Why did she do such a thing? It does not seem to make sense.
她為什么做這樣的事?似乎沒(méi)有道理。
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本課時(shí)主要短語(yǔ)和句型
1. by the way
2. make sense
3. What’s up?
4. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
5. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.
6. I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.
Spelling Bee
Now 2 mins to test your spelling.
1. English-Chinese
well-known review thinker
wise make sense
2. Chinese-English
討論; 談?wù)? 猜想; 猜測(cè); 相信; 認(rèn)為
順便提一下 影響;作用于
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Ⅰ. 用方框中詞的正確形式填空。
think work wise influence
1. The Mona Lisa is still one of the most famous _______ of art in the world.
2. What Dad said that night has _________ me a lot.
3. A _______ man once said, “A man who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything.”
4. Confucius was a great ________ and educator of ancient China.
Ⅱ. 根據(jù)漢語(yǔ)意思,用英語(yǔ)完成句子。
1. 我從來(lái)沒(méi)有認(rèn)為他是一個(gè)英雄。
I never _______ him ______ ______.
2. 我想我們下周將去那兒。
I ______ we ______ ______ there next week.
3. 不管我怎么努力地讀,我還是不懂這個(gè)句子的意思。
No matter how I tried to read it, the sentence still did not ______ ______ ______ to me.
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Homework
1. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 2.
2. Search for some information about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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