外研版九年級(jí)英語上冊(cè)《We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas》Great books PPT課件下載，共42頁。
Lead in
What do you know about Confucius?
Presentation
Confucius (about 551-479BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period. He was also known as Zhong Ni (仲尼). He was born in the village of Zou in the country of Lu.
William Shakespeare (1564－1616) He was considered the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language.
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，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：
手術(shù)后，她的狀況可以說還算穩(wěn)定。
After the operation, her condition was described as stable.
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)于我們來說也仍然很有意義。
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？似乎沒有道理。
總結(jié)回顧
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.
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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