《We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas》Great books PPT课件3

Warming up

Recently I’ve read a great book called Romeo and Juliet. I’m deeply moved by it. Have you ever read some great books? Who are your great writers? 

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Say who the people are and why they are famous. 

Confucius was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China. He lived over 2000 years ago and he is well-known in many countries.

William Shakespeare was English and wrote plays and poems. Although he died about 400 years, his plays are still seen, and his poems are still read by many people.

Mark Twain was an American writer. His works are studied in schools. His stories are set in the south of the US over 100 years ago, and readers still enjoy them very much. 

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Listen and read

Now match the people with the descriptions.

1. Confucius 

2. Shakespeare

3.Mark Twain

a) He was a very wise man.

b) He is not as well-known as the other two people, but his works are still popular.

c) His plays are read by millions of people.

d) He was more a teacher and thinker than a writer.

e) People are still influenced by his ideas.

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Everyday English

What’s up?怎么了？是一种非正式的用法。

Well, maybe… 嗯，也许…….

I suppose…我想……

Why don’t you…?你为什么不……？

Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.

1. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.

2. Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.

3. He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.

Now listen again and repeat.

1. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.

2. Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.

3. He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.

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Language points

1. What’s up?

What’s up?是一种非正式的用法，意思是“怎么了/出什么事了？”

e.g. What’s up? You look very worried.

怎么了？你看上去很焦虑。

2. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer. 

这里的Confucius指孔子，为“孔夫子”的英语译名，是长期以来约定俗成的译法。

more…than…在本句中表示“与其说是……不如说是……”。

e.g. Success is more hard work than good luck.  

成功来自努力，而非好运。

3. … and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today. …

sense n. 道理；意义；合理

make sense的意思是“易理解；合情理；有意义”。

e.g. No wonder how I tried to read it, the sentence still did not make any sense to me. 

不管我们怎么努力地读，我还是不懂这个句子的意思。

Why did she do such a thing? It does not seem to make sense. 

她为什么做这样的事？似乎没有道理。 

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一、 单项选择

1. Experts ________ to make suggestions to help him develop.

A. will invite  

B. are invited  

C. have invited

2. Han Han’s books are popular. They________ by many teenagers. 

A. are reading  

B. are read  

C. were read

3. —At present, one of the best ways to study is working in groups. 

—More chances _______ to students to learn from each other.   

A. offer  

B. are offered  

C. have offered

4.—Don’t you see the sign “No Parking!” on the right?

—Sorry, I didn’t. But now I know parking ______ here. 

A. wasn’t allowed   B. isn’t allowed       

C. won’t allow        D. doesn’t allow

二、 完成句子

1. 我试图让每首歌都体现出它自己的意义。

I try to make each song___________for itself. 

2. 顺便问一下，你认为这个队的水平如何？

___________, what do you think about this Team?

3. 今天很多人仍然看孔子的作品。

Confucius’works _____________by many people today.

4. 学校鼓励学生大声地讲英语。

All the students _____________speak English loudly.

5. 我们受到孔子思想的影响。

We __________ by Confucius’s thoughts.

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