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Lead in
What is food for mind?
Books
Books are the food for the hungry of great mind.书是伟大精神的食粮
Module 7
Great books
Module 7
Great books
What are great books?
• Great books should be helpful to us.
• They can widen our outlook and make us grow as a person.
• They help to develop our thinking ability.
• They won’t be forgotten as time goes by, and they will be passed from generation to generation.
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The Four Great Books in Chinese literature文学
Who wrote them?
Pre-listening
The Journey to the West
by Wu Cheng’en
A Dream in Red Massions
by Cao Xueqin
The Water Margin
by Shi Nai’an
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
by Luo Guanzhong
Pre-listening
Great books ______ ______ by great writers.
were
written
Confucius [kən'fju:ʃəs]
Shakespeare [ʃekspɪr]
Mark Twain
Great books
The Analects of Confucius
It is written by Confucius.
Confucius
Confucius( 551-479 BC )
He was born in the country of Lu.
He is considered as the first teacher as well as a wise thinker in ancient China.
“Keep what you say and carry out what you do.''
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. ”
“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.”
言必行,行必果。
己所不欲,勿施于人。
三人行,必有我师焉。
Translate!
His ideas ___________ us a lot.
Confucius [kən'fju:ʃəs]
We
are influenced by
his ideas a lot.
influence
Great books
Hamlet
It is written by Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare(1564-1616)
He is considered as the greatest playwright(剧作家) and a poet in the UK. He wrote many plays and poems
His great works are still read by people today:
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
King Lear
Shakespeare
His great
tragedies
Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》
Othello 《奥塞罗》
King Lear《李尔王》
Macbeth《麦克白》
Do you know his four great tragedies(悲剧)?
To be or not to be, that is a question.生存还是死亡,这值得思考。
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His great comedies
喜剧
The Merchant of Venice
《威尼斯商人》
As you like it 《皆大欢喜》
Twelfth Night 《