Unit 5 Reading 2 课件 2023-2024学年牛津上海版英语八年级上册

2 5 Amazing things Encyclopaedias Reading (III) Before you read 4-1 1 2 May is reading the encyclopaedia article about a thinker — Diogenes. But she doesn’t know about him at all. So she surfed the Internet and found some more information about him. 3 4 1 2 4-2 3 4 Diogenes lived in Greece. Do you know where Greece is? □ In Asia □ In Africa □ In Europe /'æfrɪkə/ /'jʊərəp/ Greece  /ɡri:s/ 4 1 2 4-3 3 4 Diogenes was a great thinker from Greece. He took his lantern here and there to look for intelligent people … /'θɪŋkə(r)/ A thinker is someone who thinks or reasons in a certain way A lot of people laughed at him because he always lived in his …. But he didn’t mind at all. □ house □ jar □ bag  1 2 4-4 3 4 /ʤɑ:(r)/ 1 2 3-1 While you read 3 A May is listening to the article about Diogenes on CD-ROM. Listen carefully and help her complete the following notes for her school project. 7 3-2 1 2 3 Diogenes … … was a (1)__________. … lived in (2)__________. … was born about (3)__________ years ago. ... taught people to be (4)__________ by owning as (5)__________ things as possible. … owned a (6)__________, a (7)__________, a (8)__________ and a (9)__________. … threw away his (10)__________ when he saw a boy drinking water from his (11)__________ and became even (12)__________. thinker Greece 2,000 few happy jar coat bag cup cup hands happier B May is reading the article now. 3-3 1 2 3 DIOGENES Diogenes was a famous thinker. He lived in Greece about two thousand years ago. He taught that the way to be happy was to own as few things as possible. All he owned was a big jar that he lived in, a coat, a bag and a cup. He was very happy. One day, Diogenes saw a boy drinking water from his hands by a fountain, so he threw away his cup and became even happier. (See Greece) who he was. where he lived what he taught. what he owned. The story. 1 2 3-1 After you read A1 Someone called Diogenes ‘a dog’. Surf the Internet and find more information about him and tell w