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Unit 3
Period 4
Reading
新 课 导 入
How much do you know about these works?
课 堂 学 习
Work in groups. Look at the list and discuss the questions.
1 What are the Chinese names of these works?
2 Why do you think these works are popular outside of China?
3 What other Chinese works do you think people outside of China would enjoy? Why?
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1 What are the Chinese names of these works?
《易经》《论语》《孙子兵法》《西游记》
《茶馆》《射雕英雄传》《三体》
2 Why do you think these works are popular outside of China?
Because more and more foreigners want to learn more about Chinese culture and everyday life in China, these works arouse their interest.
3 What other Chinese works do you think people outside of China would enjoy? Why?
Maybe they enjoy Dream of the Red Chamber because it describes the life of the people in Qing dynasty and reveals social reality at that time ...
Read the passage and write the questions on the lines.
1 Which works by Chinese writers are popular in your country?
2 How did you get interested in Chinese literature?
3 How do you select works to translate?
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The world of Chinese literature is one that is familiar to us all. But have you ever stopped to wonder what works are read outside of China and how they are received? Today, four Sinologists and translators share their experience of Chinese literature with us.
They are:
Petko, aged 43 from Bulgaria
Annelous, aged 34 from the Netherlands
Joachim, aged 25 from France
Mai, aged 28 from Egypt
Q1: ____________________________________________________
Petko: It all started with a movie I watched when I was a boy-The Shaolin Temple. That movie gave me so many reasons to fall in love with China. I was amazed by Chinese kung fu, of course - everyone loves kung fu, don’t they? I also thought the Chinese language sounded so beautiful, and I found that I liked Chinese music, too - I just loved the movie’s theme tune, Song of the Shepherd.
Annelous: I became interested in languages at a young age. When I started high school, I began reading b