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Module 7 Great books
Unit 1 We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
Warming up
What great books do you know/read?
Journey to the West
Harry Potter
The Little Prince
The Ordinary World
Look at the pictures and answer who they are and why they are famous.
great influence play poem respect story thinker thought wise writer
1
Pre-listening
Confucius
He is a great in China.
He is known for his thought.
We are still by his thought.
He is by Chinese people.
thinker
wise
influenced
respected
Pre-listening
Are you familiar with these sentences?
子曰:“学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。”
To learn without thinking, said the Master, risks to be blind, while to think without learning risks to be impractical.
Pre-listening
great writer;
funny stories;
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Mark Twain
Warming up
Who are they and why are they famous?
Lun Xun 鲁迅
Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe 歌德
Warming up
3.Listen again and check () the true sentence(s).
1 Confucius is only a writer.
2 We are still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
3 Shakespeare’s novels also make a lot of sense to us today.
4 Mark Twain is a great English writer in the nineteenth century.
more as a teacher and thinker than a writer
plays
American
Read and try to recite it.
受……的影响
I think I’d describe Confucius _______ as a teacher and thinker ________ a writer.
We ______ still _____________ _____Confucius’s ideas.
Shakespeare’s plays also _______________________to us today.
Mark Twain is a great ___________ _______in the nineteenth century.
more
than
Complete the sentences.
are
influenced by
make a lot of sense
American writer
He is a master of drama. Some of his best-known works are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. His plays are still watched by millions of people all over the world even today.
His plays make a lot of sense to us today.
William Shakespeare
A figure in western literature. He is good at writing humorous short stories.
Mark Twain
Now listen and check your answers.
Mark Twain ( l835~1910 )
He was the US critical realism(批判的现实主义) literature founder (奠基人), world famous short story master(大师).
It tells some exciting stories
about a boy who has many
adventures
Mr Jackson: Hello, Betty. What’s up?
Betty: I want to join an Internet group to discuss great books
by great writers.
Mr Jackson: So, who are your great writers?
Betty: Well, maybe Confucius and Shakespeare.
Mr Jackson: Really? I accept that they’re great because their works
are still read by many people today. But I think I’d
describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than
a writer. He was a very wise man. What do you have to
do for the discussion?
3.Listen and read.
William Shakespeare
was considered as the greatest playwright in the world and the finest poet who has written in the English language.
Mark Twain was an American writer . His works are studied in schools ,and readers still enjoy his stories very much. .
Homework.
Level A: 1. Read the dialogue again and finish Workbook A.
Level B: 1. Read the dialogue again and finish Workbook A.
2. Discuss your great books with your classmates.
Pay attention to the underlined parts.
怎么了?/出什么事了?
把……描述为……
有意义;合情理
顺便问一句
为什么不……?
像……一样著名
&4& (2) more...than... 与其说……不如说……
1) more和than后所接成分的词性要一致.
2) 该结构强调的是more后面的内容。
▶He is more a teacher than an actor.
与其说他是一名演员,不如说他是一名老师。
▶He was more hard-working than clever.
与其说他聪明,不如说他勤奋。
3. We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas,and Shakespeare's plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
我们仍然受到孔子思想的影响,而且莎士比亚的戏剧现在对我们来说也很有意义。
&5& influence v.影响;作用于, 侧重指在思想、性格、行为等方面产生潜移默化的影响.
▶Parents should know that very often they influence their children in many ways.
父母应该知道,他们经常在很多方面影响他们的孩子。(选自金华中考)
be influenced by 受到……的影响
▶People may be influenced by their environment.
拓 influence 还可作名词,意为"影响;作用"。
have a/an...influence on/upon sb./sth. 对某人/物有……影响
▶Using media too much has a bad influence on young people.
过度使用媒体对年轻人有不良影响。(选自金华中考)
3. Although we have grown up, we are still _____________ (influence) by our teachers’ words.
4. 我的父母对我的学习有非常大的影响。
My parents _____________________________________.
influenced
have a great influence on my study
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。
It doesn't make sense to argue with him.
和他争论没有任何意义。
5.We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
influence v. 影响;作用于
influence用作动词时,后面直接跟宾语,常可用于influence sb. to do sth.结构。
e.g. What influenced you to take the job?
什么影响你接受这份工作?
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