"We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas" Great books PPT courseware 2

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"We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas" Great books PPT courseware 2

Words review

discuss v. discuss; talk about

thinker n. thinker

wise adj. Judgmental; wise

review n. review (article)

influence v. influence; act on

sense n. reason; meaning; rationality

make sense easy to understand; reasonable; meaningful

by the way (used to insert a new topic, digression or comment into a conversation)

suppose v. guess; guess; speculate; believe; think

well-known adj. Well-known; famous

Objectives

1. To be able to understand the conversation about great books

2. To learn some key words and useful expressions

3. To be able to talk about your favorite books, plays, poems and writers

Focus on

Words:

discuss wise review influence sense suppose well-known

Phrases:

make sense by the way

Patterns:

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.

I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.

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

Confucius Shakespeare Mark Twain

thinker writer writer

thought play, poem story

Listen to the recording and check your answers.

Confucius was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China.

William Shakespeare wrote plays and poems about 400 years ago, but people still can see his plays and read his poems.

Mark Twain was an American writer and his works are studied in schools.

2.Listen again and complete the sentences.

1. Confucius is well-known in _____________.

2. Shakespeare wrote _____________.

3. Mark Twain’s stories are set _______ of the US.

True or False

1. Both Betty and Mr Jackson think that Confucius and Shakespeare are great writers.

2. Confucius and Shakespeare lived hundreds of years ago, so people are influenced little by them now.

3. Mr Jackson thinks Mark Twain is as great as Confucius.

4. Betty wants Mr Jackson to join the Internet group to discuss great books.

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.

accept discuss influence review sense thinker wise

Mr Jackson and Betty are (1) _________ great writers. Betty explains that in her Internet group, each person reads a favorite book and then writes a(n) (2) _______ of it. Mr Jackson (3) _________ that Confucius and Shakespeare are great because their works are still read by people today, but he thinks Confucius was more a teacher and (4) _________ than a writer. He says that Confucius was a very (5) _________ man. Mr Jackson thinks that we are still ( 6) _________ by Confucius's ideas and that Shakespeare's plays still make (7) _______ to people today.

Language points

1. What’s up?

What's wrong?

What’s up?= What’s happening?/ What’s the matter?

What’s up? is an informal term, meaning “What’s wrong/what happened?” For example:

What’s up? Why is the baby crying?

What's wrong? Why is the baby crying?

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

But I prefer to describe Confucius as an educator and thinker rather than a writer.

describe…as… means “describe…as…”. like:

more...than... in this sentence means "it is better to say..." than "is...". like:

Success comes from hard work, not good luck.

Success is more hard work than good luck.

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

Shakespeare's plays are still relevant to us today.

Make sense means "easy to understand; reasonable; meaningful." For example:

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

Why did she do such a thing? It doesn't seem to make sense.

Main phrases and sentence patterns in this lesson

1. by the way

2. make sense

3. What’s up?

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

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

6. I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.

Spelling Bee

Now 2 mins to test your spelling.

1. English-Chinese

well-known review thinker

wise make sense

2. Chinese-English

discuss; talk about; conjecture; guess; believe; think

By the way, influence; act on

Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the box.

think work wise influence

1. The Mona Lisa is still one of the most famous _______ of art in the world.

2. What Dad said that night has _________ me a lot.

3. A _______ man once said, “A man who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything.”

4. Confucius was a great ________ and educator of ancient China.

Ⅱ. Complete the sentences in English according to the Chinese meaning.

1. I never considered him a hero.

I never _______ him ______ ______.

2. I think we will go there next week.

I ______ we ______ ______ there next week.

3. No matter how hard I read, I still don’t understand the meaning of this sentence.

No matter how I tried to read it, the sentence still did not ______ ______ ______ to me.

Homework

1. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 2.

2. Search for some information about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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