(共25张PPT)
Unit 6 Entertainment and Friendship
Topic 2 Who is your favorite character in literature
Section B
Master the following words, phrases and sentences:
Words:literary, society, moving, poerty, poet
Phrases: be considered to, in one’s lifetime
Sentences:①It was easy to understand and very moving.
②He is considered to be one of the best romantic poets in China.
③He is considered to be one of the best romantic poets in China.
Li Bai (701-762 )
Tang dynasty poet
“poetic genius”
His poetry is moving.
[ p t] n. 诗人
[ p tri] n. 诗集;诗歌
[ mu v ]adj. 感人的,动人的
Shakespeare (1564-1616 )
poet,playwright, England
Some of his dramas are even famous to Chinese people.
[ ple ra t] n. 剧作家
[ drɑ m ] n. 戏剧
The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
1a Listen, look and say.
1. I read his poem Still Night Thoughts last night.
我昨晚读了他的诗《静夜思》。
poem与poetry的区别:
poem为可数名词,指“一首一首的诗”
poetry为不可数名词, 指“诗的总称”或“诗的艺术”
still adj.安静的
Still Night Thoughts 《静夜思》,
英语中没有书名号,通过实词大写、斜体印刷表示书、文章、电影、杂志等名字。
3. He is considered to be one of the best romantic poets in China.
他被认为是中国最好的浪漫主义诗人之一。
2. It was easy to understand and very moving.
他非常容易理解而且很感人。
moving moved
consider... to be 认为是...
be considered... to be 被认为是...
4. In his lifetime, he wrote a lot of poetry.
在他的一生中,他写了许多诗。
In / during one's life time 在某人一生中
5. The passage I read about him said (that he was as
great as the British poet William Shakespeare. )
我读的那片文章说他像英国诗人莎士比亚一样伟大。
as ...as 和...一样
1b Listen to 1a and mark T (True) or F ( False) .
Li Bai is regarded as one of the best romantic poets in China.
( )
2. In Li Bai’s life, he wrote about 900 poems. ( )
3. Li Bai and Shakespeare are both poets and playwrights.( )
4. Many of Shakespeare’s plays were about British history.( )
5. Romeo and Juliet was a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare. ( )
T
F
F
T
T
1c Work in pairs and talk about Li Bai or William Shakespeare based on 1a.
2a Discuss in groups one of the following writers and his/her works you like best. Then search for more information on the Internet.
Cao Xueqin
( 1715-1763)
is known for the novel,
A Dream of Red Mansions.
Bing Xin
(1900-1999)
is famous for children’s works.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
is famous for his novels such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Aesop
(620B.C.-560B.C.)
is known for Aesop’s Fables.
2b Complete the following passage with the information you have got.
Our favorite writer____________. His/Her masterpiece is __________________________. In this work, he/she mainly tells us _________________________________________
______________. This work is so famous because_______
_______________________________________________.
2b Complete the following passage with the information you have got.
Our favorite writer____________. His masterpiece is__________________________. In this work, he mainly tells us_________________________________, _____________________________________________ ____________________________. This work is so famous because________________________________, _____________________________________________,_____________________________.
is Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
that Tom Sawyer, a lively and clever boy
runs into and lives through many exciting adventures with
his two friends—Huck Finn and Joe
the story is about children’s growing up
and it is really interesting and educational. What’s more
the conversations sound very good
run into 陷入, 遇见
live through 度过
grow up 长大, 成长
2c The groups who have selected the same writer
work together to share what they have written.
It is helpful to exchange ideas with others in order to improve the contents of your writing.
We learn:
We can:
1. society n.社会;社团 literary society 文学社
eg. Steve and his Chinese teacher, Miss Yang,
are now visiting a literary society.
2. He is considered to be one of the best romantic poets in China.
3. The passage I read about him said that he was as great as the British poet William Shakespeare.
talk about our favourite writers.
( )1.—How do you like Alice
— my view, she is an excellent student.
A.In B.On C.For D.with
( )2.— you your brother can play computer games. You must finish your
homework first.
—OK. Mom. We’ll do it at once.
A.Both; and B.Not only; but also C.Either; or D.Neither; nor
( )3.Luoshenfu was painted by Gu Kaizhi, was a Chinese painter.
A.what B.that C.who D.which
A
D
C
1. Write down the key words of the conversation
to introduce their favorite writers.
2. Search for more information about a famous
Chinese poet.