Module 7 Unit 1 We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas.课件(共43张PPT，内嵌音频) 2024-2025学年英语外研版九年级上册

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Unit 1
Module 7
Great books
To be able to understand the conversation about great books
To be able to talk about your favourite books, plays, poems and writers
学习目标
Can you name any great books and great writers
The Journey to the West
by Wu Cheng’en
A Dream in Red Massions
by Cao Xueqin
The Water Margin
by Shi Nai’an
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
by Luo Guanzhong
Warming up
Look at the pictures and answer who they are and why they are famous.
great influence play poem respect story thinker thought wise writer
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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
Are you familiar with these sentences
子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？”
Is it not a delight, said the Master, to acquire knowledge and put it into practice Is it not a pleasure to meet friends coming from afar Is he not an intelligent man, who is careless alike of being known or unknown
Pre-listening
William Shakespeare
He was a of plays and . Some of his most famous
are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. He was born in 1564 in . His plays are still seen by millions of people every year.
writer
poems
plays
England
Pre-listening
Great comedies:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
《仲夏夜之梦》
The Merchant of Venice
《威尼斯商人》
Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》
As You Like It 《皆大欢喜》
Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》
King Lear 《李尔王》
Macbeth 《麦克白》
Othello 《奥赛罗》
Great Tragedies:
Pre-listening
Mark Twain
He was a famous __________ writer. He wrote a lot of . His books are still popular. For example, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
American
stories
Pre-listening
Mark Twain’s famous works
Now listen and check your answers.
Pre-listening
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.
in many countries
plays and poems
in the south
2
Listening
Listen and match the people with the descriptions.
Confucius
Shakespeare
Mark Twin
He was a very wise man.
He is not as well-known as the other two people but he his works are still popular
His plays are read by millions of people.
He was more a teacher and thinker than a writer.
People are still influenced by his ideas.
3
Listening
1. Who does Betty think are great writers
2. What does Mr Jackson think of Confucius
3. Which of Mark Twin’s books does Mr Jackson most like reading
Confucius and Shakespeare.
He’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and a thinker than a writer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Listening
Listen again and answer the questions.
Discussion
Work in pairs. Discuss:
Which sentences are facts Which are opinions
facts opinions
Each of us reads… I think…
We are still… I accept that…
… …
Post-listening
Read and find them in the conversation.
Now make sentences with them.
What’s up
Well, maybe …
I suppose …
Why don’t you …
Everyday English
1.—Hello, Steve. What's up
—I’m nervous about my grades.
2.—Well, maybe you needn’t worry too much. You have always studied hard.
3.—I suppose you are right. Thank you.
4.—Why don’t you join us to play football It can help you relax.
—Good idea!
Examples
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Now listen again and repeat.
Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.
1. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
2. Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
3. He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.
Pronunciation and speaking
Stress 重音
句子重音的功能：
1.体现句子的节奏感和韵律感。
2.突出重点, 使听者更容易理解。
哪些词在句子中需重读？
一般来说, 在句子中需重读的词都是实词, 如名词、动词、形容词、副词、数词、代词等。
有时候虚词也要重读。
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Work in groups. Do you agree with the following opinions Give your reasons.
1. Teahouse is one of the greatest plays in China.
2. Everyone should learn some Tang poems.
3. We should only read books by great writers.
I accept…
I agree / don’t agree with…
I suppose…
I think…
Discussion
How to ask for opinions
What do you think of this opinions
Do you agree with this opinion
This person thinks that … Do you agree / What about you
Do you accept that …
How to express agreement
I agree with the idea that …
I accept …
I am for the idea that …
I think that it is right to …
I think it is a good idea to …
I consider it reasonable to …
How to express disagreement
I don't think that it is a good idea to …
I am against the idea that …
I disagreed with the idea that …
I don’t agree with …
Most of us think … We think we learn …
Now report the ideas of your group to the whole class.
books by great writers
Language points
e.g. -- “What's up ” I said to him.
“出什么事啦？”我对他说。
-- “Nothing much”, he answered.
“没什么事，”他答道。
1. What’s up 怎么了？
What’s up 是一种非正式的用法，意思是“怎么了/出什么事了？”也可以是一种打招呼方式，问对方近来如何。
What’s up with sb. ……怎么了？
= What’s the matter with sb./sth.
= What’s wrong with sb./sth.
e.g. Lisa is crying. What's up with her
Lisa在哭，她怎么了？
拓展
2. I want to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers. 我想加入一个互联网群来讨论一些伟大作家的巨著。
discuss v.讨论；谈论
discuss sth. with sb. 与某人讨论某事
e.g. Have you discussed this problem with anyone
你与谁商量过这个问题吗？
拓展
discussion n. 讨论；商讨
e.g. He is more a scientist than a teacher.
与其说他是位教师，不如说是位科学家。
3. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.
但是我更愿意把孔子描述为一位教育家兼思想家，而非作家。
more … than … “与其说是……不如说是……”, 其后常接名词、形容词或副词等。
more than有以下几种常见用法：
more than + 数词 大于, 多于，表示超出该数。
more than + 名词 不止, 不仅仅是，表示超出该名词所指的含义。
more than + 形容词 非常, 十分
拓展
选择红字短语的汉语意思。
A. 非常，十分 B. 不止，不仅仅是
C. 大于，多于 D. 与其说是……不如说是……
1) Betty is more hardworking than clever. _______
2) Andy Lau is more than an actor. He is a singer too. _______
3) I'm more than glad to see you. _______
4) More than three hundred students entered the photo competition. _____
D
B
A
C
4. We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
孔子的思想仍然在影响着我们。
influence v.影响; 作用于 指对行为、性格、观点等较长时间的、潜移默化的影响。（注意表示不良影响时只能用affect, 不能用influence ）
e.g. Martin Luthur King’s speeches have influenced millions of Americans.
马丁·路德·金的演讲影响了数百万美国人。
influence n. 影响
have an influence on ... 对……有影响
拓展
e.g. The invention has a great influence on our life.
= The invention has influenced our life a lot.
这项发明对我们的生活有很大的影响。
5. … and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
……莎士比亚的戏剧现在对我们来说也仍然很有意义。
sense n. 道理; 意义; 合理性；感官；感觉
e.g. He lost his sense of hearing after a serious illness.
一场大病之后，他失去了听觉。
There is no sense in waiting here for three hours.
在这等三个小时是不合理的。
拓展
make sense 易理解; 合情理; 有意义
make sense of 懂得； 了解 ... 的意义
e.g. It made no sense to me.
这对我没什么意义。
Can you make sense of what he said
你懂得他的话的意思吗
6. By the way, what do you think of Mark Twain, …
顺便问一下，你觉得马克· 吐温怎么样，……？
by the way “顺便说；附带说”，用于转入新的话题
e.g. Thank you for your gift. By the way, how are your parents
谢谢你的礼物。顺便问一下，你父母好吗
7. He was important, but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare. 他是位重要的作家，但我觉得他不像孔子和莎士比亚那么有名。
suppose v. 猜想；推测；相信；认为 可用于 “suppose sb. / sth. (to be) +名词/ 形容词……”结构中，也可接that从句。
e.g. Suppose he is absent, what shall we do
假设他缺席了，我们要怎么办？
All her neighbours supposed her to be no more than forty.
所有的邻居都以为她不超过50岁。
be supposed to 应该；理应；大家认为
e.g. You are supposed to take an umbrella. 你应该带把伞。
拓展
注意：
在句型I suppose (that) ...中，suppose与think, believe等动词的用法一样，若从句为否定句，应该否定前移。
e.g. I don’t suppose I’ll trouble you again.
我想我不会再麻烦你了。
suppose, guess, imagine均可表示“猜想”。其区别是：
imagine指没有事实根据, 仅凭主观想象进行猜想;
guess指未经认真思索而进行猜想, 有时指不着边际地瞎猜;
suppose指依据某些事实进行探索性的推测。
辨析
e.g. I can’t imagine life without my children now.
我现在无法想象没有孩子的生活。
I guess you've already known the answer.
我想你已经知道答案了。
I suppose he is late again.
我想他又迟到了。
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
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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 favourite 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,
discussing
review
accepts
Vocabulary
accept discuss influence review sense thinker wise
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.
thinker
wise
influenced
sense
Facts: nationality; job; works; ideas; influence…
Opinions: I accept/ (don’t) think/ (don’t) suppose/
(don’t) agree that…
How to introduce someone:
课堂总结
怎么了？
与其……不如
我明白了。
有意义
顺便说一下
在十九世纪
你为什么不呢？
What’s up
more…than…
I see.
make sense
by the way
in the nineteenth century
Why don’t you…
课堂总结
1. Listen and read, try to remember the new vocabulary.
2. Work in pairs. Talk about your favorite play/poem/thinker/writer/story. Give facts and your opinion.
Homework