Module 7 Great books Unit 1 we’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.课件24张

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Module 7
Great books

Unit 1 We’re still influenced
by Confucius’s ideas.
Learning aims 学习目标：
1.To be able to understand the conversation about great books.
2. To be able to talk about your favourite books, plays, poems and writers.
3. Understand the present passive voice.(am/is /are+过去分词)
discuss 讨论
thinker 思想家
wise 明智的
review 评论
influence 影响
sense 道理，意义
make sense 易理解；合情理
by the way 顺便提一下
suppose 猜想；推测
well-known 总所周知的；著名的
word list
iscuss
ise
eview
nfluenced
hinker
Finish the sentences with new words.
I want to join an Internet group to
d _______ great books by great writer.
2. He is a very w______ man.
3. Can you write a r________ for his
work.
4. What he said has i___________ me
in my life.
5. Who is your favourite t_______?
The Four Classic Novels of Chinese Literature
The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en
The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en
The Four Classic Novels of Chinese Literature
The Water Margin by Shi Nai’an
（边缘）
The Water Margin by Shi Nai’an
（边缘）
The Four Classic Novels of Chinese Literature
The Romance(传奇) of the Three Kingdoms
by Luo Guanzhong
The Four Classic Novels of Chinese Literature
A Dream in Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin
（宅第）
Who?
Confucius 孔子[k?n'fju:??s]
He is a great thinker.
His thoughts are wise.
We’re still influenced by his thoughts.
Why?
He is a great writer.
He wrote poems(诗歌) and plays(戏剧).
William Shakespeare
莎士比亚
Who?
Why?
Mark Twain 马克吐温
He is a famous American writer.
He wrote many stories.
Why?
Who?
Name Details
Confucius He was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China. He lived over 2,000 years ago and he is well-know in (1) ________________
William Shakespeare He was English and wrote (2)___________________ .
Mark Twain He was an American writer. His stories are set (3) _____________ of the US over 100 years ago, and readers still enjoy them very much.
plays and poems
many countries
in the south
Activity 1 Fill in blanks while listening

Activity 3 Read and match the people with the descriptions.
Confucius

Shakespeare

Mark Twain
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.

Activity 4 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 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, 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 Shakepeare’s plays still make (7) _______ to people today.
discussing
review
accepts
thinker
wise
influenced
sense
Read the dialogue in pairs
Crazy English!
1. 我接受……
2.把……描述为……
3. 对我们有很大的意义
4. 顺便问一下
5. 认为
6. 和…….一样出名
I accept that …
describe …as…
make a lot of sense to us
by the way
think of
as well-known as
Underline the important phrases in the dialogue.
Underline the important sentences in the dialogue.
1.他们的著作现在还被很多人阅读。
2.我们仍然受到孔子思想的影响。
Their works are still read by many people today.
We’re still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
1. Their works are still read by many people today.


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


结构：
be
+ V-ed


Pay attention to these two sentences
主语+
+ by sb.
被动语态
We speak English every day.
English is spoken by us every day.

主动语态: 表示主语是动作的执行者.
被动语态: 表示主语是动作的承受者.
一般现在时态的被动语态
主语+am/are/is +动词的过去分词+by sb.
句型转换，改为被动语态。
1.We clean the classroom every day.
The classroom ____ ＿＿ by us every day.
2. Many people speak Chinese in the world.
Chinese ____ ________ by many people in the world.
3. I wash dishes every day.
Dishes ______ _______ by me every day.
4. Teenagers read Han Han’s books.
Han Han’s books ______ _______ ___ teenagers.
is cleaned
is spoken
are washed
are read by
Summary
What have we learned today?
主语 + am/are/is + 动词的过去分词+by sb
I accept that …
describe …as…
make a lot of sense to us
by the way
think of
as well-known as
1. Grammar : 一般现在时被动语态
2. Some important phrases:

1. Finish the tasks in the workbook.
2. Translate Confucius’s sayings.
Homework
Thank you for your listening !