(共21张PPT)
Module 5
Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China
Reading and Vocabulary
Philosophers of
Ancient China
order bring up found principle belief
an idea that influences the way you behave ____________
to start an organization or philosophy ____________
the feeling that something is true and exists ____________
when people obey laws and rules and do not cause trouble ____________
to look after children until they are adults
____________
principle
found
belief
order
bring up
Match the definitions with the words or phrases:
1. give a lot of importance to __________
2. job __________
3. doing what he suggested __________________
4. tell your employer that you are going to leave your job ___________
5. someone who gives advice ___________
6. having a lot of influence ___________
stress
position
follow one’s advice
resign
adviser
influencial
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
Sun Zi
Laozi
Xunzi
Zhuangzi
Han feizi
Confucius
[k?n'fju:?j?s]
Mencius
['men?i?s]
Mozi
How about their philosophy?
Can you guess the meaning ?
Confucius
(551BC-479BC)
3. Treat others in the way you want to be treated.
4.The family is important.
We are members of a group.
己所不欲,勿施于人
家天下
Confucius
(551BC-479BC)
To learn from time to time to apply what one has learned -- isn't that a pleasure?
2. To have friends from far away -- isn't that a joy?
学而时习之,不亦乐乎?
有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎?
Mencius
(372BC-289BC)
People are more important than rulers.
Man is born good.
民为贵 君为轻
人之初 性本善
Mozi
(476BC-390BC)
All human beings are equal.
We should love all human beings.
众生平等
兼 爱
Fast reading
Why does the author write the passage?
A. To make people believe in the teachings by thinkers of ancient China.
B. To mainly introduce three influential philosophers of ancient China.
C. To tell interesting stories about three important teachers in ancient China.
D. To show the history of philosophy in ancient China.
Read the passage in three minutes and
say T or F to the following statements:
Confucius lived in a country where
there was no war a long time ago.
2. Confucius was a philosopher whose influence has
been the greatest for more than 2000 years.
F
T
states were often at war
3. Mencius was a student taught by Confucius.
4. Some rulers followed the advice which was given
by Mencius.
5. Mozi was a man who lived an unusual life.
F
T
F
didn’t follow
of Confucius’s idea
1.The Chinese people ___ for over 2,000 years.
A. followed Confucius’s teachings
B. influenced Confucius
2. Mencius believed that people are ___ important than rules.
A. less B. more
3. Mohism began ______.
A. 476 BC B. by Mozi
4. Mozi did not agree with ______.
A. kindness B. war
5.Mencius had important government positions,_______.
A. but Mozi did not B. and so did Mozi
A
B
B
B
A
Name Life span Philosophy
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
Post Reading: Filling the form
Confucius
Life length
Philosophical thoughts _________, ______and______ in society.
551BC- 479BC
kindness
duty
order
Mencius
Life length 372BC--289BC
Philosophical thoughts
1. Man is______.
2. If the ____________is good, then _______will be good.
3. People are more important
than______.
4. He hates the state when it treats people______.
good
government
people
rulers
badly
476BC-390BC
Government
equal
love
weaker
war
Life length
Philosophical thoughts
1. _____________is most
important.
2. All men are________.
3. We should _________all
human beings and look after
those who are________than
ourselves.
4. He hates ______.
Read the passage in three minutes and
say T or F to the following statements:
Confucius lived in a country where
there was no war a long time ago.
2. Confucius was a philosopher whose influence has
been the greatest for more than 2000 years.
3. Mencius was a student taught by Confucius.
4. Some rulers followed the advice which was given
by Mencius.
5. Mozi was a man who lived an unusual life.
F
T
F
T
F
states were often at war
didn’t follow
of Confucius’s idea
Confucius
Mencius
Why didn’t the author write about the three philosophers in order of time?
Discussion
The writer wrote about them in order of importance.