(共27张PPT)
Module 5
Philosophers of Ancient China
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
Sun Zi
Xunzi
Zhuangzi
Han feizi
Laozi
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
Philosophers
Task 1 Brainstorm
If you want to introduce a person to us, what would you talk about?
If you are asked to introduce Confucius to a foreigner, what would you say?
Confucius
Confucius is the greatest philosopher [f??l?s?f?] in china.
His philosophy [f??l?s?fi] is very influential.
Philosopher: great thinker
Philosophy: beliefs
Influential: having a lot of influence
Task 2 New words
The teacher always stresses the importance of study and order in class.
study
Be quiet!
Their parents died, so they were brought up by their grandparents and treated with care .
He had an argument with his boss and resigned.
resign
I found that No. 821 middle school was founded in 1972.
Found(v): founded, founded
Find(v): found, found
America and Syria are at war with each other now.
Syria
Philosopher philosophy resign found(v) order stress(v) treat influential be at war with
Match the paragraphs with the main idea
Para 1. A. Mencius’ s teachings
Para 2. B. Mozi’ s philosophy
Para 3. C. Confucius’ s ideas
Task 3 skimming
Skill: pay attention to the titles, sub-titles(副标题), pictures and the top sentences.
Task 3 skimming
Task 4 Detailed reading
Name Life length Life experience Philosophical thoughts
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
Task 4 Detailed reading
Background:
Ancient China was a place where states were often at war with each other. But it was a time when there were many great philosophers.
Task 4 Detailed reading
travelled
resigned
position
student
brought up
adviser
poor
unusual
Mohism
behavior
Name Mencius Mozi
Life experience
He was _________by his mother.
He became a _______of Confucius’s ideas.
He was given an important _____in the government and _______ when the ruler wasn’t following his advice.
He _______from state to state , teaching the principles and became an ______ to another ruler.
He came from a family which was_____.
He became famous for his ______clothes and ______.
He founded______.
551BC-479BC
Kindness
duty
order
Task 4 Detailed reading
greatest
more than 2000 years
Life length
Philosophical thoughts ________, ______and_____
in society.
Influence His influence has been the______ and influenced Chinese society for ________________.
Mencius
Very similar
good
government
people
rulers
badly
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______.
the relationship between Mencius’s thoughts and Confucius’s thoughts
476BC-390BC
In some ways, their ideas are similar, but his idea of love is ________ from the Confucius’s idea of kindness.
Government
equal
love
weaker
war
different
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 ______.
The relationship between Mozi’s thoughts and Confucius’s thoughts
Philosophers
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
(background)
Life length
Influence Philosophical thoughts
Life length
Life experience
Thoughts
Life length
Life experience Thoughts
Task 5 Summary
If you are asked to introduce a philosophy to a foreigner, what would you talk about?
Place
Life length
Influence
Philosophical thoughts
Personal information
Life experience
Task 5 Summary
Now you have a chance to give a speech in a university
in the USA, you are very proud to introduce one
philosopher in ancient China, what would you say?
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,
It’s a great honor for me to have a chance to make a speech here. I am very proud to tell you that we have so many great philosophers in ancient China. Today I’d like to introduce…(stress order bring up position philosopher adviser influential resign state philosophy equal teaching behavior position unusual the reason why…is that…)…Thanks for listening!
Task 6 Making a speech
There are so many Confucius Institutes(孔子学院) in the world now, many foreigners want to study philosophy of ancient China.
一带一路
The Belt and Road
Assignment
1. Read the passage again.
2. Choose a philosopher you like most and write a passage.