外研英语必修3Module5 Great people and Great Invention writing 课件（共18张PPT）

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Module 5
Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China
writing
if you refer to someone as a philosopher, you mean that they think deeply and seriously about life and other matters.
A philosopher…
can persuade you…
can influence you…
can guide you…
can…
An outline of a person’s introduction
Who
When
What (important ideas)

Confucius
(551BC-479BC)
Mencius
(372BC-289BC)
Mozi
(376BC-390BC)
Reading: Philosophers of Ancient China
What’s the purpose of the author to write this passage?
A．To make people believe in the teachings.
B．To introduce 3 philosophers．
C．To tell interesting stories．
D．To offer some advice．
B
Confucius stressed the importance of the following aspects except _______.
friendship
kindness
C. order
D. duty
Confucius
(551BC-479BC)
A
He stressed the importance of kindness, duty and order in society.
Mencius
(372BC-289BC)
Mencius believed ______________.
people were less important than rulers
man is different from animals is because man is good
If the government was cool, then people would be good
D. When the government treated people badly, he loved the state.
B
He believed that man is different from animals is because man is good.
He taught that if the government was kind , then people would be good.
He believed that people were more important than rulers.
Mozi
(376BC-390BC)
Which is not the right statement about Mozi?
He hated the idea of war.
He believed all men were equal.
All his beliefs were the same as Confucius.
He was known for his unusual clothes and behavior.
C
He believed that all men were equal and we should look after the weak.
He hated the idea of war.
1. Whose influence has been the greatest among all the philosophers of ancient China?
A. Mencius B. Mozi C. Confucius D. Zhuangzi
2. Which shows the right order of time when the three great thinkers lived?
A. Confucius--- Mencius ---Mozi
B. Mencius----Mozi----Confucius
C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius
D. Mozi--- Mencius---Confucius
3. What is the similarity of Confucius and Mozi?
A. They were born poor.
B. They had the same idea of kindness.
C. They lived in the same period of time.
D. They hold the same view that the government was most important.
4. From the text we can infer that_____.
A. Great philosophers must have been born in poor families.
B. Influential philosophers wouldn’t agree with each other.
C. Only in time of war could philosophers produce great teaching.
D. It was not easy to find a state where people would follow the thinker's teaching.
Choose the correct answers.
Whose influence has been the greatest among all the philosophers of ancient China?
Mencius B. Mozi C. Confucius D. Zhuangzi
2.. Which shows the right order of time when the three great thinkers lived?
Confucius--- Mencius ---Mozi
B. Mencius----Mozi----Confucius
C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius
D. Mozi--- Mencius---Confucius
Choose the correct answers.
3. What is the similarity of Confucius and Mozi?
A. They were born poor.
B. They had the same idea of kindness.
C. They lived in the same period of time.
D. They hold the same view that the government was most important.
4. From the text we can infer that___________
Influential philosophers wouldn’t agree with each other.
Great philosophers must have been born in poor families.
C. Only in time of war could philosophers produce great teaching.
D. It was not easy to find a state where people would follow the thinker's teaching.

D.
Keys: CCDD
551BC-479BC
372BC-
476BC-390BC
kindness,
duty; order
in society
Man is good;
People would
be good；
people were
more important
men were equal;
love the weak;
hate the idea of war
Choose the philosopher you agree with most, and tell the
reason why you agree with him.
Fill in the form.
Who Confucius Mencius Mozi
When
What (important ideas)

I agree with the Mozi’s idea, because…
I am for Confucius’s idea. The reason is that…
I stand for Mencius’s idea. That/This/It is because…
The reason why I agree with/am for Confucius’s idea is that…
Confucius
Mencius
Mozi
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Please describe a great philosopher in one sentence .
Confucius was a great Chinese thinker and philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese society.
Mencius was a great thinker who believed that if the government was kind, then people would be good and his teachings were very similar to those of Confucius.
Mozi, believing that all men were equal, founded the philosophy called Mohism.
What makes a good philosopher?