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接龙 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 Shakespeare’s plays still make (7) _______ to people today. accept discuss influence review sense thinker wise discussing review accepts thinker wise influenced sense Task 3 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. 4 P57 Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes. 1. Role play the conversation in groups; 2. Role play the conversation in front of the class Let’s see which group does the best. Make a list of： 1 two great plays 2 two poems 3 two wise thinkers 4 two important writers 5 two great stories Discuss your answers with your partner. 1. What’s up? 怎么了？ What’s up?= What’s happening?/ What’s the matter? What’s up?是非正式用语，意思是“怎么了/出了什么事？”如： What’s up? Why is the baby crying? 怎么了？为什么婴儿在哭？ 2. 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成一位教育家和思想家，而非作家。 describe…as…意思是“把……描述为……”。如： 手术后，她的状况可以说还算稳定。 After the operation, her condition was described as stable. more…than…在本句中表示“与其说是……不如说是……”。如： 成功来自努力，而非好运。 Success is more hard work than good luck. 3. …and Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today. 莎士比亚的戏剧现在对于我们来说也仍然很有意义。 make sense的意思是“易理解；合情理；有意义”。例如： Why did she do such a thing? It does not seem to make sense. 她为什么做这样的事？似乎没有道理。 4. …but I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare. ……但我觉得他不像孔子和莎士比亚那么有名。 suppose常见用法： (1) suppose?+?宾语?+?宾语补足语 We?all?suppose?him?clever.? 我们所有的人都认为他很聪明。 What makes you suppose him to